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A65936 That great duty and comfortable evidence (keeping our selves from our iniquity) opened and applied in some sermons upon Psal. 18, 23 / by John Whitlock. Whitlock, John, 1625-1709. 1698 (1698) Wing W2029; ESTC R26359 57,005 130

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account of these sins which may more especially be called their Iniquities we find particular persons branded in Scripture as Cain for his Envy and Malice the Causes of his Murdering his Brother Abel Pharaoh for his Stubborness and Hardness of Heart Korah and his Company for their Pride and Rebellion Balaam for his coveting the Wages of Unrighteousness called Jude ver 11. the way of Cain the Error of Balaam for reward and the gain-saying of Korah Herod for his Uncleanness and Incest Judas for Covetousness as his Master-sin the Young Man in the Gospel for his Love of the World and the other Herod Acts 12. for his Pride And that Men have their particular special sins they are most inclined to appears from the contrary viz. the Nature of Grace in the Regenerate for every true Believer hath the Seed of God within him all the Graces of God's Spirit Seminally and Habitually yet there are some Graces in which some particular Saints are most eminent and excel other Saints Abraham is commended as eminent for Faith Joseph for Chastity Moses for Meekness Job for Patience David for Spiritual Affections Hezekiah and Josiah for Zeal against sin and for the Worship of God Now all these had all the Graces of God's Holy Spirit Habitually in the principle of them yet they did more particularly and eminently excel in those Graces they are in the Word more especially commended for And this may serve for the proof of this Proposition That there is a propension in every Man to some sins more than to others which David has a special respect to in the expression in the Text. Prop. IV. As there are particular special personal sins men are more inclined to than to others which may be truly call'd their Iniquities so there are also local and national sins sins that the People of some Nations Churches and Places are peculiarly inclined to more than to other sins and more than other Nations and Churches are Thus the Sins of the Old World were Ungodly Marriages and violence Gen. 6.2 4 13. Sodom's special sins were Pride fulness of Bread Idleness and filthy Fleshly Unnatural Lusts The Jews great sin was Idolatry and Murmuring and at last Rejection and Crucifying of Christ Babylon's sin was Cruelty The Athenians sin was Curiosity and affecting of Novelties Acts 17.21 The Cretians sins were Lying and Sloth Tit. 1.12 And there are sins of particular Churches Ephesus's sin was leaving her First Love Rev. 2.4 Pergamus and Thyatira's sins were Errors Loose Doctrines and Practices Sardis's sin was having a Name to Live and but a Name being really Dead Laodicea's sin was Spiritual Pride and Lukewarmness So the sin of France was Pride in Apparel Inventing and Following of Fashions The sins of Southern hot Countries as Italy are Uncleanness and Revenge Of Spain Pride of Spirit Of more Cold and Northern Countries Gluttonny and Drunkenness and also Uncleanness as the fruits of those sins And what shall I say are England's proper sins Oh that there were not cause to fear and say that England is even the Centre of all these sins the very Sink whereinto all these sins have emptied themselves Are not the Pride in Garb and Spirit of some Countries the Uncleanness of others the Gluttony and Drunkenness the Atheism and Profaneness of others all to be found overflowing our Land as a Deluge Nay are not the sins of the Churches of Ephesus Pergamus Thyatira Sardis and Laodicea to be found in our Churches Now it is our Duty and will be the Evidence of our Sincerity to keep from these our National and Church sins Prop. V. Both a Nations and Persons special prevailing sins may alter and change as their Age and Condition and particular Circumstances do alter One sin may be a Man's special beloved prevailing sin at one time and in one Age and Condition and another at another time For as in the Body there may be a change in the Temper and Constitution of the Body and thereupon an inclination to some Diseases at one time and to others at another So it may be and often is as to the Soul namely Pride Prodigality Intemperance in Meat and Drink Uncleanness Gaming Haunting of and Linking themselves to knots of loose Companions may be the beloved prevailing sins of Persons in their Youth or riper Years and yet Covetousness may be the special prevailing sin of the same Person in his old Age. Thou may'st exchange one beloved lust for another and so still have some beloved lust that is properly thine iniquity A sin that may prove to be thy reigning sin may lye a long time hid and thou at present feel little of the stirrings of it but yet at length occasions may come that may draw it out and it may come to be thy prevailing corruption Envy Discontent Impatience may be thy iniquities when thou art brought into a low condition which it may be thou observedst little of while thou wert in an healthful or prosperous state And when thou art in a prosperous condition rais'd in Power or Estate Pride Oppression Cruelty Luxury may be thy special sins which thou feltest little of before Thou may'st be ready to say as Hazael 2 King 8.13 Is thy Servant a Dog but saith the Prophet Thou shalt be King and thou little thinkest how cruel and tyrannical thou wilt be then And so also a Nation 's special sins may alter In times of Darkness and Ignorance Superstition and Idolatry may be the reigning sins of a place and in times of greater Light of the Gospel together with the springing up of the Grain Weeds do oft put up and the Envious one sows Tares and so Errors in Doctrine and the abounding of such may be the reigning sin of a Nation or Church In the time of setting upon the work of Reformation in Doctrine Worship Discipline or Manners the special sin of a People too often is unwillingness to be reformed and opposition to the work of Reformation and to the setting up the Kingdom of Christ and the Lord grant that may not be found to be the sin of our Nation At one time Persecution against the godly and against both the Form and Power of Godliness may be the sin of a Nation at another time resting in the Form of Godliness and denying the Power of it and the increase of Divisions Animosities Censoriousness c. may be the sin of Professors so that you see there may be a change of Nations and Person 's special prevailing sins yet they may have still some predominant sin that may truly be called their own iniquity and it is the duty of all that would prove themselves sincere to keep themselves unspotted from the present prevailing sins those that their own hearts the times and places wherein they live are most addicted to Prop. VI. The same Person or People may at the same time have several prevailing reigning sins which may properly be called their peculiar Iniquities arising from different Causes