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have_v so_o many_o actual_a sin_n to_o answer_v for_o and_o have_v sin_v in_o a_o far_o more_o odious_a manner_n then_o this_o infant_n have_v do_v if_o this_o be_v do_v to_o the_o green_a tree_n say_v our_o saviour_n luk._n 23.31_o what_o shall_v be_v do_v to_o the_o dry_a sure_o this_o be_v enough_o if_o well_o consider_v to_o melt_v the_o hard_a heart_n into_o tear_n thorough_o to_o bewail_v the_o original_a corruption_n especial_o when_o they_o consider_v the_o next_o point_n follow_v namely_o doct._n 2d_o that_o the_o sin_n which_o we_o be_v from_o our_o very_a infancy_n stain_v withal_o be_v convey_v by_o our_o parent_n unto_o we_o it_o be_v leprosy_n begin_v in_o adam_n and_o you_o run_v over_o all_o succession_n of_o mankind_n hence_o the_o prophet_n acknowledge_v i_o be_v conceive_v in_o sin_n not_o mean_v any_o particular_a sin_n of_o his_o parent_n in_o the_o act_n of_o generation_n for_o he_o be_v beget_v and_o bear_v in_o lawful_a marriage_n but_o his_o hereditary_a sin_n whererof_o he_o be_v guilty_a in_o his_o mother_n womb_n for_o though_o many_o cause_n may_v be_v assign_v of_o actual_a sin_n commit_v by_o man_n or_o woman_n as_o either_o of_o themselves_o james_n 1.14_o the_o world_n 1_o john_n 2.16_o or_o the_o devil_n eph._n 2.2_o yet_o of_o original_a sin_n that_o be_v in_o infant_n no_o other_o cause_n can_v be_v assign_v no_o root_n no_o fountain_n but_o this_o that_o they_o receive_v it_o from_o their_o parent_n hence_o be_v that_o of_o aug._n per_fw-la dvos_fw-la homines_fw-la transisse_fw-la peccatum_fw-la both_o say_v ambrose_n parent_n ut_fw-la generis_fw-la sic_fw-la et_fw-la erroris_fw-la this_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n partus_fw-la sequitur_fw-la ventrem_fw-la if_o a_o free_a man_n get_v a_o child_n by_o a_o bondwoman_n the_o child_n shall_v be_v bond_n by_o the_o mother_n not_o free_a by_o the_o father_n as_o sin_v enter_v into_o paradise_n so_o it_o enter_v into_o the_o world_n for_o it_o be_v the_o same_o sin_n in_o we_o that_o be_v in_o they_o in_o they_o actual_o in_o we_o original_o and_o the_o same_o sin_n must_v have_v the_o same_o beginning_n but_o it_o come_v into_o paradise_n by_o they_o both_o therefore_o so_o into_o the_o world_n and_o therefore_o gen._n 5.3_o it_o be_v say_v that_o adam_n after_o his_o fall_n beget_v a_o son_n in_o his_o likeness_n after_o his_o image_n sinful_a and_o corrupt_a as_o himself_o be_v and_o the_o evangelist_n make_v a_o opposition_n between_o the_o cause_n from_o whence_o corruption_n and_o grace_n come_v say_v john_n 1.13_o the_o one_o come_v from_o bleod_a and_o from_o the_o will_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o from_o the_o will_n of_o man_n but_o the_o other_o come_v from_o god_n alone_o hence_o there_o be_v never_o any_o that_o have_v parent_n a_o father_n to_o beget_v he_o and_o a_o mother_n to_o conceive_v he_o that_o be_v free_a from_o this_o original_a sin_n and_o corruption_n of_o nature_n no_o not_o such_o as_o have_v the_o godly_a parent_n that_o ever_o live_v as_o the_o the_o child_n of_o noah_n abraham_n isaac_n david_n do_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o circumcision_n gen._n 21.4_o which_o signify_v the_o cut_n away_o of_o the_o filthy_a foreskin_n of_o their_o heart_n this_o original_a corruption_n as_o the_o prophet_n expound_v it_o jer._n 4.4_o wherefore_o job_n 14.4_o when_o he_o will_v give_v a_o reason_n why_o man_n every_o man_n young_a and_o old_a be_v not_o only_o subject_a to_o so_o many_o trouble_n in_o this_o life_n but_o also_o so_o filthy_a and_o sinful_a allege_v no_o more_o but_o this_o man_z that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n he_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n and_o therefore_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o so_o again_o job_n 15.14_o and_o 25.4_o and_o though_o the_o mother_n only_o be_v name_v by_o job_n and_o david_n yet_o be_v this_o corruption_n derive_v to_o the_o child_n not_o from_o the_o mother_n only_o but_o from_o the_o father_n as_o much_o as_o from_o the_o mother_n the_o sin_n come_v by_o two_o 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the_o lord_n pronounce_v he_o happy_a that_o shall_v take_v the_o little_a one_o of_o the_o babylonian_n and_o dash_v out_o their_o brain_n against_o the_o stone_n and_o gen._n 19.25_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o in_o the_o destruction_n of_o sodom_n none_o of_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v spare_v no_o not_o the_o infant_n and_o suckling_n but_o god_n rain_v down_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n upon_o they_o the_o like_v you_o shall_v find_v numb_a 16_o 27._o where_o from_o the_o tabernacle_n it_o be_v say_v that_o dathan_n and_o abiram_n come_v out_o and_o stand_v in_o the_o door_n of_o their_o tent_n and_o their_o wife_n and_o their_o son_n and_o their_o little_a child_n all_o which_o be_v swallow_v up_o by_o the_o earth_n ver_fw-la 32._o as_o moses_n say_v and_o so_o go_v down_o quick_a into_o the_o pit_n now_o there_o can_v be_v no_o punishment_n inflict_v but_o where_o sin_n be_v presuppose_v neither_o can_v there_o be_v any_o sin_n in_o infant_n think_v on_o but_o what_o be_v original_o 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