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world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n so_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o man_n for_o that_o all_o have_v sin_v or_o in_o who_o all_o have_v sin_v 4._o the_o readiness_n and_o proneness_n of_o little_a one_o to_o run_v upon_o sin_n be_v a_o evidence_n of_o it_o the_o thorn_n briar_n and_o weed_n that_o the_o earth_n cast_v out_o when_o precious_a flower_n and_o choice_n plant_n be_v more_o hardly_o nourish_v be_v a_o argument_n that_o the_o earth_n be_v under_o a_o curse_n and_o be_v not_o now_o as_o once_o it_o be_v the_o sin_n that_o even_o in_o childhood_n appear_v and_o together_o with_o age_n grow_v forward_o when_o grace_n be_v difficult_o plant_v and_o that_o which_o be_v good_a very_o hardly_o produce_v be_v as_o great_a a_o evidence_n of_o a_o man_n innate_a degeneration_n this_o even_a heathen_n can_v see_v though_o they_o know_v not_o whence_o it_o be_v colant_fw-la be_v homines_fw-la natura_fw-la sva_fw-la esse_fw-la malos_fw-la &_o induci_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la justitiam_fw-la colant_fw-la plato_n observe_v that_o man_n by_o nature_n be_v wicked_a and_o that_o they_o can_v be_v bring_v to_o learn_v righteousness_n and_o 6._o and_o hominem_fw-la à _fw-la natura_fw-la noverca_fw-la in_o lucem_fw-la edi_fw-la corpore_fw-la nudo_fw-la fragili_fw-la atque_fw-la infirmo_fw-la animo_fw-la ad_fw-la molestias_fw-la anxio_fw-la ad_fw-la timores_fw-la humili_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la divinus_fw-la ignis_fw-la sit_fw-la obrutus_fw-la referunt_fw-la theol._n lydenses_n disp_n 15._o thes_n 6._o tully_n lament_v that_o man_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o world_n by_o his_o stepdame_n nature_n with_o a_o body_n naked_a frail_a and_o weak_a a_o mind_n anxious_a in_o trouble_n low_a under_o fear_n weak_a for_o labour_n prone_a to_o lust_n in_o who_o every_o divine_a spark_n be_v overywhelm_v if_o any_o man_n demand_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o we_o be_v thus_o we_o must_v look_v as_o far_o as_o adam_n to_o see_v the_o inlet_n of_o it_o by_o one_o man_n 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can_v do_v nothing_o can_v do_v evil_a but_o in_o they_o there_o be_v those_o principle_n that_o show_v themselves_o in_o action_n so_o far_o as_o there_o be_v power_n to_o act_v a_o young_a serpent_n do_v sting_v none_o poison_v none_o but_o there_o be_v in_o they_o a_o poisonous_a and_o destroy_v na_z ure_n which_o grow_v as_o nature_n grow_v 5._o by_o the_o duty_n incumbent_a upon_o christian_n to_o put_v off_o the_o old_a man_n ephes_n 4.22_o which_o be_v not_o so_o call_v in_o opposition_n to_o that_o which_o be_v young_a as_o though_o man_n grow_v up_o to_o it_o by_o degree_n many_o year_n be_v go_v over_o his_o head_n before_o he_o have_v get_v that_o name_n but_o in_o opposition_n to_o that_o which_o be_v new_a as_o we_o see_v ver_fw-la 23._o the_o old_a have_v the_o precedency_n of_o the_o new_a and_o be_v before_o it_o as_o the_o old_a garment_n be_v wear_v and_o put_v off_o before_o the_o new_a put_v on_o why_o must_v all_o of_o necessity_n be_v new_a if_o the_o old_a will_v serve_v the_o turn_n second_o this_o sin_n which_o be_v man_n hereditary_a estate_n defilement_n this_o original_a state_n of_o man_n be_v not_o only_o a_o want_n of_o primitive_a integrity_n but_o be_v attend_v with_o universal_a defilement_n have_v in_o it_o not_o only_o a_o want_n of_o that_o priwitive_a purity_n which_o god_n stamp_v upon_o man_n according_a to_o his_o own_o likeness_n but_o also_o a_o universal_a defilement_n and_o pollution_n therefore_o the_o apostle_n set_v out_o this_o estate_n under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o old_a man_n give_v it_o this_o character_n corrupt_v according_a to_o deceitful_a lust_n ephes_n 4.22_o all_o the_o pollution_n in_o the_o world_n be_v from_o lust_n 2_o pet._n 1_o 4._o that_o be_v the_o sink_n and_o source_n from_o whence_o all_o proceed_v and_o the_o old_a man_n be_v whole_o make_v up_o of_o these_o corrupt_a filthy_a and_o defile_v principle_n they_o promise_v better_o when_o they_o draw_v aside_o but_o that_o be_v their_o work_n and_o 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