A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is

1. One main work of conscience is, to apply, what we read in the Scripture as generally spoken, conscience is to apply it in particular. When it readeth the threatenings and cursings of the law to such sins as thou art guilty of, then conscience is to say, This belongeth to me, This curse, This burden, is my curse it's my burden: Because David did not let his conscience do its duty in application. David could condemn sin in general, His wrath is kindled against such sinners as himself in the general, Nathan was forced to be in stead of conscience to him, saying, Thou art the man: Thus conscience, if not polluted, when it heareth any woe denounced against such and such sins, then that stands up, and saith, Thou art the man; hence God giveth the commands by particular application, Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal, that conscience may say, This Commandment belongs to me; As natural bodies they act by a corporal contact, so the Scripture worketh upon the soul by a spiritual contact, and that is the application of conscience; Insomuch that if we do a thousand times read over the Scriptures, if we hear Sermons upon Sermons all our life, if conscience doth not apply, all becomes ineffectual. And this may answer that Question,

1. One main work of conscience is, to apply, what we read in the Scripture as generally spoken, conscience is to apply it in particular. When it readeth the threatnings and cursings of the law to such sinnes as thou art guilty of, then conscience is to say, This belongeth to me, This curse, This burden, is my curse it's my burden: Because David did not let his conscience do its duty in application. David could condemne sinne in general, His wrath is kindled against such sinners as himself in the general, Nathan was forced to be in stead of conscience to him, saying, Thou art the man: Thus conscience, if not polluted, when it heareth any woe denounced against such and such sinnes, then that stands up, and saith, Thou art the man; hence God giveth the commands by particular application, Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal, that conscience may say, This Commandment belongs to me; As natural bodies they act by a corporal contact, so the Scripture worketh upon the soul by a spiritual contact, and that is the application of conscience; Insomuch that if we do a thousand times read over the Scriptures, if we hear Sermons upon Sermons all our life, if conscience doth not apply, all becomes ineffectual. And this may answer that Question,