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of_o it_o even_o unto_o death_n temporal_a spiritual_a and_o eternal_a the_o fall_n of_o adam_n be_v the_o death_n of_o himself_o and_o the_o death_n of_o we_o yea_o and_o also_o it_o be_v the_o death_n of_o our_o dear_a redeemer_n to_o redeem_v we_o from_o spiritual_a and_o eternal_a death_n now_o as_o be_v the_o root_n so_o be_v the_o branch_n as_o be_v the_o fountain_n so_o be_v the_o water_n that_o flow_v from_o it_o generatum_fw-la sequitur_fw-la naturam_fw-la generantis_fw-la that_o which_o be_v beget_v do_v follow_v the_o nature_n of_o that_o which_o beget_v who_o can_v bring_v a_o clean_a thing_n out_o of_o a_o unclean_a not_o one_o job_n 14.4_o that_o which_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o flesh_n be_v flesh_n joh._n 3.6_o corruptus_fw-la parit_fw-la corruptum_fw-la one_o corrupt_a thing_n bring_v forth_o another_o yea_o the_o sower_n sow_v clean_a grain_n yet_o even_o that_o bring_v forth_o chaff_n as_o well_o as_o wheat_n from_o which_o it_o be_v winnow_v before_o it_o be_v sow_o father_n augustin_n say_v there_o be_v nothing_o more_o certain_a than_o original_a sin_n yet_o nothing_o more_o secret_a and_o hard_a to_o be_v understand_v how_o it_o be_v convey_v from_o parent_n to_o child_n many_o dispute_v there_o be_v about_o the_o manner_n how_o sin_n be_v propagate_v from_o adam_n to_o his_o offspring_n some_o of_o which_o deserve_v no_o better_a character_n than_o that_o of_o aristotle_n de_fw-fr vacuo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o discourse_n upon_o the_o empty_a place_n be_v but_o empty_a thing_n it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o we_o to_o know_v that_o god_n by_o a_o just_a imputation_n do_v realize_v the_o infection_n into_o the_o whole_a race_n of_o adam_n in_o who_o we_o be_v as_o in_o a_o common_a lump_n and_o in_o his_o leaven_n we_o be_v all_o sour_v we_o know_v that_o leprous_a parent_n do_v beget_v leprous_a child_n and_o there_o be_v disease_n which_o be_v call_v hereditary_a and_o incurable_a by_o man_n we_o take_v this_o infection_n from_o our_o parent_n and_o we_o transmit_v it_o to_o our_o child_n so_o come_v we_o to_o be_v call_v a_o seed_n of_o evil_a doer_n child_n that_o be_v corrupter_n as_o well_o as_o corrupt_v isai_n c._n 1._o v._n 4._o i_o have_v read_v the_o story_n of_o some_o foolish_a people_n who_o fall_v all_o together_o into_o a_o deep_a pit_n fall_v a_o dispute_v one_o with_o another_o how_o they_o come_v there_o etc._n etc._n but_o one_o wise_a than_o the_o rest_n advise_v they_o to_o lay_v aside_o those_o nicety_n and_o rather_o consult_v about_o some_o proper_a mean_n whereby_o they_o may_v all_o be_v deliver_v out_o of_o that_o danger_n without_o which_o they_o be_v in_o all_o probability_n like_a to_o perish_v even_o such_o be_v those_o vain_a ventilation_n about_o this_o abstruse_a point_n of_o sin_n entrance_n into_o the_o world_n whether_o by_o that_o one_o person_n adam_n fall_n or_o by_o every_o one_o fall_n in_o his_o own_o person_n the_o frothy_a wit_n of_o the_o arminian_o do_v fond_o deny_v original_a sin_n but_o such_o as_o be_v wise_a to_o salvation_n have_v learn_v better_a lesson_n in_o christ_n school_n and_o they_o feel_v otherwise_o in_o the_o school_n of_o their_o own_o smart_a experience_n therefore_o we_o ought_v all_o serious_o to_o consider_v how_o the_o greek_a father_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o seed-plot_n of_o all_o actual_a transgression_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o latin_a father_n call_v it_o foam_v peccati_fw-la the_o last_a fuel_n that_o feed_v the_o fire_n of_o our_o burn_a lust_n but_o above_o all_o how_o the_o holy_a scripture_n do_v charactarize_v it_o call_v it_o the_o body_n of_o sin_n rom._n 6.6_o and_o the_o sin_n that_o dwell_v in_o we_o rom._n 7.17_o and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o member_n ver_fw-la 23._o and_o that_o which_o so_o easy_o beset_v we_o hebr._fw-la 12.1_o and_o david_n call_v it_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o heel_n which_o be_v ready_a to_o trip_v he_o up_o and_o to_o lay_v he_o all_o along_o 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