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say_v the_o scripture_n neither_o of_o which_o do_v imply_v a_o impossibility_n but_o only_o a_o difficulty_n of_o understand_v the_o depth_n and_o secret_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o as_o the_o search_n of_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o require_v deep_a speculation_n so_o do_v the_o delivery_n thereof_o deserve_v more_o heedful_a and_o serious_a attention_n i_o be_v shape_v in_o iniquity_n i_o may_v not_o now_o stand_v to_o dispute_v that_o question_n which_o be_v dispute_v in_o the_o work_n of_o some_o great_a divine_n namely_o whether_o propagation_n and_o traduce_v of_o sin_n be_v from_o the_o father_n or_o mother_n some_o collect_v and_o affirm_v from_o that_o rom._n 5._o as_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n that_o sin_n proceed_v only_o and_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o man_n and_o if_o the_o woman_n can_v conceive_v and_o bring_v forth_o without_o the_o man_n the_o child_n be_v without_o sin_n other_o again_o insert_v that_o 1_o tim._n 2._o 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in_o as_o much_o as_o the_o principal_a guilt_n of_o sin_n depend_v upon_o the_o efficient_a cause_n thereof_o namely_o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la hominis_fw-la the_o freewill_n of_o man_n in_o the_o wilful_a disobedience_n of_o god_n law_n which_o david_n never_o have_v but_o be_v bear_v as_o all_o other_o man_n captive_n to_o their_o lust_n and_o can_v not_o obey_v the_o law_n if_o he_o have_v be_v never_o so_o willing_a and_o which_o never_o man_n have_v but_o one_o neither_o be_v sin_n in_o that_o extense_fw-la and_o high_a nature_n which_o the_o free_a and_o malicious_a a_o version_n of_o the_o will_v perpetrate_v and_o commit_v by_o any_o one_o but_o by_o that_o one_o and_o that_o by_o a_o transient_a act_n many_o hundred_o year_n afore_o how_o then_o can_v the_o prophet_n be_v say_v to_o be_v guilty_a of_o sin_n in_o that_o kind_n which_o only_o proper_o &_o undequaque_fw-la complet_o be_v sin_n or_o just_o assume_v the_o last_o unto_o himself_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o although_o the_o act_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n be_v transient_a yet_o the_o will_n of_o that_o act_n be_v permanent_a and_o remaineâ—_n and_o it_o be_v just_o repute_v unto_o the_o prophet_n and_o unto_o all_o man_n that_o descend_v from_o their_o loin_n it_o stand_v both_o with_o the_o rule_n of_o equity_n and_o righteous_a judgement_n just_o to_o attribute_v and_o impute_v that_o unto_o we_o which_o we_o as_o it_o be_v do_v in_o our_o progenitor_n for_o can_v any_o man_n be_v more_o just_a and_o equal_a then_o to_o charge_v every_o part_n by_o that_o which_o be_v commit_v by_o the_o whole_a for_o all_o the_o generation_n and_o succession_n of_o man_n make_v but_o one_o body_n and_o every_o one_o be_v member_n of_o that_o body_n and_o the_o whole_a lease_n of_o man_n be_v but_o as_o one_o tree_n whereof_o our_o first_o parent_n be_v the_o root_n and_o therefore_o that_o sprig_n which_o have_v but_o new_o sprout_v
saint_n paul_n say_v as_o much_o rom._n 7.18_o i_o know_v that_o in_o i_o that_o be_v in_o my_o flesh_n dwell_v no_o good_a thing_n and_o 2_o cor._n 3.5_o we_o be_v not_o sufficient_a of_o ourselves_o to_o think_v any_o thing_n as_o of_o ourselves_o but_o our_o suffiencie_n be_v of_o god_n the_o reason_n of_o which_o doctrine_n be_v these_o r._n 1._o because_o of_o that_o guilt_n which_o infant_n stand_v in_o adam_n in_o who_o say_v the_o apostle_n rom._n 5.12_o for_o so_o be_v that_o place_n render_v all_o have_v sin_v for_o adam_n be_v not_o then_o as_o one_o particular_a person_n but_o as_o the_o common_a stock_n and_o root_n of_o all_o mankind_n whereupon_o by_o this_o sin_n all_o his_o posterity_n which_o have_v be_v in_o sin_n as_o in_o the_o root_n become_v equal_o sinful_a hence_o be_v that_o of_o our_o saviour_n mat._n 7.18_o a_o corrupt_a tree_n can_v bring_v forth_o good_a â—ruit_n and_o he_o give_v the_o reason_n joh._n 3.6_o because_o that_o which_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o flesh_n be_v flesh_n that_o be_v of_o the_o corrupt_a parent_n be_v sinful_a which_o be_v job_n meaning_n where_o he_o say_v no_o man_n can_v beget_v a_o child_n that_o be_v clean_o from_o sin_n himself_o be_v unclean_a this_o treason_n commit_v by_o adam_n run_v through_o the_o whole_a blood_n this_o leaven_n infect_v the_o whole_a lump_n this_o poison_n be_v diffuse_v into_o all_o mankind_n and_o since_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o man_n be_v disable_v from_o act_v that_o which_o be_v good_a for_o we_o know_v that_o water_n can_v rise_v no_o high_o than_o the_o fountain_n be_v nature_n will_v give_v it_o leave_v to_o go_v no_o high_o the_o fire_n give_v heat_n only_o within_o a_o certain_a compass_n and_o distance_n and_o no_o far_o nothing_o can_v work_v beyond_o the_o sphere_n of_o its_o own_o reach_n and_o activity_n so_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o corrupt_v nature_n to_o elevate_v itself_o to_o supernatural_a grace_n or_o to_o do_v any_o action_n prepare_v bend_a or_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 in_o their_o nature_n and_o therefore_o to_o clear_v the_o justice_n of_o god_n in_o punish_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o text_n be_v evident_a that_o be_v original_o sinful_a they_o suffer_v most_o just_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n obj._n but_o these_o be_v most_o lewd_a man_n and_o god_n forbid_v but_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o godly_a ans_fw-fr the_o infant_n of_o the_o best_a christian_n be_v by_o nature_n no_o better_o than_o the_o infant_n of_o a_o sodomite_n as_o appear_v ephes_n 2.3_o and_o the_o sin_n those_o infant_n be_v guilty_a of_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o god_n do_v thus_o deal_v with_o they_o for_o rom._n 5.12_o god_n be_v no_o respecter_n of_o person_n and_o therefore_o hate_v sin_n as_o well_o in_o they_o as_o in_o we_o for_o have_v not_o the_o infant_n of_o god_n own_o people_n be_v bear_v fool_n natural_a or_o deaf_a or_o blind_a as_o we_o may_v see_v john_n 9.1_o have_v not_o many_o of_o they_o be_v smite_v with_o many_o and_o grievous_a and_o strange_a disease_n as_o david_n child_n be_v 2_o sam._n 12.15_o and_o what_o be_v this_o but_o a_o witness_v of_o god_n wrath_n against_o they_o as_o well_o as_o other_o for_o how_o can_v a_o most_o pure_a god_n love_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v pollute_v this_o be_v contrary_a to_o his_o nature_n who_o pure_a eye_n can_v behold_v iniquity_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v as_o easy_a for_o light_n and_o darkness_n to_o agree_v together_o as_o the_o most_o pure_a creator_n and_o impure_a creature_n to_o love_v each_o other_o this_o i_o speak_v not_o to_o abridge_v god_n mercy_n how_o in_o his_o favour_n he_o may_v look_v upon_o infant_n in_o his_o son_n but_o how_o god_n in_o himself_o may_v behold_v they_o in_o their_o original_a sin_n be_v child_n of_o wrath_n and_o so_o may_v become_v the_o fit_a object_n of_o his_o wrath_n to_o be_v severe_o punish_v with_o their_o parent_n 2_o because_o of_o that_o filth_n which_o be_v convey_v from_o their_o parent_n unto_o they_o and_o therefore_o by_o isa_n 48.8_o be_v say_v to_o be_v transgressor_n from_o the_o womb_n who_o heart_n be_v evil_a from_o their_o very_a youth_n gen._n 8.11_o hence_o be_v that_o of_o ambrose_n who_o be_v just_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n whereas_o a_o infant_n of_o a_o day_n old_a can_v be_v clear_a from_o sin_n every_o thing_n that_o be_v bear_v carry_v with_o it_o the_o nature_n of_o that_o which_o bear_v it_o as_o touch_v the_o substance_n and_o accident_n proper_a to_o that_o special_a kind_n but_o we_o be_v all_o bear_v of_o corrupt_a and_o guilty_a parent_n hence_o by_o nature_n in_o our_o birth_n we_o draw_v their_o guilt_n and_o corruption_n and_o by_o this_o mean_v we_o have_v the_o spawn_n and_o seed_n of_o all_o sin_n within_o we_o so_o that_o every_o imagination_n become_v evil_a only_o evil_a and_o continual_o evil_a gen._n 6.6_o as_o god_n himself_o set_v we_o out_o in_o our_o natural_a condition_n ob._n the_o 1_o cor._n 7.14_o the_o child_n of_o 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