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controversy_n both_o major_a and_o minor_a i_o yet_o further_o confirm_v 1._o that_o it_o be_v a_o condemnation_n prove_v the_o condemn_a to_o be_v sinner_n by_o just_a imputation_n be_v manifest_a 1._o in_o that_o ver_fw-la 13_o 14._o sin_n be_v hence_o say_v to_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o sufferer_n 2._o ver_fw-la 12._o they_o be_v say_v to_o have_v sin_v 3._o ver_fw-la 19_o they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v make_v sinner_n if_o any_o say_v that_o this_o signify_v but_o metonymical_o to_o be_v use_v as_o sinner_n i_o answer_v 1._o he_o that_o will_v make_v what_o his_o list_n of_o god_n plain_a word_n by_o pretend_a unproved_a metonymy_n be_v not_o to_o be_v believe_v 2._o if_o it_o be_v true_a yet_o it_o must_v mean_v such_o a_o use_v man_n as_o sinner_n as_o imply_v they_o to_o be_v just_o so_o repute_v and_o their_o be_v sinner_n must_v be_v connoted_a as_o the_o cause_n as_o it_o be_v in_o all_o punishment_n it_o be_v sure_o a_o penal_a evil_n to_o the_o adult_n by_o the_o adversary_n confession_n and_o here_o be_v no_o distinction_n 3._o to_o be_v made_n righteous_a which_o be_v the_o opposite_a member_n be_v more_o than_o to_o be_v use_v as_o righteous_a though_o we_o have_v no_o sin_n at_o all_o inherent_a or_o impute_v go_v to_o be_v mad_a sinner_n be_v more_o than_o to_o be_v use_v as_o sinner_n though_o we_o have_v no_o sin_n at_o all_o inherent_a or_o impute_a 4._o that_o evil_a interpretation_n do_v but_o accuse_v god_n of_o injustice_n of_o which_o anon_o 2._o and_o for_o the_o minor_a it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v that_o infant_n be_v include_v 1._o because_o infant_n die_v on_o this_o account_n 2._o because_o it_o be_v a_o be_v mad_a sinner_n by_o one_o man_n disobedience_n ver_fw-la 19_o and_o a_o be_v dead_a and_o under_o condemnation_n through_o one_o man_n offence_n as_o ver_fw-la 15._o 18._o that_o be_v mention_v and_o those_o that_o be_v now_o adult_n have_v their_o relation_n in_o infancy_n to_o adam_n offence_n as_o well_o as_o after_o it_o 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that_o require_v proof_n be_v the_o minor_a which_o i_o have_v prove_v at_o large_a in_o another_o disputation_n of_o the_o guilt_n of_o our_o immediate_a parent_n sin_n to_o which_o i_o add_v 1._o god_n do_v not_o ordinary_o at_o least_o afflict_v any_o rational_a creature_n with_o death_n but_o for_o their_o sin_n but_o god_n do_v ordinary_o afflict_v infant_n even_o with_o death_n go_v he_o do_v it_o for_o their_o sin_n the_o minor_a be_v too_o well_o know_v the_o major_a i_o prove_v thus_o 1._o in_o the_o lamentation_n of_o jeremy_n the_o pain_n of_o the_o suck_a child_n be_v mention_v often_o among_o the_o rest_n and_o of_o all_o it_o be_v say_v ch_z 3._o 33._o for_o he_o do_v not_o afflict_v willing_o nor_o grieve_v the_o child_n of_o man_n that_o be_v he_o do_v it_o not_o till_o he_o be_v provoke_v by_o their_o sin_n but_o if_o he_o afflict_v even_o unto_o death_n all_o infant_n that_o so_o die_v in_o the_o world_n without_o their_o desert_n by_o sin_n than_o he_o do_v it_o 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new_o give_v we_o by_o the_o gospel_n which_o the_o mere_a sin_n of_o parent_n shall_v deprive_v no_o man_n of_o that_o disow_v they_o prop._n 22._o though_o it_o be_v but_o a_o imperfect_a analogical_a guilt_n which_o the_o act_n of_o adam_n or_o other_o parent_n sin_n do_v direct_o and_o immediate_o leave_v upon_o we_o yet_o the_o corruption_n or_o pravity_n of_o our_o own_o nature_n inherent_a in_o each_o person_n which_o by_o adam_n sin_n be_v introduce_v do_v bring_v on_o we_o a_o further_a guilt_n and_o so_o mediate_o the_o say_v actual_a sin_n do_v bring_v it_o which_o occasion_v so_o many_o protestant_a divine_n to_o place_v original_a sin_n as_o we_o in_o this_o pravity_n alone_o prop._n 23._o though_o this_o natural_a depravedness_n may_v seem_v to_o infer_v a_o lesser_a guilt_n because_o it_o be_v not_o voluntary_a as_o our_o actual_a sin_n be_v yet_o 1._o we_o be_v seminal_o in_o he_o that_o voluntary_o cause_v it_o and_o 2._o it_o be_v the_o habitual_a pravity_n of_o the_o will_n itself_o and_o so_o far_o voluntary_a and_o 3._o therefore_o contain_v virtual_o all_o future_a actual_a voluntary_a sin_n 4._o and_o be_v more_o contrary_a to_o god_n holy_a nature_n and_o will_n than_o one_o single_a actual_a sin_n will_v be_v it_o have_v therefore_o many_o aggravation_n instead_o of_o that_o one_o which_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v less_o of_o and_o so_o must_v needs_o bring_v a_o true_a and_o proper_a obligation_n to_o punishment_n till_o christ_n dissolve_v it_o as_o well_o as_o actual_a sin_n prop._n 24._o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o the_o sin_n of_o near_a parent_n may_v do_v much_o to_o the_o corrupt_a of_o our_o nature_n as_o well_o as_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n and_o to_o increase_v the_o pravity_n that_o from_o his_o only_a sin_n will_v have_v be_v upon_o they_o prove_v 1._o there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n why_o the_o sin_n of_o immediate_a parent_n shall_v deprave_v the_o nature_n of_o posterity_n as_o there_o be_v that_o adam_n sin_n shall_v do_v 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spirit_n to_o adam_n in_o innocency_n though_o i_o be_o for_o the_o affirmative_a 2._o but_o suppose_v that_o there_o be_v some_o conserve_n aid_n which_o god_n do_v withdraw_v by_o what_o name_n soever_o it_o be_v call_v yet_o thaat_n withdraw_v be_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n consequential_a to_o man_n sin_v and_o not_o before_o it_o and_o that_o sin_n itself_o do_v deprave_v the_o soul_n 3._o the_o sin_n of_o cain_n deserve_v the_o like_a desertion_n as_o well_o as_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n but_o man_n nature_n be_v not_o now_o capable_a of_o it_o in_o the_o same_o sort_n as_o then_o it_o be_v because_o than_o we_o be_v innocent_a and_o have_v the_o perfect_a image_n of_o god_n upon_o we_o and_o be_v capable_a of_o lose_v it_o but_o now_o we_o have_v lose_v it_o already_o our_o parent_n sin_n can_v but_o remove_v we_o further_o from_o god_n and_o hinder_v our_o recovery_n the_o three_o opinion_n seem_v most_o warrantable_a that_o adam_n put_v away_o or_o blot_v out_o god_n image_n 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suffering_n which_o be_v material_o punishment_n upon_o child_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o immediate_a parent_n 2._o if_o this_o be_v so_o than_o it_o will_v equal_o follow_v that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v formal_o but_o material_o punish_v for_o adam_n sin_n see_v the_o reason_n be_v manifest_v to_o be_v the_o same_o 3._o i_o have_v show_v that_o there_o must_v be_v some_o reason_n on_o the_o part_n of_o the_o sufferer_n why_o he_o shall_v suffer_v for_o another_o man_n sin_n now_o with_o we_o in_o the_o present_a case_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o we_o be_v their_o seed_n and_o have_v our_o nature_n from_o they_o go_v this_o be_v a_o less-perfect_a or_o analogical_a guilt_n obj._n god_n do_v inflict_v suffering_n on_o the_o beast_n for_o man_n sin_n without_o any_o cause_n on_o their_o part_n go_v he_o may_v do_v so_o by_o infant_n answ_n 1._o god_n be_v not_o the_o rector_n of_o beast_n in_o a_o moral_a proper_a sense_n but_o only_o in_o a_o natural_a 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due_a to_o they_o in_o the_o primary_n full_a and_o most_o proper_a sense_n on_o the_o child_n that_o be_v then_o in_o their_o loin_n it_o be_v guilt_n and_o punishment_n more_o imperfect_o as_o by_o analogy_n of_o attribution_n in_o the_o bruit_n when_o sacrifice_v or_o destroy_v for_o their_o master_n sin_n it_o be_v but_o equivocal_o guilt_n and_o punishment_n i_o shall_v proceed_v to_o some_o text_n of_o scripture_n arg._n 9_o deut._n 28._o 18._o curse_v shall_v be_v the_o fruit_n of_o thy_o body_n child_n be_v curse_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o immediate_a parent_n go_v punish_v obj._n it_o be_v only_o to_o the_o parent_n that_o it_o be_v a_o punishment_n answ_n true_o in_o the_o primary_n sense_n but_o as_o the_o child_n participate_v of_o their_o nature_n so_o also_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o guilt_n and_o punishment_n it_o be_v a_o threaten_n of_o natural_a evil_n to_o a_o rational_a creature_n because_o of_o a_o moral_a evil_n which_o he_o have_v some_o participation_n of_o go_v it_o be_v by_o participation_n a_o true_a punishment_n obj._n you_o may_v as_o well_o say_v that_o the_o bruit_n and_o inanimate_v be_v punish_v for_o they_o be_v here_o curse_v too_o answ_n this_o be_v answer_v even_o now_o the_o same_o evil_n threaten_v against_o a_o bruit_n be_v no_o punishment_n which_o threaten_v against_o a_o reasonable_a creature_n be_v a_o punishment_n because_o of_o their_o different_a capacity_n obj._n the_o meaning_n of_o the_o text_n be_v but_o this_o thou_o shall_v be_v deny_v the_o desire_a fruit_n of_o tby_a body_n i._n e._n your_o woman_n shall_v be_v barren_a answ_n that_o may_v be_v part_n of_o the_o meaning_n but_o as_o that_o be_v not_o the_o full_a proper_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n so_o be_v there_o no_o reason_n from_o the_o text_n for_o limit_v it_o to_o
a_o fault_n these_o two_o god_n take_v not_o away_o by_o pardon_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o which_o be_v do_v shall_v be_v undo_v or_o that_o which_o be_v a_o fault_n shall_v be_v no_o fault_n the_o three_o which_o be_v the_o obligation_n to_o punishment_n be_v it_o that_o be_v do_v away_o by_o pardon_n now_o suppose_v this_o perfect_o do_v away_o to_o adam_n or_o any_o godly_a man_n yet_o this_o pardon_n be_v but_o for_o himself_o and_o he_o propagate_v to_o his_o child_n the_o two_o former_a reatum_fw-la facti_fw-la &_o culpae_fw-la which_o be_v never_o do_v away_o and_o then_o the_o three_o obligation_n to_o punishment_n will_v follow_v immediate_o per_fw-la nudam_fw-la resultantiam_fw-la as_o long_o as_o they_o have_v themselves_o no_o pardon_n 2._o christ_n be_v the_o quicken_a spirit_n though_o adam_n be_v a_o live_a soul_n and_o christ_n be_v now_o the_o fountain_n of_o grace_n and_o give_v it_o out_o in_o the_o measure_n and_o on_o the_o term_n that_o he_o see_v 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not_o to_o break_v out_o into_o many_o actual_a sin_n and_o if_o all_o man_n in_o all_o age_n in_o all_o the_o world_n do_v sin_n and_o frequent_o sin_n it_o show_v that_o there_o be_v some_o corrupt_a inclination_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n to_o sin_n for_o the_o effect_n reveal_v the_o cause_n yea_o it_o be_v so_o great_a corruption_n as_o to_o lead_v into_o some_o kind_n of_o moral_a necessity_n of_o sin_v or_o moral_a impossibility_n of_o not_o sin_v or_o else_o some_o one_o in_o the_o world_n will_v have_v escape_v it_o which_o none_o do_v but_o christ_n and_o the_o papist_n except_v but_o the_o virgin_n mary_n obj._n adam_n sin_v that_o yet_o have_v no_o corruption_n answ_n the_o fall_n of_o one_o or_o two_o may_v come_v from_o wilful_a carelessness_n or_o inconsiderateness_n where_o there_o be_v no_o corrupt_a inclination_n antecedent_n but_o so_o can_v the_o fall_n of_o all_o the_o world_n especial_o their_o so_o frequent_a fall_n and_o ordinary_a obstinacy_n in_o sin_n 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