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

2. The second Use is of Exhortation and Caution together. Is it so, That it ought to be every mans care, not to partake of any mens sin.

2. The second Use is of Exhortation and Caution together. Is it so, That it ought to bee every mans care, not to partake of any mens sin.

Oh Christians! let me entreat you then to be very mindful of this duty; be persuaded, beloved, and the Lord persuade you to be tenderly careful and watchful, that you do not partake of other mens sins. These are infectious times and places that we live in, and multitudes there are that catch diseases and distempers from others; but let me tell you Christians, that bodily diseases are not half so catching as sin is; sin is an infectious, contagious, pestilential plague, that spreads mightily in the world. Oh take heed, take heed that the guilt of other mens sins do not one day lye upon your conscience, and be put upon your account.

Oh Christians! let mee intreat you then to be very mindful of this duty; bee perswaded, beloved, and the Lord perswade you to be tenderly careful and watchful, that you do not partake of other mens sins. These are infectious times and places that wee live in, and multitudes there are that catch diseases and distempers from others; but let mee tell you Christians, that bodily diseases are not half so catching as sin is; sin is an infectious, contagious, pestilential plague, that spreads mightily in the world. Oh take heed, take heed that the guilt of other mens sins do not one day lye upon your conscience, and bee put upon your account.

Let me enforce this counsel in the words of our Apostle here, and and they are very weighty and Emphatical.