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sin_n 10._o between_o the_o curable_a obligation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o work_n and_o the_o peremptory_a and_o remediless_a obligation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n though_o these_o distinction_n reach_v further_o than_o to_o the_o term_n of_o the_o question_n yet_o be_v they_o all_o such_o as_o will_v be_v of_o necessary_a use_n in_o our_o determination_n prop._n 1._o god_n do_v not_o impute_v to_o we_o the_o sin_n either_o of_o our_o first_o or_o near_a parent_n further_o than_o our_o true_a interest_n in_o such_o sin_n do_v give_v sufficient_a ground_n for_o such_o imputation_n as_o dr._n twiss_n among_o other_o have_v oft_o and_o well_o prove_v prop._n 2._o god_n do_v not_o esteem_v we_o to_o have_v personal_o commit_v the_o sin_n which_o our_o first_o or_o near_a progenitor_n do_v actual_o commit_v for_o his_o judgement_n be_v true_a and_o therefore_o he_o judge_v of_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v and_o therefore_o he_o judge_v we_o not_o to_o have_v do_v that_o personal_o which_o we_o do_v not_o do_v prop._n 3._o god_n do_v not_o by_o any_o law_n oblige_v we_o to_o punishment_n as_o the_o personal_a committer_n of_o such_o sin_n which_o any_o progenitor_n of_o we_o do_v commit_v and_o not_o we_o and_o therefore_o we_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o punishment_n on_o that_o account_n he_o never_o make_v such_o a_o covenant_n with_o adam_n or_o any_o since_o as_o some_o imagine_v wherein_o he_o declare_v that_o he_o will_v judge_v the_o posterity_n guilty_a of_o the_o parent_n sin_n further_o than_o their_o true_a desert_n or_o interest_n in_o it_o mere_o because_o god_n will_v so_o judge_v or_o because_o he_o will_v impute_v the_o sin_n of_o one_o to_o another_o without_o his_o desert_n that_o be_v to_o make_v he_o the_o causer_n of_o such_o man_n sin_n or_o rather_o to_o mistake_v and_o call_v that_o their_o sin_n which_o indeed_o be_v not_o so_o prop._n 4._o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o in_o the_o same_o kind_a as_o we_o be_v guilty_a of_o adam_n 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then_o must_v it_o need_v follow_v that_o the_o like_a must_v be_v say_v for_o the_o negative_a of_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o immediate_a parent_n for_o they_o can_v be_v no_o more_o our_o sin_n than_o adam_n be_v if_o this_o opinion_n therefore_o stand_v good_a than_o our_o controversy_n be_v at_o a_o end_n and_o we_o be_v not_o guilty_a either_o of_o adam_n sin_n or_o of_o our_o next_o parent_n nor_o of_o death_n for_o they_o i_o will_v not_o presume_v to_o make_v myself_o judge_v between_o the_o learned_a divine_n that_o disagree_v upon_o this_o point_n camero_n and_o his_o follower_n go_v this_o way_n against_o the_o imputation_n of_o adam_n sin_n to_o we_o of_o which_o see_v the_o sum_n of_o their_o argument_n in_o jos_n placaeus_n his_o disputat_fw-la de_fw-fr statu_fw-la hominis_fw-la lapsi_fw-la ante_fw-la gratiam_fw-la in_o lib._n 1._o thesium_fw-la salmuriens_fw-la pag._n 206_o 207._o and_o chamier_n be_v not_o only_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n but_o confute_v the_o contrary_a among_o the_o popish_a error_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o tom._n 3._o lib._n 1._o cap._n 7._o against_o pighius_fw-la sect_n 20_o 21._o but_o special_o throughout_o chap._n 8._o contra_fw-la salmeronem_fw-la so_o also_o peter_n martyr_n on_o rom._n 5._o but_o yet_o the_o far_o great_a number_n of_o our_o writer_n go_v the_o other_o way_n and_o so_o do_v the_o papist_n too_o prop._n 6._o it_o seem_v not_o to_o be_v a_o guilt_n so_o plenary_a and_o perfect_a which_o we_o lie_v under_o for_o any_o parent_n sin_n if_o such_o a_o thing_n be_v prove_v as_o that_o be_v which_o a_o man_n be_v under_o for_o his_o own_o personal_a sin_n the_o difference_n will_v appear_v if_o we_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o punishment_n in_o so_o full_a and_o perfect_a a_o sense_n which_o we_o be_v oblige_v to_o for_o the_o suffering_n be_v but_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o punishment_n its_o form_n lie_v in_o the_o relation_n of_o that_o suffering_n to_o the_o fault_n if_o the_o malum_fw-la naturale_fw-la be_v not_o propter_fw-mi malum_fw-la morale_fw-la it_o be_v not_o punishment_n and_o the_o punishment_n be_v he_o in_o the_o full_a sense_n who_o suffer_v for_o his_o own_o sin_n now_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n or_o any_o parent_n be_v not_o so_o full_o our_o own_o as_o that_o be_v which_o we_o personal_o commit_v see_v as_o we_o be_v but_o seminal_o causal_o and_o potential_o in_o our_o parent_n and_o not_o by_o existence_n personal_o so_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o to_o be_v esteem_v the_o son_n of_o a_o sinner_n as_o to_o be_v esteem_v the_o actual_a sinner_n himself_o so_o that_o it_o seem_v our_o guilt_n of_o and_o punishment_n for_o the_o actual_a sin_n of_o any_o parent_n be_v so_o call_v by_o analogy_n of_o attribution_n as_o they_o speak_v as_o accidens_fw-la be_v call_v ens_fw-la be_v a_o more_o imperfect_a kind_n of_o guilt_n and_o punishment_n prop._n 7._o it_o be_v past_a doubt_n that_o god_n may_v and_o do_v punish_v parent_n in_o their_o child_n in_o which_o case_n the_o suffering_n of_o the_o child_n be_v material_o though_o not_o as_o the_o next_o matter_n the_o punishment_n of_o the_o parent_n but_o the_o next_o matter_n be_v the_o parent_n own_o suffering_n real_a or_o reputative_a in_o the_o suffering_n of_o his_o child_n but_o this_o god_n do_v not_o without_o respect_n to_o some_o concurrent_a guilt_n in_o the_o child_n unless_o as_o he_o will_v repair_v his_o hurt_n with_o a_o great_a good_a prop._n 8._o when_o the_o suffering_n of_o a_o child_n be_v but_o the_o mere_a consequent_n of_o the_o parent_n sin_n or_o punishment_n then_o be_v they_o no_o punishment_n themselves_o unless_o equivocal_o so_o call_v but_o when_o they_o be_v intend_v by_o the_o rector_n for_o the_o demonstration_n of_o justice_n for_o the_o parent_n fault_n than_o it_o have_v the_o nature_n of_o punishment_n though_o the_o child_n be_v imagine_v innocent_a for_o example_n if_o a_o traitor_n be_v sentence_v to_o death_n and_o his_o estate_n forfeit_v to_o the_o prince_n his_o heir_n will_v be_v deprive_v of_o all_o their_o hope_n though_o the_o judge_n never_o think_v of_o they_o in_o his_o sentence_n because_o the_o parent_n can_v convey_v to_o his_o posterity_n what_o he_o have_v lose_v himself_o and_o here_o the_o suffering_n of_o the_o heir_n be_v not_o formal_o a_o punishment_n but_o the_o mere_a consequent_a of_o a_o punishment_n but_o if_o the_o rector_n do_v ordain_v that_o the_o heir_n of_o a_o traitor_n shall_v be_v desinherit_v and_o intend_v this_o as_o part_v of_o the_o penalty_n to_o deter_v other_o from_o treason_n than_o it_o be_v not_o a_o mere_a consequent_a but_o a_o real_a punishment_n though_o the_o heir_n be_v personal_o innocent_a prop._n 9_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o we_o be_v so_o far_o guilty_a both_o of_o adam_n sin_n and_o of_o our_o near_a parent_n commit_v whilst_o we_o be_v seminal_o in_o they_o as_o that_o god_n may_v not_o only_o without_o injustice_n but_o also_o in_o positive_a execution_n of_o vindictive_a justice_n punish_v we_o with_o temporal_a death_n for_o such_o guilt_n though_o it_o be_v but_o a_o more_o imperfect_a kind_n of_o guilt_n and_o punishment_n prop._n 10._o if_o this_o interest_n in_o our_o parent_n sin_n deserve_v a_o temporal_a death_n than_o also_o a_o everlasting_a death_n for_o when_o the_o creature_n have_v lose_v his_o life_n by_o the_o stroke_n of_o justice_n god_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o restore_v it_o prop._n 11._o it_o hence_o follow_v that_o god_n may_v in_o justice_n deprive_v we_o of_o everlasting_a glory_n for_o such_o guilt_n which_o be_v one_o part_n of_o hell_n viz._n the_o poena_fw-la damni_fw-la for_o the_o dead_a enjoy_v not_o glory_n prop._n 12._o hence_o also_o it_o follow_v that_o god_n may_v just_o for_o such_o guilt_n leave_v man_n under_o
of_o his_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n if_o we_o be_v guilty_a only_o of_o his_o first_o sin_n for_o that_o be_v not_o the_o first_o his_o unbelief_n of_o god_n and_o believe_v the_o serpent_n and_o other_o more_o do_v go_v before_o it_o 3._o yea_o the_o sin_n that_o adam_n commit_v after_o the_o promise_n do_v in_o their_o nature_n deserve_v our_o suffering_n as_o much_o as_o the_o first_o though_o that_o desert_n have_v a_o remedy_n provide_v if_o any_o still_o reduce_v all_o to_o god_n mere_a will_n and_o say_v that_o it_o be_v his_o will_n in_o his_o first_o action_n to_o deal_v with_o adam_n as_o the_o root_n of_o mankind_n but_o not_o in_o his_o late_a sin_n i_o must_v expect_v till_o they_o bring_v some_o proof_n of_o such_o a_o will_n of_o god_n or_o such_o a_o law_n and_o still_o say_v that_o the_o will_n and_o law_n of_o god_n do_v not_o make_v sinner_n of_o innocent_a man_n nor_o make_v sinner_n no_o sinner_n any_o otherwise_o than_o by_o pardon_v and_o sanctify_v they_o so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d be_v as_o much_o in_o adam_n after_o the_o promise_n as_o before_o and_o his_o sin_n be_v of_o the_o same_o demerit_n natural_o and_o therefore_o we_o be_v as_o well_o guilty_a of_o that_o as_o of_o the_o first_o and_o then_o for_o the_o consequent_a it_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o most_o of_o those_o who_o we_o now_o oppose_v that_o we_o be_v equal_o relate_v to_o adam_n late_a sin_n and_o to_o those_o of_o our_o near_a parent_n i_o mean_v to_o all_o that_o adam_n commit_v before_o the_o propagation_n of_o his_o progeny_n and_o there_o be_v the_o same_o cause_n as_o be_v before_o manifest_v though_o our_o near_a parent_n be_v not_o the_o root_n of_o all_o mankind_n as_o adam_n be_v yet_o be_v they_o as_o much_o a_o cause_n of_o we_o and_o our_o nature_n and_o of_o so_o much_o of_o mankind_n as_o spring_v from_o their_o loin_n as_o adam_n be_v and_o all_o the_o progeny_n of_o cain_n do_v spring_n as_o true_o from_o he_o as_o from_o adam_n and_o all_o the_o world_n 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either_o obj._n 4._o god_n will_v not_o drown_v noah_n with_o the_o world_n nor_o destroy_v lot_n with_o sodom_n and_o abraham_n say_v let_v it_o be_v far_o from_o the_o judge_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n to_o destroy_v the_o righteous_a with_o the_o wicked_a answ_n 1._o god_n be_v not_o then_o deal_v with_o the_o world_n or_o with_o sodom_n for_o such_o sin_n as_o noah_n or_o lot_n be_v guilty_a of_o so_o that_o though_o he_o may_v have_v find_v sin_n in_o they_o deserve_v his_o wrath_n yet_o when_o he_o come_v to_o execute_v a_o extraordinary_a judgement_n for_o a_o extraordinary_a sin_n he_o will_v not_o deal_v with_o those_o as_o with_o such_o extraordinary_a or_o great_a or_o impenitent_a sinner_n who_o be_v not_o such_o 2._o it_o be_v justice_n evangelical_n therefore_o or_o on_o term_n of_o grace_n and_o not_o pure_a legal_a justice_n which_o abraham_n appeal_v to_o for_o the_o rescue_n of_o lot_n it_o be_v true_a it_o be_v a_o personal_a righteousness_n of_o lot_n which_o he_o plead_v with_o god_n for_o his_o deliverance_n from_o judgement_n even_o with_o the_o judge_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n as_o a_o necessary_a work_n of_o his_o justice_n which_o those_o may_v note_v that_o will_v have_v no_o righteousness_n inherent_a in_o ourselves_o plead_v with_o god_n much_o less_o with_o justice_n for_o freedom_n from_o his_o wrath_n but_o it_o be_v but_o a_o righteousness_n consist_v in_o a_o freedom_n from_o that_o impenitency_n and_o wickedness_n which_o god_n come_v to_o revenge_v and_o not_o in_o perfect_a obedience_n this_o therefore_o show_v not_o what_o god_n may_v do_v in_o strict_a justice_n but_o what_o he_o will_v do_v in_o that_o justice_n which_o be_v temper_v with_o and_o prevail_v over_o as_o it_o be_v by_o mercy_n 3._o the_o infant_n of_o the_o old_a world_n and_o sodom_n perish_v with_o they_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 meet_v and_o as_o god_n past_a sentence_n on_o mankind_n before_o he_o grant_v his_o pardon_n to_o adam_n and_o promise_v the_o messiah_n so_o his_o pardon_n be_v no_o full_a remit_v of_o that_o sentence_n but_o such_o a_o personal_a remission_n to_o adam_n as_o shall_v consist_v with_o much_o punishment_n in_o his_o imperfection_n in_o grace_n and_o his_o toil_n and_o labour_n and_o death_n etc._n etc._n and_o with_o the_o guilt_n of_o his_o posterity_n till_o each_o man_n receive_v from_o christ_n the_o mediator_n his_o own_o remission_n and_o so_o as_o he_o give_v in_o the_o promise_n a_o pardon_n to_o adam_n he_o have_v on_o the_o same_o condition_n give_v it_o to_o all_o adam_n have_v not_o power_n to_o cure_v himself_o when_o he_o have_v poison_v his_o nature_n but_o christ_n be_v become_v the_o common_a physician_n have_v prepare_v a_o remedy_n for_o he_o and_o we_o and_o if_o we_o take_v it_o as_o adam_n do_v we_o shall_v be_v heal_v and_o the_o infant_n be_v include_v in_o the_o covenant_n with_o their_o parent_n so_o that_o notwithstanding_o all_o these_o objection_n the_o 12_o argument_n stand_v good_a arg._n 13._o if_o natural_a corruption_n be_v in_o infant_n vicious_o dispose_v they_o to_o evil_a and_o against_o good_a then_o original_a sin_n be_v in_o they_o but_o such_o corruption_n be_v in_o they_o go_v etc._n etc._n the_o minor_a be_v prove_v by_o the_o common_a experience_n of_o the_o world_n all_o infant_n show_v their_o inclination_n to_o sin_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o can_v act_v it_o yea_o so_o strong_a and_o obstinate_a do_v it_o prove_v that_o frequent_o it_o resist_v all_o the_o endeavour_n of_o the_o most_o prudent_a diligent_a godly_a parent_n that_o will_v root_v it_o up_o and_o of_o master_n and_o teacher_n that_o apply_v both_o doctrine_n and_o discipline_n against_o it_o and_o never_o be_v it_o conquer_v but_o by_o special_a grace_n and_o never_o be_v it_o so_o restrain_v in_o any_o that_o live_v to_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n as_o 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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