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god_n so_o it_o make_v nothing_o against_o the_o keep_n of_o a_o weekly_a sabbath_n for_o the_o jew_n before_o christ_n be_v bind_v every_o day_n to_o serve_v god_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v tie_v to_o the_o observance_n of_o a_o weekly_a sabbath_n thus_o my_o former_a charge_n be_v still_o make_v good_a against_o quaker_n that_o it_o be_v for_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n but_o the_o ordinance_n of_o jesus_n christ_n which_o they_o disowne_v head_n fourteen_o concern_v original_a sin_n which_o quaker_n deny_v he_o affirm_v page_n 62._o that_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o intend_v by_o original_a sin_n be_v not_o express_v in_o scripture_n ans_fw-fr be_v it_o not_o express_v in_o scripture_n that_o there_o be_v corruption_n and_o sin_n in_o we_o from_o our_o conception_n and_o birth_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o we_o intend_v by_o original_a sin_n for_o this_o the_o scripture_n be_v plain_a joh._n 3.6_o that_o which_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o flesh_n be_v flesh_n intimate_v that_o man_n by_o their_o natural_a birth_n be_v corrupt_a and_o fleshly_a job_n speak_v of_o man_n birth_n utter_v these_o word_n who_o can_v bring_v a_o clean_a thing_n out_o of_o a_o unclean_a job_n 14.4_o david_n acknowledge_v that_o corruption_n and_o sin_n wherewith_o he_o be_v defile_v from_o his_o conception_n psalm_n 51.5_o he_o say_v the_o thing_n that_o we_o intend_v by_o original_a sin_n be_v that_o all_o infant_n be_v sinner_n before_o god_n only_o for_o adam_n sin_n answer_n it_o seem_v he_o be_v not_o well_o acquaint_v with_o our_o doctrine_n about_o original_a sin_n it_o be_v true_a we_o assert_v and_o with_o good_a warrant_n that_o infant_n be_v guilty_a of_o adam_n sin_n for_o in_o adam_n all_o die_n and_o therefore_o in_o he_o all_o have_v sin_v 1._o cor._n 15.22_o and_o though_o adam_n first_o sin_n may_v be_v call_v original_a sin_n yet_o we_o distinguish_v of_o original_a sin_n it_o be_v either_o impute_v or_o inherent_a original_a sin_n impute_v be_v the_o disobedience_n of_o adam_n which_o be_v impute_v to_o his_o posterity_n rom._n 5.19_o by_o one_o man_n disobedience_n many_o be_v make_v sinner_n original_a sin_n inherent_a be_v that_o hereditary_a inbred_a corruption_n which_o we_o bring_v with_o we_o into_o the_o world_n and_o this_o be_v convey_v and_o derive_v to_o infant_n from_o their_o immediate_a parent_n in_o sin_n do_v my_o mother_n conceive_v i_o page_n 63._o he_o deny_v that_o the_o guilt_n of_o adam_n first_o sin_n lie_v at_o the_o door_n of_o infant_n who_o never_o actual_o sin_v answer_n the_o apostle_n confute_v the_o quaker_n rom._n 5.12_o where_o first_o he_o show_v that_o by_o one_o man_n namely_o adam_n sin_n come_v into_o the_o world_n second_o that_o death_n enter_v the_o world_n by_o sin_n three_o that_o death_n i._n e._n lyableness_n to_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o four_o the_o reason_n why_o death_n which_o come_v by_o the_o sin_n of_o one_o man_n pass_v upon_o all_o for_o that_o all_o have_v sin_v so_o that_o infant_n be_v not_o exempt_v from_o the_o guilt_n of_o that_o one_o man_n sin_n which_o will_v be_v further_o clear_v if_o it_o be_v consider_v that_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v bear_v in_o who_o thus_o it_o be_v vary_v on_o the_o margin_n of_o our_o book_n and_o so_o beza_n render_v it_o and_o they_o who_o be_v well_o skill_v in_o the_o greek_a think_v this_o the_o best_a read_v now_o it_o be_v only_o one_o of_o three_o thing_n that_o can_v be_v allege_v for_o the_o antecedent_n of_o this_o relative_a in_o who_o either_o sin_n or_o death_n or_o that_o one_o man_n but_o it_o be_v not_o sin_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d render_v sin_n can_v answer_v the_o greek_a relative_a because_o they_o be_v of_o different_a gender_n neither_o be_v it_o death_n as_o the_o quaker_n pretend_v for_o what_o sense_n be_v it_o to_o say_v in_o which_o death_n all_o have_v sin_v this_o be_v a_o improper_a speech_n it_o be_v long_o since_o observe_v that_o in_o peccato_fw-la moriuntur_fw-la homines_fw-la non_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la peccant_a man_n die_v in_o sin_n they_o be_v not_o say_v to_o sin_n in_o death_n and_o therefore_o this_o in_o who_o have_v reference_n to_o that_o one_o man_n namely_o adam_n in_o he_o all_o without_o exception_n of_o infant_n have_v sin_v object_n it_o be_v plain_a that_o sin_n be_v not_o impute_v to_o infant_n for_o the_o apostle_n say_v rom._n 5.13_o sin_n be_v not_o impute_v where_o there_o be_v no_o law_n now_o infant_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o a_o law_n answer_n infant_n may_v be_v consider_v in_o respect_n of_o their_o own_o person_n or_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o representative_a now_o though_o infant_n as_o to_o their_o own_o proper_a person_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o a_o law_n for_o they_o can_v discern_v between_o their_o right_a hand_n and_o their_o left_a yet_o their_o representative_a be_v capable_a of_o a_o law_n yea_o to_o adam_n the_o representative_a of_o all_o mankind_n a_o law_n be_v actual_o give_v and_o this_o will_v serve_v to_o answer_v the_o quaker_n two_o other_o objection_n 1._o object_n why_o shall_v infant_n be_v guilty_a of_o adam_n sin_n and_o not_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o their_o other_o forefather_n answer_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o adam_n be_v to_o be_v look_v upon_o not_o as_o a_o single_a individual_a person_n but_o as_o a_o public_a universal_a person_n now_o that_o adam_n be_v a_o public_a person_n represent_v mankind_n be_v evident_a from_o the_o miserable_a event_n of_o his_o sin_n which_o make_v not_o only_a himself_o obnoxious_a to_o death_n but_o likewise_o his_o posterity_n descend_v from_o he_o in_o a_o ordinary_a way_n rom._n 5.12_o yea_o such_o of_o his_o posterity_n have_v come_v under_o death_n as_o never_o actual_o sin_v in_o their_o