soul_n that_o sin_v shall_v die_v the_o son_n shall_v not_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n whereunto_o the_o law_n of_o god_n deut._n 24._o be_v consonant_n and_o agreeable_a which_o law_n do_v forbid_v child_n to_o be_v punish_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o their_o parent_n why_o then_o do_v we_o die_v for_o another_o sin_n why_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o adam_n impute_v to_o we_o or_o be_v it_o credible_a that_o he_o that_o forgive_v we_o our_o sin_n will_v impute_v to_o any_o one_o another_o sin_n what_o that_o the_o punishment_n be_v great_a than_o the_o sin_n for_o when_o we_o sin_v in_o adam_n only_o in_o potentia_fw-la in_o power_n and_o possibility_n yet_o we_o be_v punish_v in_o actu_fw-la in_o act_n and_o that_o seem_v most_o cruel_a that_o adam_n which_o sin_v in_o act_n be_v save_v and_o for_o the_o same_o sin_n many_o be_v damn_v who_o sin_v in_o adam_n only_o in_o power_n and_o possibility_n i_o answer_v the_o place_n in_o ezechiel_n must_v be_v take_v thus_o the_o 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not_o refuse_v the_o gospel_n viz._n because_o say_v he_o they_o refuse_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o their_o parent_n 92._o in_o perkins_n p._n 92._o grandfather_n great-grandfather_n and_o their_o father_n by_o which_o act_n they_o deserve_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v forsake_v by_o god_n for_o i_o will_v have_v they_o show_v i_o a_o solid_a and_o sound_a reason_n why_o infant_n have_v not_o sin_v against_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o their_o parent_n to_o who_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v offer_v and_o by_o who_o it_o be_v refuse_v see_v in_o adam_n all_o his_o posterity_n sin_v against_o the_o law_n and_o by_o it_o deserve_a punishment_n and_o forsake_v for_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o god_n be_v perpetual_a that_o child_n be_v comprehend_v in_o their_o parent_n vi_o let_v therefore_o the_o school_n and_o follower_n of_o arminius_n learn_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o difference_n and_o why_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n shall_v be_v impute_v to_o his_o posterity_n but_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o father_n shall_v not_o be_v impute_v to_o their_o child_n these_o therefore_o i_o say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o difference_n 1._o because_o by_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n we_o lose_v original_a purity_n but_o we_o have_v not_o lose_v it_o by_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o grandfather_n or_o great-grandfather_n 2._o because_o adam_n receive_v gift_n which_o as_o he_o have_v for_o himself_o so_o he_o shall_v have_v convey_v they_o to_o his_o posterity_n which_o see_v he_o lose_v it_o just_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o his_o posterity_n shall_v be_v deprive_v of_o those_o gift_n but_o my_o grandfather_n or_o great-grandfather_n receive_v no_o supernatural_a gift_n from_o god_n which_o by_o a_o hereditary_a right_n they_o shall_v derive_v to_o their_o posterity_n 3._o then_o also_o the_o sin_n of_o my_o grandfather_n and_o great-grandfather_n be_v personal_a sin_n neither_o do_v they_o in_o their_o sin_v sustain_v the_o person_n of_o their_o posterity_n which_o can_v be_v say_v of_o adam_n 2._o vide_fw-la tho._n 1.2_o quest_n 81._o art_n 2._o sure_o i_o think_v that_o it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o ezechias_n or_o josias_n who_o be_v the_o posterity_n of_o david_n do_v in_o david_n murder_n urias_n 4._o i_o will_v say_v somewhat_o more_o adam_n while_o he_o live_v commit_v many_o sin_n yet_o i_o think_v that_o only_o that_o first_o sin_n of_o adam_n be_v impute_v to_o his_o posterity_n because_o only_o by_o this_o sin_n he_o violate_v that_o covenant_n which_o be_v make_v with_o he_o as_o with_o the_o author_n of_o mankind_n 5._o and_o if_o any_o one_o at_o this_o day_n be_v deprive_v of_o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n because_o some_o of_o his_o ancestor_n a_o thousand_o year_n since_o refuse_v the_o gospel_n as_o arminius_n think_v there_o be_v no_o cause_n why_o on_o the_o other_o side_n one_o may_v not_o be_v call_v effectual_o to_o salvation_n because_o some_o one_o of_o his_o ancestor_n believe_v the_o gospel_n for_o why_o shall_v the_o infidelity_n of_o the_o great-grandfather_n be_v impute_v to_o the_o great-grandsonne_a and_o his_o faith_n be_v not_o impute_v but_o that_o the_o faith_n of_o one_o be_v impute_v to_o another_o arminius_n himself_o be_v not_o of_o opinion_n when_o he_o say_v out_o of_o habacuk_n 2._o the_o just_a shall_v live_v by_o his_o own_o faith_n and_o not_o by_o another_o nor_o because_o adam_n believe_v the_o promise_n of_o his_o seed_n that_o shall_v break_v the_o serpent_n head_n be_v this_o his_o faith_n therefore_o impute_v to_o any_o of_o his_o posterity_n arnoldus_fw-la do_v seem_v to_o consent_v to_o this_o but_o i_o can_v be_v bring_v to_o think_v that_o the_o other_o sectary_n do_v believe_v the_o same_o 6._o to_o believe_v that_o any_o one_o be_v reprobate_v because_o he_o resuse_v the_o gospel_n in_o his_o greatgrandfather_n or_o their_o father_n be_v plain_o conrâ—ary_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o saint_n paul_n 2_o cor._n 5.10_o where_o he_o say_v that_o every_o one_o shall_v receive_v the_o thing_n do_v in_o his_o body_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o evil_n therefore_o not_o according_a to_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v do_v in_o another_o body_n 7._o i_o let_v pass_v he_o absurdity_n into_o which_o arminius_n by_o this_o mean_n will_v plunge_v himself_o for_o it_o may_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o one_o grandfather_n by_o the_o father_n side_n have_v believe_v the_o gospel_n &_o his_o grandfather_n by_o his_o mother_n side_n have_v refuse_v the_o gospel_n it_o may_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o one_o grandfather_n or_o greatgrandfather_n &_o so_o upward_o part_n have_v believe_v and_o part_n have_v not_o believe_v i_o demand_v of_o which_o of_o they_o in_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n shall_v respect_n be_v have_v shall_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o one_o or_o the_o infidelity_n of_o the_o other_o be_v impute_v to_o their_o posterity_n then_o also_o as_o often_o as_o the_o gospel_n be_v offer_v to_o any_o nation_n or_o city_n there_o be_v nothing_o so_o likely_a as_o that_o some_o of_o those_o people_n be_v bear_v of_o ancestor_n that_o be_v infidel_n and_o that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v bear_v of_o faithful_a ancestor_n yet_o be_v the_o gospel_n offer_v to_o all_o without_o any_o difference_n also_o it_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o one_o proceed_v of_o faithful_a ancestor_n may_v refuse_v the_o gospel_n and_o on_o the_o otherside_n one_o proceed_v of_o insideâ—s_n may_v be_v convert_v 8._o and_o if_o one_o may_v be_v a_o infidel_n by_o another_o infidelity_n and_o may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v refuse_v the_o gospel_n in_o his_o ancestor_n because_o some_o one_o of_o his_o progenitor_n refuse_v the_o gospel_n a_o thousand_o year_n before_o there_o will_v scarce_o be_v any_o of_o the_o godly_a that_o after_o this_o manner_n have_v not_o refuse_v the_o gospel_n 9_o but_o what_o will_v they_o say_v to_o this_o that_o it_o be_v find_v by_o experience_n that_o the_o worst_a and_o most_o wicked_a progeny_n of_o very_a wicked_a ancestor_n have_v be_v convert_v to_o the_o faith_n and_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v rom._n 5.20_o where_o sin_n abound_v there_o grace_v abound_v what_o be_v the_o ancient_a roman_n but_o thief_n depopulate_v and_o waste_v the_o world_n and_o a_o scourge_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n what_o be_v corinth_n but_o the_o stew_n of_o all_o graecia_n and_o the_o mart_n or_o fair_a of_o most_o foul_a lust_n yet_o nevertheless_o in_o those_o city_n god_n by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n raise_v up_o most_o flourish_a church_n and_o there_o be_v very_o many_o in_o those_o dregs_n which_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o election_n of_o god_n 10._o but_o if_o at_o any_o time_n the_o posterity_n be_v punish_v for_o
the_o sin_n of_o their_o ancestor_n arminius_n ought_v not_o to_o extend_v it_o to_o so_o many_o age_n see_v the_o law_n do_v not_o extend_v the_o visitation_n of_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n beyond_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n and_o that_o because_o a_o man_n can_v scarce_o live_v so_o long_o as_o to_o see_v his_o issue_n beyond_o the_o three_o or_o four_o generation_n for_o therefore_o be_v child_n punish_v their_o father_n behold_v it_o that_o grief_n may_v thereby_o increase_v to_o their_o parent_n and_o that_o the_o father_n may_v be_v punish_v by_o the_o â—_z of_o the_o child_n which_o be_v a_o cause_n to_o i_o of_o suspect_v that_o this_o visitation_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n aught_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o temporal_a and_o not_o of_o eternal_a punishment_n vii_o but_o to_o that_o which_o be_v say_v that_o the_o punishment_n be_v great_a than_o the_o sin_n because_o they_o which_o in_o adam_n sin_v only_o in_o power_n be_v for_o his_o sin_n punish_v in_o act_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o answer_v for_o we_o so_o sin_v in_o adam_n in_o power_n that_o also_o the_o sin_n be_v in_o we_o in_o act_n neither_o do_v we_o only_o bear_v the_o punishment_n of_o another_o sin_n but_o also_o of_o our_o own_o nor_o be_v it_o any_o marvel_n if_o god_n have_v pardon_v adam_n and_o do_v not_o pardon_v many_o of_o his_o posterity_n for_o adam_n believe_v and_o repent_v but_o these_o refuse_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n offer_v and_o persist_v in_o impenitency_n chap._n x._o of_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n to_o his_o posterity_n where_o also_o of_o the_o traduction_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o sin_n itself_o we_o have_v already_o say_v that_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n be_v convey_v to_o his_o posterity_n two_o manner_n of_o way_n by_o imputation_n and_o propagation_n of_o imputation_n it_o have_v be_v speak_v now_o we_o be_v to_o speak_v of_o propagation_n i._o that_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n have_v infect_v all_o mankind_n with_o a_o hereditary_a depravation_n and_o that_o this_o contagion_n have_v far_o spread_v itself_o have_v be_v abundant_o prove_v by_o those_o place_n by_o which_o we_o have_v declare_v that_o every_o man_n be_v conceive_v and_o bear_v in_o sin_n as_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n so_o death_n go_v over_o all_o in_o who_o all_o man_n sin_v rom._n 5._o ii_o and_o if_o any_o one_o will_v exact_o view_v the_o manner_n and_o circumstance_n of_o adam_n sin_n he_o shall_v find_v that_o in_o every_o man_n the_o character_n and_o no_o obscure_a image_n of_o that_o first_o sin_n be_v deep_o impress_v for_o there_o be_v engraft_v in_o every_o man_n curiosity_n &_o desire_n of_o know_v those_o thin_a g_n which_o pertain_v nothing_o to_o he_o and_o also_o a_o distrustful_a haesitation_n and_o doubt_v of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o as_o adam_n lay_v the_o fault_n upon_o his_o wife_n and_o his_o wife_n upon_o the_o serpent_n so_o be_v it_o natural_a to_o every_o man_n to_o cover_v his_o fault_n with_o another_o fault_n also_o flight_n and_o tremble_a at_o the_o meeting_n of_o god_n lie_v dissemble_a and_o a_o sense_n of_o undecent_a nakedness_n be_v in_o all_o man_n by_o nature_n and_o be_v derive_v into_o posterity_n from_o that_o fountain_n and_o to_o these_o thing_n we_o be_v not_o teach_v but_o make_v not_o instruct_v but_o infect_v to_o these_o thing_n we_o do_v not_o only_o not_o need_v a_o master_n but_o contrary_a to_o the_o teach_n of_o master_n and_o to_o discipline_n all_o stay_v and_o bar_n be_v break_v we_o return_v to_o they_o nature_n be_v conqueror_n iii_o as_o therefore_o the_o egg_n of_o the_o asp_n be_v just_o break_v and_o serpent_n new_a breed_v be_v just_o kill_v although_o they_o have_v yet_o poison_v none_o so_o infant_n be_v right_o obnoxious_a and_o subject_a to_o punishment_n for_o although_o they_o have_v not_o yet_o sin_v in_o act_n yet_o there_o be_v in_o they_o that_o contagious_a pestilence_n and_o that_o natural_a proneness_n to_o sin_n iu._n but_o hence_o arise_v a_o question_n hard_a to_o be_v dissolve_v to_o wit_n by_o what_o mean_v sin_n be_v traduce_v from_o parent_n to_o their_o posterity_n and_o how_o man_n soul_n may_v draw_v this_o depravation_n for_o see_v all_o thing_n that_o god_n do_v be_v good_a it_o be_v not_o credible_a nor_o likely_a that_o god_n put_v original_a sin_n into_o man_n soul_n for_o how_o shall_v he_o punish_v those_o soul_n which_o he_o himself_o have_v corrupt_v and_o if_o he_o create_v the_o soul_n pure_a and_o just_a but_o be_v include_v in_o the_o body_n it_o be_v defile_v with_o the_o contagion_n other_o discommodity_n no_o whit_n less_o do_v arise_v for_o to_o include_v a_o pure_a and_o innocent_a soul_n in_o a_o stink_a prison_n and_o to_o thrust_v it_o as_o it_o be_v into_o a_o bridewell_n that_o it_o may_v be_v corrupt_v there_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o agree_v with_o the_o justice_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n v._o hereto_o be_v add_v also_o that_o sin_n be_v the_o depravation_n of_o the_o soul_n not_o of_o the_o body_n for_o sin_n be_v a_o spiritual_a thing_n a_o vice_n of_o the_o will_n the_o body_n therefore_o can_v give_v that_o to_o the_o soul_n which_o it_o have_v not_o and_o see_v the_o body_n do_v not_o sin_n but_o when_o the_o soul_n do_v use_v the_o body_n as_o a_o organ_n to_o sin_n rom._n 6.13_o it_o be_v manifest_v that_o sin_n do_v pass_v from_o the_o soul_n into_o the_o body_n and_o not_o from_o the_o body_n into_o the_o soul_n to_o which_o thing_n the_o very_a sin_n of_o adam_n be_v a_o clear_a testimony_n to_o we_o for_o adam_n first_o sin_v in_o will_n before_o he_o stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n to_o the_o forbid_a apple_n caluin_n see_v this_o who_o in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o his_o institution_n have_v these_o word_n this_o contagion_n have_v not_o its_o cause_n in_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o flesh_n or_o of_o the_o soul_n but_o because_o it_o be_v so_o appoint_v by_o god_n that_o what_o gift_n he_o have_v bestow_v upon_o the_o first_o man_n he_o shall_v have_v they_o and_o also_o loose_v they_o both_o for_o himself_o and_o he_o vi_o here_o be_v a_o way_n that_o be_v obscure_a and_o slippery_a in_o which_o we_o must_v go_v with_o wary_a step_n i_o do_v not_o propound_v to_o myself_o to_o satisfy_v they_o that_o be_v brainsick_a and_o wicked_o acute_a i_o will_v only_o set_v down_o those_o thing_n which_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o to_o reason_n whereunto_o that_o the_o way_n may_v be_v make_v plain_a some_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o original_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o the_o traduction_n of_o it_o vii_o origen_n follow_v plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o all_o soul_n be_v at_o first_o create_v together_o with_o the_o angel_n and_o afterward_o put_v into_o body_n this_o he_o dispute_v lib._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 7._o tertullian_n will_v have_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v convey_v with_o the_o seed_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o son_n to_o be_v from_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o father_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v marvel_v at_o in_o he_o who_o do_v contend_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o body_n lib_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la chap._n 5._o saint_n jerome_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o marcellina_n and_o anapsychia_n do_v witness_n that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o west_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n saint_n austin_n have_v write_v four_o book_n of_o the_o original_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o which_o he_o leave_v this_o question_n undecided_a neither_o dare_v he_o rash_o determine_v any_o thing_n and_o his_o second_o book_n of_o retractation_n chap._n 56._o do_v witness_n that_o he_o continue_v in_o that_o doubt_n to_o his_o death_n yet_o in_o his_o 157._o epistle_n he_o do_v debate_n with_o tertullian_n and_o do_v more_o incline_v to_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n viii_o but_o we_o determine_v that_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n be_v infuse_v into_o the_o bear_v the_o i_o e._n the_o child_n conceive_v and_o not_o yet_o bear_v embryo_n but_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o come_v from_o without_o as_o aristotle_n will_v have_v it_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la generate_fw-la animal_n cap._n 3._o but_o we_o think_v that_o it_o be_v form_v by_o god_n in_o the_o fruit_n and_o in_o the_o rudiment_n of_o man_n body_n be_v lead_v thereto_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n whereunto_o reason_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n itself_o do_v agree_v ix_o moses_n numb_a 27.16_o say_v thus_o to_o god_n let_v the_o lord_n the_o
frowardness_n by_o what_o mean_v it_o do_v blow_v up_o a_o man_n while_o he_o burst_v and_o lift_v he_o up_o on_o high_a that_o it_o may_v throw_v he_o down_o headlong_o for_o one_o that_o be_v fill_v with_o armianisme_n may_v say_v thus_o god_n indeed_o be_v willing_a to_o save_v i_o but_o he_o may_v be_v disappoint_v of_o his_o will_n he_o may_v be_v defraud_v of_o his_o natural_a desire_n which_o be_v far_o the_o best_a those_o who_o god_n will_v save_v by_o his_o antecedent_n will_v he_o will_v destroy_v by_o his_o consequent_a will_n also_o his_o election_n do_v rest_n on_o the_o foreseeing_a of_o man_n will_n i_o be_v a_o miserable_a man_n if_o my_o salvation_n depend_v upon_o so_o unstable_a a_o thing_n the_o same_o man_n will_v also_o reason_v thus_o god_n give_v to_o all_o man_n sufficient_a grace_n but_o he_o have_v not_o manifest_v christ_n to_o all_o man_n therefore_o there_o be_v some_o grace_n sufficient_a without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n also_o the_o same_o 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by_o mean_n that_o be_v convenient_a and_o not_o contumelious_a against_o god_n chap._n xxv_o whether_o christ_n be_v the_o cause_n and_o foundation_n of_o election_n i._o we_o say_v that_o no_o man_n be_v save_v but_o by_o and_o for_o christ_n and_o that_o christ_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o price_n of_o our_o redemption_n the_o foundation_n and_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o our_o salvation_n but_o we_o do_v not_o say_v that_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o election_n or_o the_o cause_n why_o of_o two_o consider_v in_o the_o corrupt_a mass_n one_o be_v prefer_v before_o another_o there_o be_v not_o want_v example_n of_o most_o wicked_a man_n to_o one_o whereof_o god_n so_o dispense_n the_o gospel_n have_v be_v preach_v whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o he_o be_v convert_v and_o do_v believe_v but_o to_o the_o other_o the_o gospel_n have_v not_o be_v preach_v the_o scripture_n do_v not_o say_v that_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o 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say_v that_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o some_o man_n shall_v be_v elect_v rather_o than_o other_o iii_o reason_n itself_o do_v consent_v for_o as_o the_o recovery_n of_o the_o sick-man_n do_v in_o the_o intention_n always_o go_v before_o the_o use_n of_o the_o physician_n so_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o in_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n the_o thought_n of_o save_v man_n be_v not_o in_o time_n but_o in_o order_n before_o the_o thought_n of_o send_v the_o saviour_n iv_o add_v to_o these_o that_o the_o mediation_n and_o redemption_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o action_n whereby_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n be_v satisfy_v which_o be_v not_o signify_v by_o the_o word_n election_n for_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o be_v a_o mediator_n and_o another_o thing_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o election_n or_o of_o the_o prefer_n of_o one_o before_o another_o in_o the_o secret_a counsel_n of_o god_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o christ_n be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o our_o salvation_n but_o not_o 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