The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

Thus much shall suffice to have been spoken to the first thing propounded, viz. why sin is expressed sometimes in Scripture, by the parts and members of our body.

My second work is to show you, that our right-eye sins, and our right hand sins, our beloved lusts may in a more especial manner, be called ours, or that every man hath his proper, his particular iniquity: ⟨p. 47⟩If thy right eye offend thee, &c. If thy right hand offend thee, &c. Look as it is with good men, though they have the seeds of every grace in them, yet some one may be said to be theirs in an eminent manner: Abraham was eminent for obedience, Moses for meekness, Job for patience: Thus it is with wicked men, though they have the seed of every sin in them; yet some one may be said to be theirs in an especial manner. Wicked men in Scripture are as it were marked out for several sins, calculo nigro: Cain for his murder, Simeon and Levi for their treachery, Corah and his company for their conspiracy, Nebuchadnezzar for his pride, Manasseh for his cruelty, Balaam for his covetousness: or look as it is in the natural body, though every man hath blood, flegme, choler, melancholy, yet some humour or other is predominant, from which a man hath its denomination; so 'tis in the sinful body, some sinful humour, or other hath the predominancy: most men have some peccatum in deliciis, some sweet morsel, that they roll under their tongue, which they will by no means spit out, or part with. It would be no hard matter to show you, that several Nations have their proper and peculiar sins, as the Spaniard theirs, the French theirs, the Dutch theirs. Look into the Scripture and you will find, that the Corinthians had their sin, which is thought to be wantonness, and uncleanness; and therefore the Apostle, in the Epistles that he writes to them, uses so many pressing arguments against this sin. The Cretans are branded for Liars, the Jews for Idolaters: So your Towns have their sins, Villages theirs, Cities theirs; possibly London's sin, may be loathing spiritual Manna, neglect and contempt of the Gospel, a non-improvement of Ordinances.

My second worke is to shew you, that our right-eye sins, and our right hand sins, our beloved lusts may in a more especiall manner, be called ours, or that every man hath his proper, his particular iniquity: