punishment_n but_o no_o fault_n of_o sin_n proper_o defile_v so_o the_o pontifician_n and_o especial_o their_o scholastic_n that_o it_o be_v neither_o defection_n depravation_n corruption_n nor_o true_o and_o proper_o a_o sin_n but_o only_o a_o affliction_n or_o punishment_n descend_v upon_o posterity_n through_o the_o guilt_n of_o adam_n transgression_n like_o as_o to_o be_v bear_v a_o slave_n or_o a_o bastard_n be_v his_o shame_n only_o and_o not_o his_o sin_n that_o nothing_o be_v bear_v in_o we_o and_o with_o we_o which_o be_v not_o good_a and_o the_o very_a work_n of_o god_n that_o adam_n disobedience_n be_v in_o no_o wise_a we_o neither_o be_v we_o therefore_o in_o any_o wise_a obnoxious_a to_o eternal_a death_n so_o the_o pighian_n and_o the_o catharinian_n that_o we_o become_v infect_v by_o original_a sin_n not_o by_o way_n of_o generation_n or_o propagation_n but_o only_o by_o way_n of_o imitation_n and_o outward_a occasion_n that_o the_o death_n of_o the_o body_n be_v the_o 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and_o effect_n only_o that_o a_o internal_a cause_n then_o shall_v be_v put_v for_o a_o external_a effect_n must_v needs_o be_v most_o unusual_a enter_v into_o the_o world_n we_o may_v understand_v this_o entrance_n of_o sin_n in_o divers_a sense_n and_o that_o very_o orthodoxal_o 1._o sin_n be_v not_o in_o the_o beginning_n for_o it_o have_v no_o be_v before_o the_o enter_v and_o therefore_o be_v no_o eternal_a evil_a principle_n but_o only_o the_o issue_n of_o some_o inordinate_a and_o irregular_a act._n 2._o it_o enter_v not_o as_o a_o creature_n or_o substance_n that_o have_v some_o existence_n in_o itself_o but_o as_o a_o vicious_a accident_n that_o can_v not_o subsist_v without_o a_o subject_a in_o which_o it_o must_v inhere_v and_o therefore_o though_o it_o enter_v into_o our_o nature_n and_o substance_n yet_o our_o nature_n and_o substance_n it_o be_v not_o 3._o it_o enter_v not_o of_o itself_o but_o by_o mean_n by_o one_o man_n by_o a_o second_o cause_n therefore_o himself_o 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