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james_n 1.18_o saint_n john_n say_v that_o they_o be_v bear_v not_o of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n but_o of_o god_n john_n 1.13_o all_o be_v from_o the_o foe_n the_o goodwill_n and_o pleasure_n of_o god_n this_o providence_n which_o watch_v over_o the_o church_n though_o it_o be_v a_o very_a signal_n one_o and_o next_o to_o that_o over_o christ_n himself_o have_v not_o want_v adversary_n socinus_n say_v that_o christ_n the_o head_n be_v predestinate_v but_o believer_n the_o member_n be_v not_o 14._o caput_fw-la quidem_fw-la certum_fw-la esse_fw-la debuit_fw-la membra_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la incerta_fw-la esse_fw-la possunt_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la debent_fw-la praelect_v theol._n cap._n 14._o corvinus_n say_v that_o notwithstanding_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v possible_a that_o there_o may_v be_v no_o church_n or_o believer_n grevinchovius_n assert_n that_o redemption_n may_v be_v impetrate_v for_o all_o and_o apply_v to_o none_o because_o of_o their_o 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not_o by_o imitation_n but_o by_o nature_n adam_n sin_n be_v not_o mere_o his_o own_o but_o we_o by_o imitation_n thus_o sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o as_o a_o penal_a fruit_n of_o it_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o it_o do_v not_o stay_v at_o adam_n but_o pass_v upon_o all_o and_o if_o adam_n sin_n become_v not_o we_o how_o shall_v that_o be_v the_o apostle_n do_v not_o bare_o set_v down_o sin_n and_o death_n but_o set_v they_o down_o in_o their_o order_n and_o connexion_n first_o sin_n enter_v and_o then_o death_n pass_v and_o that_o not_o as_o a_o mere_a infelicity_n or_o misery_n but_o as_o a_o just_a punishment_n for_o sin_n hence_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o text_n say_v that_o death_n come_v by_o sin_n and_o so_o pass_v upon_o all_o the_o particle_n by_z and_z foe_z show_v that_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o as_o a_o punishment_n if_o adam_n sin_n be_v not_o all_o man_n how_o can_v death_n pass_v upon_o infant_n who_o have_v no_o actual_a sin_n god_n be_v not_o can_v be_v unjust_a where_o there_o be_v no_o fault_n there_o be_v no_o room_n for_o punishment_n if_o infant_n in_o no_o sense_n transgress_v the_o command_n in_o adam_n the_o death_n in_o the_o threaten_a can_v fall_v upon_o they_o 14._o de_fw-fr incar_n c._n 14._o quâ_fw-la justitiâ_fw-la parvulus_fw-la subjicitur_fw-la peccati_fw-la stipendio_fw-la si_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la peccati_fw-la pollutio_fw-la say_v fulgentius_n with_o what_o justice_n can_v a_o infant_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n if_o the_o pollution_n of_o it_o be_v not_o in_o he_o may_v there_o be_v poena_fw-la sine_fw-la causa_fw-la a_o punishment_n without_o a_o why_o or_o a_o wherefore_o it_o can_v be_v if_o therefore_o even_o infant_n in_o adam_n die_v as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v 1_o cor._n 15.22_o then_o in_o adam_n all_o sin_v as_o he_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o frequent_a text._n that_o this_o be_v the_o genuine_a meaning_n of_o it_o do_v not_o only_o appear_v by_o the_o text_n itself_o but_o by_o that_o which_o follow_v by_o one_o man_n disobedience_n many_o be_v constitute_v sinner_n v._o 19_o no._n unimputed_a sin_n can_v do_v this_o if_o therefore_o adam_n sin_n constitute_v we_o sinner_n it_o be_v impute_v to_o we_o to_o say_v as_o the_o socinian_o and_o some_o other_o do_v to_o constitute_v we_o sinner_n be_v only_o to_o make_v we_o obnoxious_a to_o death_n and_o so_o to_o be_v treat_v as_o sinner_n be_v a_o thing_n vain_a and_o repugnant_a to_o the_o text._n to_o be_v treat_v as_o a_o sinner_n be_v not_o to_o be_v constitute_v such_o to_o be_v treat_v as_o a_o sinner_n when_o a_o man_n be_v not_o such_o be_v very_o unjust_a and_o unequal_a to_o be_v a_o sinner_n be_v to_o be_v culpable_a or_o guilty_a of_o a_o fault_n and_o the_o proper_a signification_n must_v be_v retain_v the_o apostle_n in_o this_o chapter_n evident_o distinguish_v between_o sin_n and_o death_n transgression_n and_o condemnation_n and_o make_v adam_n the_o origine_fw-la of_o both_o 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threaten_a can_v not_o have_v reach_v they_o have_v not_o they_o sin_v in_o adam_n their_o head_n and_o root_n death_n can_v not_o have_v fall_v upon_o they_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o it_o do_v that_o be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o infancy_n void_a of_o any_o actual_a sin_n of_o its_o own_o this_o be_v the_o true_a state_n of_o thing_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n at_o all_o that_o adam_n sin_n shall_v be_v impute_v to_o we_o as_o part_n and_o piece_n of_o he_o adam_n be_v here_o consider_v as_o the_o root_n and_o origine_fw-la of_o mankind_n his_o person_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o we_o his_o will_n the_o representative_a of_o we_o omnes_fw-la nos_fw-la unus_fw-la ille_fw-la adam_n we_o be_v one_o with_o he_o and_o branch_n of_o he_o hence_o we_o sin_v in_o his_o sin_n and_o putrify_v in_o he_o as_o in_o the_o root_n these_o thing_n if_o weigh_v give_v a_o easy_a solution_n to_o all_o the_o cavil_n and_o objection_n which_o the_o pelagian_o and_o their_o follower_n make_v against_o the_o imputation_n of_o adam_n sin_n to_o we_o first_o they_o say_v deus_fw-la qui_fw-la propria_fw-la peccata_fw-la remittit_fw-la non_fw-la imputat_fw-la aliena_fw-la god_n who_o forgive_v we_o our_o own_o sin_n do_v not_o impute_v to_o we_o another_o man_n but_o here_o be_v a_o great_a mistake_n as_o if_o adam_n sin_n be_v just_a nothing_o at_o all_o to_o we_o adam_n be_v the_o root_n and_o bear_v all_o mankind_n in_o himself_o we_o be_v seminal_o and_o legal_o in_o he_o his_o sin_n therefore_o be_v not_o alien_a altogether_o to_o we_o but_o in_o a_o sort_n our_o own_o we_o sin_v in_o he_o as_o our_o head_n we_o fall_v with_o he_o as_o the_o branch_n fall_v with_o the_o body_n of_o the_o tree_n st._n austin_n say_v 4._o contr._n jul._n l._n 6_o cap._n 4._o though_o adam_n sin_n be_v alien_a proprietate_fw-la actionis_fw-la yet_o it_o be_v we_o contagione_fw-la propaginis_fw-la gregory_n nazianzen_n speak_v of_o adam_n sin_n cry_v out_o pathetical_o o_o infirmitatem_fw-la meam_fw-la o_o my_o infirmity_n st._n epiph_n serm._n 1_o dom._n 1._o post_n 8._o epiph_n bernard_n notable_o express_v it_o culpa_fw-la aliena_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o adam_n omnes_fw-la nescientes_fw-la peccavimus_fw-la nostra_fw-la quia_fw-la etsi_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la nos_fw-la tamen_fw-la peccavimus_fw-la &_o nobis_fw-la justo_fw-la dei_fw-la judicio_fw-la imputabatur_fw-la licet_fw-la occulto_fw-la adam_n sin_n be_v alien_a to_o we_o because_o we_o ignorant_o sin_v in_o he_o yet_o it_o be_v we_o because_o we_o sin_v though_o in_o another_o and_o it_o be_v to_o we_o impute_v by_o the_o just_a though_o secret_a counsel_n of_o god_n again_o they_o say_v that_o which_o be_v proper_o sin_n in_o we_o be_v voluntary_a and_o a_o act_n of_o our_o will_n but_o adam_n be_v