the_o greek_n and_o the_o ancient_a father_n the_o ireconcileable_a difference_n among_o the_o papist_n and_o the_o fluctuation_n of_o st._n augustine_n in_o the_o point_n of_o purgatory_n chap._n v._o of_o the_o first_o introduction_n of_o sin_n god_n not_o the_o author_n of_o it_o of_o the_o nature_n and_o contagion_n of_o original_a sin_n no_o actual_a sin_n so_o great_a but_o it_o be_v capable_a of_o forgiveness_n in_o what_o respect_n some_o sin_n may_v be_v account_v venial_a and_o other_o mortal_a forgiveness_n of_o sin_n the_o first_o great_a benefit_n redound_v unto_o mankind_n by_o our_o saviour_n passion_n man_n first_o make_v righteous_a in_o himself_o but_o leave_v at_o liberty_n to_o follow_v or_o not_o to_o follow_v the_o way_n of_o life_n adam_n not_o god_n the_o author_n of_o the_o first_o transgression_n prove_v by_o the_o scripture_n and_o the_o father_n the_o heresy_n of_o the_o cataphrygian_o and_o of_o florinus_n in_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n as_o also_o of_o bardesenus_fw-la and_o priscilian_a impute_v sin_n to_o fate_n and_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n the_o impious_a heresy_n of_o florinus_n revive_v by_o the_o libertine_n the_o founder_n of_o the_o libertine_n a_o member_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n not_o of_o calvin_n school_n calvin_n and_o his_o disciple_n not_o altogether_o free_a from_o the_o same_o strange_a tenet_n the_o sin_n of_o adam_n propagate_v to_o his_o whole_a posterity_n original_a sin_n define_v by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o in_o what_o it_o special_o consist_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o sin_n as_o original_a sin_n prove_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o scripture_n by_o the_o light_n of_o reason_n and_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n private_a baptism_n why_o first_o use_v and_o the_o use_n thereof_o maintain_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n not_o the_o day_n of_o their_o birth_n but_o of_o the_o death_n of_o the_o saint_n observe_v as_o festival_n by_o the_o church_n and_o upon_o what_o reason_n the_o word_n natalis_fw-la what_o it_o signify_v in_o the_o martyrology_n original_a sin_n how_o propagate_v from_o one_o man_n to_o another_o and_o how_o to_o child_n bear_v of_o regenerate_a parent_n the_o sin_n of_o adam_n not_o make_v we_o by_o imitation_n only_o but_o by_o propagation_n of_o the_o distinction_n of_o sin_n in_o venial_a and_o mortal_a and_o how_o far_o abominable_a equality_n of_o sin_n a_o paradox_n in_o the_o school_n of_o christ._n no_o sin_n consider_v in_o its_o self_n to_o be_v count_v venial_a but_o only_o by_o the_o grace_n and_o goodness_n of_o almighty_a god_n no_o sin_n so_o great_a but_o what_o be_v capable_a of_o pardon_n if_o repent_v of_o no_o not_o the_o murder_a of_o christ_n nor_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n argument_n from_o the_o holy_a scripture_n as_o heb_n 6.4_o 6._o and_o heb._n 10.26_o 27._o and_o 1_o joh._n 5.16_o to_o prove_v some_o sin_n to_o be_v uncapable_a of_o pardon_n produce_v and_o answer_v the_o proper_a application_n of_o the_o several_a place_n with_o the_o error_n of_o our_o last_o translator_n in_o the_o second_o text._n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n by_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o the_o abolition_n of_o the_o body_n of_o sin_n by_o baptism_n and_o repentance_n of_o confession_n make_v unto_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o authority_n sacerdotal_n god_n the_o sole_a author_n christ_n the_o impulsive_a meritorious_a cause_n of_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n remission_n of_o sin_n how_o and_o in_o what_o respect_v ascribe_v to_o the_o blood_n of_o christ._n power_n to_o forgive_v sin_n confer_v upon_o and_o exercise_v by_o the_o apostle_n the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n touch_v the_o efficacy_n of_o baptism_n in_o the_o wash_n away_o of_o sin_n confirm_v by_o the_o scripture_n and_o the_o father_n and_o many_o eminent_a divine_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n baptismal_a wash_n frequent_o use_v of_o old_a both_o by_o jew_n and_o gentile_n as_o well_o to_o expiate_v their_o sin_n as_o to_o manifest_v and_o declare_v their_o innocence_n the_o water_n of_o baptism_n in_o what_o respect_n make_v efficacious_a unto_o the_o wash_n away_o of_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n what_o it_o be_v which_o make_v baptism_n to_o be_v efficacious_a unto_o the_o wash_n away_o of_o sin_n the_o rigour_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n towards_o such_o as_o sin_v after_o baptism_n the_o clinici_fw-la what_o they_o be_v and_o how_o then_o esteem_v of_o the_o institution_n and_o antiquity_n of_o infant_n baptism_n the_o old_a rule_n for_o determine_v in_o doubtful_a case_n how_o apply_v to_o this_o proof_n for_o the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n from_o st._n augustine_n up_o to_o irenaeus_n inclusive_o what_o faith_n it_o be_v by_o which_o infant_n be_v baptise_a and_o justify_v of_o the_o necessity_n of_o baptism_n the_o want_n thereof_o how_o supply_v or_o excuse_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n and_o of_o the_o state_n of_o infant_n die_v unbaptise_v repentance_n necessary_a and_o effectual_a in_o man_n of_o ripe_a year_n for_o remission_n of_o sin_n confession_n in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o be_v make_v to_o god_n satisfaction_n for_o the_o wrong_n do_v to_o be_v give_v to_o man_n satisfaction_n for_o sin_n in_o what_o sense_n to_o be_v give_v to_o god_n by_o the_o penitent_a sinner_n private_a confession_n to_o a_o priest_n allow_v of_o and_o require_v by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n the_o church_n care_n in_o preserve_v the_o seal_n of_o confession_n from_o all_o violation_n confession_n to_o a_o priest_n defend_v by_o the_o best_a divine_n of_o the_o anglical_a church_n approve_v by_o the_o lutherans_n not_o condemn_v by_o calvin_n the_o disagreement_n of_o the_o papist_n in_o the_o proof_n of_o their_o auricular_a confession_n from_o the_o text_n of_o scripture_n the_o severity_n of_o exact_v all_o particular_a circumstance_n in_o confession_n with_o the_o inconvenience_n thereof_o that_o the_o power_n of_o sacerdotal_a absolution_n in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o father_n be_v not_o declarative_a only_o but_o judicial_a and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o also_o both_o in_o the_o doctrine_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n chap._n vii_o of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o proof_n thereof_o the_o objection_n against_o it_o answer_v touch_v the_o circumstance_n and_o manner_n of_o it_o the_o history_n and_o ground_n of_o the_o millenarian_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n deride_v and_o contemn_v by_o the_o ancient_a gentile_n proof_n for_o the_o resurrection_n from_o the_o word_n of_o job_n from_o the_o psalm_n and_o prophet_n and_o from_o the_o argument_n of_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o holy_a gospel_n our_o saviour_n argument_n for_o the_o resurrection_n against_o the_o cavil_n of_o the_o sadducee_n declare_v expound_v and_o apply_v to_o the_o present_a purpose_n several_a argument_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o effect_n allege_v by_o st._n paul_n in_o his_o epistle_n and_o that_o too_o of_o the_o same_o numerical_a not_o another_o body_n baptise_v of_o or_o for_o the_o dead_a a_o pregnant_a proof_n or_o argument_n for_o the_o resurrection_n several_a exposition_n of_o the_o place_n produce_v and_o which_o most_o probable_a baptise_v or_o wash_v of_o the_o dead_a ancient_o in_o use_n among_o the_o jew_n the_o gentile_n and_o the_o primitive_a christian_n with_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o practical_a and_o natural_a truth_n for_o a_o resurrection_n the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o same_o bâ—dy_n deny_v by_o heretic_n and_o justify_v with_o strong_a reason_n by_o the_o orthodox_n christian_n two_o strong_a and_o powerful_a argument_n for_o the_o resurrection_n produce_v from_o the_o adamant_n and_o the_o art_n of_o chemistry_n that_o the_o dead_a body_n shall_v be_v raise_v in_o a_o perfect_a stature_n and_o without_o those_o deformity_n which_o here_o they_o have_v and_o in_o their_o several_a sex_n also_o contrary_a to_o the_o fancy_n of_o some_o vain_a disputer_n consideration_n raise_v on_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o resurrection_n with_o reference_n unto_o other_o and_o unto_o ourselves_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o millenarian_o original_o found_v on_o some_o jewish_a dotage_n by_o who_o first_o set_v on_o foot_n in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n how_o refine_v and_o propagate_v the_o millenarian_a kingdom_n describe_v by_o lactantius_n and_o countenance_v by_o many_o of_o the_o ancient_a writer_n till_o cry_v down_o by_o hierome_n the_o text_n of_o scripture_n on_o which_o the_o millenarian_o find_v their_o fancy_n produce_v examine_v and_o loy_v by_o as_o unuseful_a for_o they_o the_o disagreement_n of_o the_o old_a millenarian_o in_o the_o true_a state_v of_o their_o kingdom_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o eternal_a life_n prepare_v for_o it_o as_o also_o of_o the_o place_n and_o torment_v of_o hell_n hell_n
for_o all_o that_o to_o call_v god_n his_o own_o it_o be_v still_o deus_fw-la meus_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la to_o the_o very_a last_o gasp_n and_o he_o that_o have_v the_o confidence_n as_o to_o say_v my_o god_n to_o appropriate_v god_n unto_o himself_o as_o his_o own_o god_n be_v far_o enough_o off_o from_o be_v in_o despair_n there_o be_v no_o question_n of_o it_o nothing_o can_v then_o be_v leave_v but_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n and_o they_o can_v work_v no_o further_o then_o upon_o his_o body_n or_o the_o outside_n only_o of_o his_o soul_n if_o i_o may_v so_o call_v it_o the_o inward_a man_n be_v senseless_a of_o the_o heat_n thereof_o since_o it_o be_v neither_o subject_n to_o rejection_n or_o remorse_n at_o all_o though_o to_o say_v truth_n he_o suffer_v not_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n neither_o in_o body_n nor_o in_o soul_n nor_o in_o both_o unite_a not_o in_o his_o person_n in_o this_o life_n nor_o his_o soul_n single_o by_o itself_o while_o he_o live_v among_o we_o for_o hell_n fire_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v but_o in_o hell_n itself_o and_o neither_o soul_n nor_o body_n be_v in_o hell_n when_o he_o be_v alive_a not_o in_o his_o body_n after_o his_o death_n and_o burial_n for_o that_o lie_v quiet_a in_o the_o grave_a neither_o touch_v nor_o trouble_v nor_o in_o his_o soul_n neither_o when_o he_o go_v to_o hell_n for_o none_o do_v suffer_v hell_n torment_n in_o the_o place_n of_o torment_n but_o they_o which_o be_v sentence_v to_o damnation_n and_o i_o have_v so_o much_o confidence_n of_o their_o christianity_n as_o to_o believe_v they_o dare_v not_o say_v and_o as_o yet_o they_o do_v not_o that_o christ_n be_v damn_v no_o christian_n can_v endure_v such_o a_o horrid_a blasphemy_n especial_o if_o it_o be_v deliver_v in_o term_n express_v yet_o i_o must_v tell_v you_o by_o the_o way_n that_o some_o come_v very_a near_o it_o to_o a_o tantamont_n who_o doctrine_n it_o be_v and_o it_o be_v a_o doctrine_n build_v upon_o calvin_n principle_n that_o christ_n do_v local_o descend_v to_o the_o place_n of_o torment_n &_o ibi_fw-la quoque_fw-la poenas_fw-la nostris_fw-la peccatis_fw-la debitas_fw-la luisse_fw-la and_o do_v there_o suffer_v the_o very_a pain_n which_o be_v due_a to_o we_o for_o our_o sin_n for_o otherwise_o say_v they_o which_o be_v calvin_n reason_n non_fw-la plena_fw-la fuisset_fw-la ipsius_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la his_o satisfaction_n for_o our_o sin_n have_v not_o be_v sufficient_a which_o be_v it_o true_a as_o beza_n very_o well_o observe_v ne_fw-la corpori_fw-la quidem_fw-la parcendum_fw-la erat_fw-la he_o be_v not_o to_o have_v spare_v his_o body_n but_o be_v to_o have_v descend_v into_o hell_n both_o in_o body_n and_o soul_n in_o regard_n that_o death_n eternal_a be_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o not_o of_o the_o soul_n only_o but_o the_o body_n also_o such_o horrible_a absurdity_n do_v man_n fall_v into_o if_o once_o they_o stray_v aside_o from_o the_o path_n of_o truth_n if_o then_o he_o neither_o suffer_v remorse_n in_o conscience_n nor_o rejection_n from_o the_o fight_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n nor_o have_v any_o reason_n to_o despair_v of_o god_n love_n to_o he_o which_o be_v proper_o the_o punishment_n or_o torment_n which_o do_v belong_v unto_o the_o damn_a if_o he_o suffer_v not_o so_o much_o as_o for_o a_o moment_n the_o very_a fire_n of_o hell_n in_o the_o place_n of_o torment_n assure_o he_o taste_v no_o more_o of_o hell_n pain_n in_o his_o soul_n than_o his_o body_n in_o the_o grave_n do_v of_o grief_n and_o sorrow_n but_o then_o they_o say_v that_o he_o do_v struggle_v hard_o with_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n and_o tremble_v at_o the_o horror_n of_o god_n dreadful_a judgement_n 16._o this_o we_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v true_a but_o this_o be_v short_a i_o trow_v of_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n he_o struggle_v hard_o no_o doubt_n with_o the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n both_o in_o his_o temptation_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o all_o those_o conflict_n which_o he_o have_v with_o the_o power_n of_o hell_n both_o in_o the_o garden_n and_o on_o the_o cross._n he_o tremble_v also_o it_o be_v probable_a upon_o the_o apprehension_n of_o god_n anger_n against_o sinful_a man_n who_o person_n he_o have_v take_v on_o he_o and_o on_o the_o fight_n and_o knowledge_n of_o those_o dreadful_a punishment_n even_o eternal_a death_n which_o god_n in_o his_o just_a judgement_n do_v denounce_v against_o wilful_a and_o impenitent_a sinner_n if_o calvin_n mean_v no_o more_o than_o this_o by_o his_o oportuit_fw-la eum_fw-la cum_fw-la inferorum_fw-la copiis_fw-la aeternaeque_fw-la mortis_fw-la horrore_fw-la quasi_fw-la consertis_fw-la manibus_fw-la luctari_fw-la 11._o we_o assent_v unto_o he_o but_o who_o know_v not_o that_o have_v but_o common_a sense_n and_o reason_n how_o much_o the_o great_a conflict_n with_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n the_o great_a apprehension_n that_o a_o man_n can_v have_v of_o god_n wrath_n and_o anger_n against_o sin_n the_o great_a tremble_v that_o can_v possible_o invade_v he_o on_o that_o apprehension_n fall_v short_a of_o all_o the_o least_o of_o those_o infinite_a torment_n which_o be_v prepare_v in_o hell_n for_o the_o damn_a soul_n but_o then_o the_o question_n will_v be_v ask_v whether_o christ_n do_v not_o suffer_v all_o those_o punishment_n for_o the_o redemption_n of_o man_n which_o man_n himself_o must_v needs_o have_v suffer_v have_v not_o christ_n come_v to_o redeem_v he_o if_o yea_o he_o must_v then_o suffer_v also_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n which_o can_v be_v understand_v in_o no_o other_o sense_n then_o in_o that_o they_o take_v it_o if_o not_o there_o want_v somewhat_o to_o make_v up_o the_o scale_n for_o satisfaction_n of_o god_n justice_n to_o this_o i_o answer_v first_o in_o the_o way_n of_o negation_n in_o plain_a term_n he_o do_v not_o for_o he_o neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v damn_v and_o what_o else_o but_o damnation_n be_v the_o final_a punishment_n belong_v to_o impenitent_a sinner_n i_o answer_v second_o with_o a_o limitation_n that_o he_o do_v suffer_v all_o those_o thing_n which_o either_o be_v beseem_v he_o or_o behooful_a for_o we_o all_o kind_n of_o punishment_n whatsoever_o which_o do_v â—_z prejudice_n that_o plenitude_n of_o sanctity_n or_o science_n which_o be_v vest_v in_o he_o for_o further_o clear_v of_o which_o point_n we_o must_v distinguish_v with_o the_o schoolman_n 5.17_o of_o three_o sort_n of_o punishment_n whereof_o the_o first_o be_v call_v culpa_fw-la which_o be_v plain_o sin_n as_o when_o god_n punish_v one_o sin_n with_o another_o as_o the_o proud_a with_o envy_n the_o covetous_a man_n sometime_o with_o miserable_a parsimony_n sometime_o with_o ambition_n the_o second_o be_v ex_fw-la culpa_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la culpam_fw-la something_o proceed_v from_o sin_n and_o induce_v to_o it_o as_o natural_a concupiscence_n a_o inclination_n to_o do_v evil_a a_o contrariety_n in_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n etc._n etc._n the_o three_o be_v ex_fw-la culpa_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la culpa_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la culpam_fw-la as_o they_o phrase_v it_o that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o which_o proceed_v from_o sin_n but_o neither_o be_v sin_n in_o itself_o nor_o do_v incline_v he_o unto_o sin_n in_o who_o it_o be_v as_o hunger_n thirst_n weakness_n and_o death_n itself_o which_o be_v the_o consequent_n of_o sin_n since_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n of_o this_o sort_n only_o be_v the_o punishment_n which_o our_o saviour_n suffer_v and_o they_o be_v likewise_o of_o two_o sort_n for_o they_o be_v either_o suffer_v for_o sin_n impute_v or_o for_o sin_n inherent_a a_o man_n be_v sometime_o punish_v for_o his_o own_o offence_n and_o sometime_o for_o another_o fault_n impute_v to_o he_o he_o that_o be_v punish_v for_o his_o own_o fault_n have_v remorse_n of_o conscience_n condemn_v himself_o of_o draw_v such_o guilt_n upon_o his_o soul_n and_o with_o that_o guilt_n such_o misery_n both_o on_o soul_n and_o body_n but_o he_o that_o suffer_v for_o the_o fault_n of_o another_o man_n of_o which_o he_o be_v no_o cause_n at_o all_o either_o by_o persuasion_n help_n consent_n or_o example_n have_v no_o such_o remorse_n now_o our_o redeemer_n suffer_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o man_n and_o not_o for_o any_o of_o his_o own_o and_o consequent_o be_v not_o touch_v with_o remorse_n of_o conscience_n though_o it_o be_v general_o find_v in_o all_o man_n at_o one_o time_n or_o another_o and_o be_v neither_o sin_n nor_o inducement_n to_o sin_n last_o these_o punishment_n which_o be_v punishment_n only_o and_o not_o sin_n such_o as_o be_v common_a to_o the_o whole_a nature_n of_o man_n and_o suffer_v for_o the_o fault_n of_o another_o man_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n also_o either_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n eternal_o remain_v in_o stain_n or_o guilt_n or_o cease_v at_o the_o least_o break_v off_o
the_o protestant_a doctor_n yet_o true_a it_o be_v for_o magna_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o praevalebit_fw-la that_o some_o and_o those_o of_o no_o small_a name_n in_o such_o protestant_a church_n as_o will_v be_v think_v a_o pattern_n unto_o all_o the_o rest_n have_v give_v too_o just_a a_o ground_n for_o so_o great_a a_o scandal_n and_o well_o it_o be_v they_o have_v observe_v that_o caution_n in_o their_o public_a write_n which_o caesar_n look_v for_o in_o his_o wife_n and_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d caesar_fw-la that_o they_o have_v be_v as_o free_v from_o the_o suspicion_n of_o it_o as_o the_o crime_n itself_o for_o howsoever_o they_o affirm_v it_o not_o in_o term_n express_v which_o be_v the_o desperate_a boldness_n of_o that_o florinus_n yet_o they_o come_v very_o near_o it_o to_o a_o tantamont_n by_o way_n of_o necessary_a consequence_n and_o deduction_n which_o be_v the_o artifice_n of_o bardesanes_n and_o priscillian_n for_o if_o god_n before_o all_o eternity_n as_o they_o plain_o say_v do_v purpose_n and_o decree_v the_o fall_n of_o our_o father_n adam_n ut_fw-la sua_fw-la defectione_n periret_fw-la adam_n in_o the_o word_n of_o calvin_n 7._o there_o be_v in_o adam_n a_o necessity_n of_o commit_v sin_n because_o the_o lord_n have_v so_o decree_v it_o if_o without_o consideration_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n he_o have_v by_o his_o determinate_a sentence_n ordain_v so_o many_o million_o of_o man_n to_o everlasting_a damnation_n and_o that_o too_o necessariò_fw-la &_o inevitabiliter_fw-la remonstrant_fw-la as_o they_o please_v to_o phrase_n it_o he_o must_v needs_o pre-ordain_a they_o to_o sin_n also_o there_o be_v as_o themselves_o confess_v no_o way_n unto_o the_o end_n but_o by_o the_o mean_n and_o then_o what_o can_v the_o wicked_a and_o impenitent_a do_v but_o ascribe_v all_o their_o sin_n to_o god_n by_o who_o enevitable_a will_v they_o be_v lose_v in_o adam_n by_o who_o they_o be_v particular_o and_o personal_o necessitate_v unto_o death_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n to_o sin_n for_o thus_o lyconides_n in_o plautus_n plead_v for_o himself_o when_o he_o deflower_v old_a euclios_n daughter_n deus_fw-la mihi_fw-la impulsor_n fuit_fw-la be_v i_o ad_fw-la illam_fw-la illexit_fw-la it_o be_v god_n do_v none_o of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v so_o vicious_a i_o hope_v i_o need_v not_o press_v this_o further_a or_o show_v the_o true_a or_o real_a difference_n between_o the_o lay_v the_o burden_n of_o our_o sin_n upon_o christ_n our_o saviour_n as_o the_o jew_n they_o upon_o the_o scape-goat_n by_o god_n own_o appointment_n and_o lay_v the_o whole_a blame_n and_o guilt_n of_o they_o on_o our_o own_o affection_n he_o be_v but_o ill_o train_v up_o in_o the_o school_n of_o piety_n who_o will_v not_o take_v upon_o himself_o the_o blame_n of_o his_o own_o transgression_n and_o fly_v to_o god_n only_o on_o the_o hope_n of_o pardon_n and_o yet_o i_o shall_v make_v bold_a to_o add_v and_o indeed_o the_o rather_o that_o they_o who_o first_o do_v broach_v this_o doctrine_n of_o the_o necessity_n and_o decree_n of_o adam_n fall_n and_o consequent_o make_v god_n the_o prime_a author_n of_o sin_n confess_v they_o have_v no_o warrant_n for_o it_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n for_o whereas_o some_o object_v upon_o god_n behalf_n disertis_fw-la verbis_fw-la non_fw-la extare_fw-la that_o the_o decree_n of_o adam_n fall_n have_v no_o foundation_n in_o the_o express_a word_n of_o holy_a writ_n 7._o calvin_n return_v no_o other_o answer_n than_o a_o quasi_fw-la vero_fw-la as_o if_o say_v he_o god_n make_v and_o create_v man_n the_o most_o exact_a piece_n of_o his_o heavenly_a workmanship_n without_o determine_v of_o his_o end_n nay_o himself_o call_v it_o for_o a_o farewell_n horrible_a decretum_fw-la a_o cruel_a and_o horrible_a decree_n as_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o cruel_a and_o horrible_a decree_n to_o pre-ordain_a so_o many_o million_o to_o destruction_n and_o consequent_o unto_o sin_n that_o he_o may_v destroy_v they_o if_o then_o the_o introduction_n of_o the_o body_n of_o sin_n come_v by_o no_o other_o mean_n but_o by_o man_n alone_o and_o that_o the_o charge_v of_o it_o upon_o god_n decree_n have_v no_o foundation_n in_o the_o scripture_n if_o it_o run_v cross_a unto_o the_o constant_a current_n of_o antiquity_n and_o that_o the_o like_a erroneous_a and_o blasphemous_a tenet_n be_v reckon_v of_o as_o heresy_n by_o the_o ancient_a father_n if_o it_o be_v found_v only_o on_o the_o ipse_fw-la dixit_fw-la or_o the_o why_o note_n and_o quasi_fw-la veros_fw-la of_o a_o private_a man_n and_o by_o he_o reckon_v for_o a_o horrible_a and_o cruel_a decree_n nay_o more_o if_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o increase_v of_o piety_n and_o tend_v apparent_o to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o god_n and_o bolster_n wicked_a man_n in_o their_o sinful_a course_n then_o certain_o we_o may_v conclude_v that_o god_n can_v have_v no_o hand_n in_o this_o woeful_a tragedy_n that_o man_n alone_o be_v author_n of_o his_o own_o calamity_n and_o can_v accuse_v himself_o only_o and_o his_o own_o affection_n for_o give_v way_n to_o those_o temptation_n which_o bring_v sin_n upon_o he_o and_o not_o upon_o himself_o alone_o but_o his_o whole_a posterity_n for_o if_o we_o look_v into_o the_o scripture_n we_o find_v that_o sin_n do_v not_o content_v itself_o with_o the_o person_n of_o adam_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o sufficient_a victory_n to_o have_v bring_v he_o under_o unless_o in_o he_o his_o whole_a race_n and_o offspring_n which_o be_v then_o radical_o and_o potential_o in_o the_o loin_n of_o adam_n have_v be_v infect_v also_o with_o the_o same_o contagion_n for_o adam_n be_v not_o here_o consider_v as_o a_o private_a person_n who_o be_v to_o stand_v or_o fall_v to_o himself_o alone_o without_o occasion_v either_o good_a or_o evil_n unto_o any_o more_o than_o in_o way_n of_o imitation_n of_o his_o great_a example_n but_o as_o the_o stock_n of_o all_o mankind_n who_o be_v to_o have_v a_o share_n in_o his_o weal_n or_o woe_n for_o be_v the_o original_n and_o root_n as_o before_o be_v say_v of_o all_o mankind_n descend_v from_o he_o who_o he_o do_v represent_v at_o his_o first_o creation_n he_o do_v receive_v that_o stock_n of_o righteousness_n which_o god_n give_v unto_o he_o not_o for_o himself_o only_o and_o his_o own_o particular_a benefit_n have_v he_o use_v it_o well_o but_o as_o the_o common_a patrimony_n and_o inheritance_n of_o himself_o and_o he_o and_o have_v so_o improvident_o lose_v both_o himself_o and_o it_o by_o yield_v to_o the_o motion_n of_o that_o flesh_n which_o he_o be_v to_o govern_v he_o lose_v it_o not_o only_o for_o himself_o when_o he_o come_v under_o the_o attainture_n which_o the_o law_n bring_v on_o he_o but_o he_o do_v whole_o forfeit_v it_o for_o himself_o and_o they_o his_o race_n or_o offspring_n which_o be_v then_o radical_o in_o his_o loin_n be_v involve_v with_o he_o in_o the_o same_o perdition_n for_o as_o the_o scripture_n say_v of_o levi_n that_o he_o pay_v tithe_n in_o abraham_n unto_o melchisedech_n because_o he_o be_v in_o the_o loin_n of_o abraham_n when_o melchisedech_n meet_v he_o 10._o so_o may_v we_o also_o say_v in_o the_o present_a case_n that_o all_o man_n sin_v and_o lose_v themselves_o in_o our_o father_n adam_n because_o they_o be_v all_o of_o they_o in_o the_o loin_n of_o adam_n when_o he_o lose_v himself_o the_o scripture_n say_v not_o only_o that_o sin_n come_v to_o man_n or_o fall_v on_o he_o only_o as_o if_o the_o power_n thereof_o have_v terminate_v in_o that_o one_o man_n person_n on_o who_o it_o first_o do_v come_v or_o fall_v but_o that_o it_o come_v by_o man_n as_o a_o pipe_n or_o conduit_n by_o which_o it_o pass_v also_o unto_o other_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n say_v the_o apostle_n to_o the_o roman_n 5.12_o by_o man_n come_v death_n say_v the_o apostle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n 15.21_o that_o be_v to_o say_v by_o that_o one_o man_n our_o father_n adam_n both_o sin_n and_o death_n find_v opportunity_n to_o enter_v on_o his_o whole_a posterity_n et_fw-la per_fw-la adamum_n ex_fw-la quo_fw-la omnes_fw-la mortales_fw-la originem_fw-la ducunt_fw-la dicitur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la introiisse_fw-la 5._o as_o it_o be_v in_o origen_n this_o sin_n thus_o miserable_o derive_v from_o our_o father_n adam_n we_o call_v original_a sin_n or_o the_o birth-sin_n as_o in_o the_o nine_o article_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n a_o sin_n because_o it_o be_v a_o taint_n or_o stain_v in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n by_o which_o we_o be_v adjudge_v impure_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n the_o birth-sin_n or_o original_a sin_n as_o be_v natural_o and_o original_o inherent_a in_o the_o very_a birth_n and_o therein_o different_a from_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o own_o commit_n which_o for_o distinction_n sake_n be_v
ancient_a father_n the_o rule_n be_v this_o that_o custom_n be_v the_o best_a interpreter_n of_o a_o doubtful_a law_n and_o we_o be_v lesson_v thereupon_o to_o cast_v our_o eye_n in_o all_o such_o questionable_a matter_n unto_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o state_n in_o the_o selfsame_a case_n si_fw-mi de_fw-fr interpretione_fw-la legis_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la imprimis_fw-la inspiciendum_fw-la est_fw-la quo_fw-la â—ure_n civitas_n retro_fw-la in_o hujusmodi_fw-la casibus_fw-la usa_fw-la fuit_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la enim_fw-la optima_fw-la interpretatio_fw-la legis_fw-la est_fw-la consuet_n where_o we_o have_v both_o the_o rule_n and_o the_o reason_n too_o which_o rule_n as_o it_o hold_v good_a in_o all_o legal_a controvesy_n so_o there_o be_v a_o practical_a maxim_n of_o as_o much_o validity_n in_o matter_n of_o ecclesiastical_a nature_n deliver_v by_o the_o ancient_a writer_n this_o maxim_n we_o will_v take_v from_o st._n augustine_n mouth_n and_o after_o show_v how_o consonant_a it_o be_v unto_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o father_n quod_fw-la universa_fw-la tenet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o conciliis_fw-la institutum_fw-la sed_fw-la semper_fw-la retentum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la apostolica_fw-la autoritate_fw-la traditum_fw-la rectissimè_fw-la creditur_fw-la 23._o i._n e._n whatsoever_o the_o whole_a church_n maintain_v which_o have_v not_o be_v ordain_v by_o authority_n of_o council_n but_o be_v always_o hold_v most_o right_o may_v be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v deliver_v by_o apostolical_a authority_n to_o this_o agree_v st._n hierom_n also_o say_v etiamsi_fw-la scripturae_fw-la autoritas_fw-la non_fw-la subesset_fw-la totius_fw-la orbis_n in_fw-la hanc_fw-la partem_fw-la consensus_fw-la instar_fw-la praecepti_fw-la obtineret_fw-la lucifer_n that_o be_v there_o no_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n for_o it_o yet_o the_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o world_n be_v as_o good_a as_o a_o precept_n so_o do_v st._n irenaeus_n also_o who_o tell_v we_o that_o in_o doubtful_a case_n oportet_fw-la in_o antiquissimas_fw-la recâ—rrere_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la apostoli_fw-la conversati_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la iis_fw-la de_fw-la praesenti_fw-la quaestione_fw-la sumere_fw-la quod_fw-la certum_fw-la &_o re_fw-la liquidum_fw-la est_fw-la 4._o we_o be_v to_o have_v recourse_n to_o the_o elder_a church_n in_o which_o some_o of_o the_o apostle_n live_v and_o learn_v of_o they_o what_o be_v to_o be_v determine_v in_o the_o present_a question_n and_o to_o this_o maxim_n thus_o confirm_v not_o only_o the_o romanist_n do_v submit_v but_o even_o calvin_n too_o who_o tell_v we_o he_o will_v make_v no_o scruple_n to_o admit_v tradition_n si_fw-la modo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la traditionem_fw-la ex_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o perpetuo_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la &_o orthodoxorum_fw-la consensu_fw-la confirmaret_fw-la arbit_n if_o pighius_fw-la can_v demonstrate_v to_o he_o that_o such_o tradition_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o certain_a and_o continual_a consent_n of_o orthodox_n and_o godly_a man_n if_o then_o according_a to_o this_o maxim_n it_o be_v make_v apparent_a that_o infant-baptism_n have_v be_v general_o use_v in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n not_o be_v ordain_v in_o any_o council_n but_o practise_v in_o those_o elder_a church_n in_o which_o some_o of_o the_o apostle_n live_v and_o since_o continue_v in_o the_o constant_a and_o perpetual_a usage_n of_o all_o godly_a man_n we_o may_v conclude_v that_o certain_o it_o be_v of_o apostolical_a institution_n though_o there_o occur_v no_o positive_a precept_n for_o it_o in_o the_o book_n of_o god_n which_o ground_n so_o lay_v we_o will_v proceed_v unto_o our_o proof_n for_o this_o general_a practice_n take_v our_o rise_n from_o augustine_n time_n without_o look_v low_o because_o his_o authority_n be_v conceive_v to_o have_v carry_v the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n almost_o without_o control_n in_o the_o follow_a age_n 12._o first_o then_o for_o augustine_n he_o be_v positive_a and_o express_a herein_o infant_n reos_fw-la esse_fw-la originalis_fw-la peccati_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la baptizandos_fw-la esse_fw-la that_o infant_n be_v guilty_a of_o original_a sin_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v 8._o and_o this_o he_o call_v antiquam_fw-la fidei_fw-la regulam_fw-la the_o old_a rule_n of_o faith_n and_o say_v express_o hoc_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la semper_fw-la habuit_fw-la semper_fw-la tenuit_fw-la &_o à _fw-la majorum_fw-la fide_fw-la recepit_fw-la 2._o that_o the_o church_n always_o hold_v and_o use_v it_o derive_v in_o from_o the_o authority_n and_o credit_n of_o their_o predecessor_n st._n chrysostom_n a_o presbyter_n of_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n where_o st._n peter_n sometime_o sit_v as_o bishop_n somewhat_o before_o s._n augustins_n time_n speak_v of_o infant-baptism_n as_o a_o thing_n general_o receive_v in_o the_o christian_a church_n hoc_fw-la praedicat_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la ubique_fw-la diffusa_fw-la the_o catholic_n church_n say_v he_o over_o all_o the_o world_n do_v approve_v of_o this_o some_o what_o before_o he_o live_v st._n hierom_n a_o presbyter_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o questionless_a be_v one_o of_o the_o apostolic_a see_v found_v both_o by_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n the_o two_o great_a apostle_n of_o jew_n and_o gentile_n as_o the_o ancient_n say_v 3._o and_o he_o be_v clear_a for_o infant-baptism_n qui_fw-la parvulus_fw-la est_fw-la parentis_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la vinculo_fw-la solvitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n child_n say_v he_o be_v free_v in_o baptism_n from_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n in_o the_o guilt_n whereof_o they_o be_v involve_v but_o man_n of_o ripe_a year_n from_o their_o own_o and_o he_o fine_a and_o in_o conclusion_n he_o resolve_v infant_n etiam_fw-la in_o peccatorum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la baptizandos_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o infant_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o not_o as_o the_o pelagian_n teach_v into_o hope_n of_o heaven_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o no_o sin_n at_o all_o a_o little_a before_o he_o flourish_v st._n ambrose_n successor_n to_o barnabas_n the_o apostle_n in_o the_o see_v of_o milan_n 10._o who_o speak_v of_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n who_o publish_v among_o other_o thing_n that_o the_o hurt_n which_o adam_n do_v unto_o his_o posterity_n be_v exemplo_fw-la non_fw-la transitu_fw-la rather_o by_o give_v they_o such_o a_o bad_a example_n of_o disobedience_n than_o by_o drive_v on_o they_o any_o natural_a sinfulness_n do_v thereupon_o infer_v that_o if_o this_o be_v true_a evacuatio_fw-la baptismatis_fw-la parvulorum_fw-la 84._o the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n be_v no_o long_o necessary_a and_o in_o the_o same_o age_n but_o before_o flourish_v gregory_n nazianzen_n who_o call_v baptism_n signaculum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la cursum_fw-la ineuntibus_fw-la a_o seal_n imprint_v upon_o those_o who_o begin_v to_o live_v require_v that_o child_n shall_v be_v bring_v unto_o holy_a baptism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lest_o they_o shall_v wart_n the_o common_a grace_n of_o the_o church_n 41._o and_o though_o he_o afterward_o advise_v that_o the_o baptism_n of_o child_n shall_v be_v defer_v till_o they_o be_v three_o year_n old_a that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v able_a to_o make_v answer_n to_o some_o catechetical_a question_n yet_o in_o a_o case_n of_o danger_n he_o do_v press_v it_o home_o it_o be_v better_o as_o he_o grant_v that_o they_o be_v sanctify_v insensible_o they_o not_o perceive_v it_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o tender_a year_n than_o that_o they_o shall_v depart_v hence_o without_o that_o signature_n ascend_v we_o from_o the_o four_o to_o the_o three_o age_n of_o the_o church_n and_o there_o we_o find_v st._n cyprian_n the_o great_a bishop_n of_o carthage_n as_o great_a a_o stickler_n for_o the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n as_o any_o one_o whosoever_o in_o the_o time_n succeed_v he_o in_o a_o epistle_n to_o one_o fidus_n do_v thus_o plead_v the_o case_n porro_fw-la si_fw-la etiam_fw-la gravissimis_fw-la delictoribus_fw-la &c_n &c_n fidum_fw-la if_o say_v he_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v give_v to_o the_o great_a offender_n none_o of_o which_o if_o they_o afterward_o believe_v in_o god_n be_v exclude_v from_o the_o grace_n of_o baptism_n quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la prohiberi_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la infans_fw-la qui_fw-la recens_fw-la natus_fw-la nihil_fw-la peccavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n how_o much_o rather_o shall_v a_o infant_n be_v admit_v to_o it_o who_o be_v newborn_a have_v not_o sin_v at_o all_o save_v that_o they_o have_v contract_v from_o adam_n that_o original_a guilt_n which_o follow_v every_o man_n by_o nature_n and_o therefore_o be_v more_o capable_a of_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n than_o other_o be_v quod_fw-la illis_fw-la remittuntur_fw-la non_fw-la propria_fw-la sed_fw-la aliena_fw-la peccata_fw-la because_o it_o be_v not_o their_o own_o but_o another_o sin_n nor_o be_v this_o the_o opinion_n of_o st._n cyprian_n only_o but_o the_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o sixty_o and_o six_o african_a bishop_n convene_v in_o council_n by_o who_o it_o be_v declare_v as_o he_o there_o relate_v that_o baptism_n be_v to_o be_v minister_v as_o well_o to_o infant_n as_o unto_o man_n of_o ripe_a year_n before_o he_o flourish_v
against_o god_n elect._n that_o they_o do_v compass_v the_o earth_n to_o seduce_v poor_a man_n we_o have_v it_o in_o the_o book_n of_o job_n 1.7_o where_o he_o be_v say_v to_o go_v to_o and_o fro_o in_o the_o earth_n to_o walk_v up_o and_o down_o in_o it_o and_o that_o he_o wander_v in_o the_o air_n we_o be_v tell_v by_o st._n paul_n â—_o by_o who_o he_o be_v call_v the_o prince_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o air_n but_o that_o he_o be_v cast_v down_o into_o hell_n beside_o those_o place_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n produce_v before_o we_o be_v assure_v by_o st._n peter_n 2.4_o and_o that_o they_o be_v reserve_v there_o in_o chain_n like_o prisoner_n be_v affirm_v express_o by_o st._n jude_n 6._o not_o in_o material_a chain_n we_o conceive_v not_o so_o but_o that_o they_o be_v restrain_v by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n and_o be_v so_o bridle_v and_o tie_v up_o by_o his_o mighty_a hand_n that_o they_o be_v neither_o master_n of_o their_o own_o ability_n nor_o have_v the_o liberty_n of_o act_v what_o they_o will_v themselves_o but_o only_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o he_o shall_v permit_v as_o be_v most_o clear_a and_o manifest_a in_o the_o case_n of_o job._n and_o from_o thence_o come_v no_o doubt_n this_o proverbial_a speech_n that_o the_o devil_n can_v go_v beyond_o his_o chain_n and_o though_o they_o feel_v some_o part_n of_o that_o dreadful_a torment_n to_o which_o they_o be_v reserve_v in_o the_o house_n of_o darkness_n yet_o be_v it_o but_o initium_fw-la dolorum_fw-la or_o the_o begin_n of_o sorrow_n compare_v with_o those_o they_o be_v to_o suffer_v in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v in_o this_o regard_n the_o devil_n do_v not_o only_o cry_v out_o against_o christ_n our_o saviour_n that_o he_o be_v come_v to_o torment_v they_o before_o their_o â—ime_n mat._n 8.29_o but_o they_o do_v so_o abominate_a the_o conceit_n of_o the_o bottomeless_a pit_n that_o they_o most_o earnest_o beseech_v he_o ne_o imperaret_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o abyssum_fw-la irent_fw-la not_o to_o command_v they_o down_o to_o that_o deep_a abyss_n luk._n 8.31_o praesentia_fw-la salvatoris_fw-la est_fw-la tormentum_fw-la daemonum_n our_o saviour_n presence_n say_v st._n hierom_n 8._o be_v the_o devil_n torment_n who_o see_v he_o upon_o the_o earth_n when_o they_o look_v not_o for_o he_o ad_fw-la judicandos_fw-la se_fw-la venisse_fw-la crederent_fw-la conceive_v that_o he_o be_v come_v to_o bring_v they_o to_o judgement_n and_o to_o say_v truth_n it_o be_v no_o marvel_n that_o they_o be_v so_o afflict_v at_o the_o sight_n of_o our_o saviour_n consider_v that_o they_o know_v full_a well_o that_o howsoever_o he_o may_v bring_v salvation_n to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n yet_o for_o themselves_o they_o be_v uncapable_a of_o that_o mercy_n and_o be_v to_o have_v no_o part_n in_o the_o world_n redemption_n the_o reason_n of_o which_o so_o great_a difference_n as_o the_o schoolman_n think_v be_v these_o especial_o 3._o first_o because_o the_o angel_n fall_v of_o themselves_o but_o man_n at_o the_o suggestion_n or_o persuasion_n of_o other_o et_fw-la levius_fw-la est_fw-la alienament_fw-it peccaffe_n quam_fw-la propria_fw-la as_o s._n augustine_n have_v it_o 2._o the_o angel_n in_o the_o height_n of_o their_o pride_n fight_v to_o be_v like_o god_n in_o omnipotency_n which_o be_v a_o incommunicable_a property_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o can_v be_v impart_v unto_o any_o other_o but_o man_n desire_v to_o be_v like_o he_o only_o in_o omniscience_n or_o in_o the_o general_a knowledge_n of_o thing_n create_v which_o may_v be_v communicate_v to_o a_o creature_n as_o to_o the_o humane_a â—oul_n of_o christ._n three_o the_o angel_n be_v immaterial_a intellectual_a spirit_n inhabit_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n and_o the_o light_n of_o his_o countenance_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o sin_n by_o error_n or_o misperswasion_n but_o with_o a_o high_a hand_n and_o affect_a malice_n which_o come_v near_a to_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o so_o irremissible_a but_o man_n be_v place_v by_o god_n in_o a_o place_n remote_a leave_v to_o the_o frailty_n of_o his_o own_o will_n and_o want_v many_o of_o those_o opportunity_n for_o persist_v in_o grace_n which_o the_o other_o have_v four_o because_o the_o angel_n be_v not_o by_o propagation_n from_o one_o another_o but_o be_v create_v all_o at_o once_o so_o that_o of_o angel_n some_o may_v fall_v and_o other_o may_v stand_v and_o that_o though_o many_o do_v apostate_n yet_o still_o innumerable_a of_o they_o hold_v their_o first_o estate_n but_o man_n descend_v by_o generation_n from_o one_o stock_n or_o root_n and_o therefore_o the_o first_o man_n fall_v and_o corrupt_v his_o nature_n derive_v the_o same_o corruption_n upon_o all_o his_o race_n so_o that_o if_o god_n have_v not_o appoint_v a_o redemption_n for_o man_n he_o have_v utter_o lose_v one_o of_o the_o most_o excellent_a creature_n that_o ever_o he_o make_v five_o the_o angel_n have_v the_o fullness_n of_o intellectual_a light_n and_o when_o they_o take_v view_v of_o any_o thing_n they_o see_v all_o which_o do_v pertain_v unto_o it_o and_o thereupon_o go_v on_o with_o such_o resolution_n that_o they_o neither_o alter_v nor_o repent_v but_o man_n who_o find_v one_o thing_n after_o another_o and_o one_o thing_n out_o of_o another_o dislike_v upon_o consideration_n what_o before_o he_o like_v and_o so_o repent_v he_o of_o the_o evil_n which_o he_o have_v commit_v six_o because_o there_o be_v a_o time_n prefix_v both_o to_o man_n and_o angel_n after_o which_o there_o be_v no_o possibility_n of_o better_v their_o estate_n and_o alter_v their_o condition_n whether_o good_a or_o bad_a which_o be_v the_o hour_n of_o death_n in_o man_n and_o unto_o angel_n be_v the_o first_o deliberate_a action_n either_o good_a or_o evil_n after_o which_o declaration_n of_o themselves_o unto_o they_o that_o fall_v there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o grace_n or_o of_o restitution_n for_o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la angelis_n casus_fw-la quod_fw-la hominibus_fw-la mors_fw-la that_o which_o in_o man_n be_v death_n be_v this_o fall_n to_o the_o angel_n as_o most_o true_o damascene_fw-la 4._o final_o the_o angel_n have_v all_o advantage_n of_o nature_n condition_n place_n ability_n and_o be_v most_o ready_o prepare_v and_o fit_v for_o their_o immediate_a and_o everlasting_a glorification_n whereas_o man_n be_v to_o pass_v through_o many_o uncertainty_n to_o tarry_v a_o long_a life_n here_o in_o this_o present_a world_n and_o after_o to_o expect_v till_o the_o general_a judgement_n before_o he_o be_v to_o be_v admit_v to_o eternal_a glory_n in_o some_o or_o all_o of_o these_o respect_n christ_n do_v not_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o nature_n of_o angel_n 2.16_o nor_o effect_v any_o thing_n at_o all_o towards_o their_o redemption_n but_o he_o take_v on_o he_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n that_o so_o the_o heir_n of_o abraham_n faith_n may_v be_v make_v heir_n also_o of_o the_o promise_n of_o eternal_a life_n so_o that_o these_o angel_n be_v desperate_a of_o their_o own_o salvation_n and_o stomach_n that_o a_o creature_n make_v of_o dust_n and_o ash_n shall_v be_v adopt_v to_o those_o glory_n from_o which_o they_o fall_v have_v labour_v ever_o since_o to_o seduce_v poor_a man_n to_o the_o like_a apostasy_n and_o plunge_v he_o in_o the_o gulf_n of_o the_o same_o perdition_n et_fw-la solatium_fw-la perditionis_fw-la suae_fw-la perdendis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la operantur_fw-la 2.15_o say_v lactantius_n true_o this_o to_o effect_v as_o the_o same_o lactantius_n there_o affirm_v per_fw-la totam_fw-la terram_fw-la vagantur_fw-la they_o have_v disperse_v themselves_o over_o all_o the_o world_n and_o as_o mankind_n do_v increase_v and_o propagate_v so_o have_v they_o still_o their_o instrument_n and_o emissary_n to_o work_v upon_o the_o frailty_n of_o that_o perish_a creature_n by_o all_o mean_v imaginable_a the_o principal_a and_o proper_a ministry_n of_o these_o evil_a angel_n who_o we_o will_v hereafter_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o devil_n be_v to_o tempt_v man_n to_o sin_n and_o to_o this_o end_n they_o improve_v all_o their_o power_n and_o those_o opportunity_n which_o sinful_a man_n be_v apt_a to_o give_v they_o and_o to_o this_o trade_n they_o fall_v assoon_o as_o the_o world_n begin_v work_v upon_o the_o frailty_n of_o eve_n by_o a_o beautiful_a fruit_n but_o more_o by_o feed_v she_o with_o a_o possibility_n of_o be_v make_v like_o to_o god_n himself_o and_o by_o her_o mean_n corrupt_v the_o pure_a soul_n of_o adam_n to_o the_o like_a transgression_n in_o this_o regard_n from_o this_o foul_a murder_n perpetrate_v on_o the_o soul_n of_o adam_n which_o he_o make_v subject_a by_o this_o mean_n to_o the_o death_n of_o sin_n and_o consequent_o to_o the_o death_n of_o the_o body_n also_o our_o saviour_n call_v he_o homicidam_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la a_o murderer_n from_o the_o beginning_n joh._n 8.34_o and_o as_o he_o
or_o bad_a the_o ill_a success_n that_o follow_v the_o young_a prodigal_n journey_n be_v no_o part_n of_o his_o father_n purpose_n of_o his_o will_n and_o absolute_a decree_n much_o less_o no_o nor_o so_o much_o as_o to_o be_v ascribe_v unto_o his_o permission_n which_o be_v but_o causa_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la as_o the_o school_n call_v it_o if_o it_o be_v so_o much_o only_o it_o give_v the_o father_n such_o a_o opportunity_n as_o adam_n fall_n do_v god_n in_o the_o present_a case_n of_o entertain_v he_o with_o joy_n at_o his_o come_n home_o and_o kill_v the_o faâ—ted_a calf_n for_o his_o better_a welcome_n it_o be_v true_a that_o god_n to_o who_o eternal_a eye_n all_o thing_n be_v present_a and_o fore-seen_a as_o if_o do_v already_o do_v perfect_o foreknow_v to_o what_o unhappy_a end_n this_o poor_a man_n will_v come_v how_o far_o he_o will_v abuse_v that_o natural_a liberty_n wherewith_o he_o have_v endow_v he_o at_o his_o first_o creation_n praescivit_fw-la peccaturum_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la praedestinavit_fw-la ad_fw-la peccatum_fw-la monim_n say_v fulgentius_n true_o and_o upon_o this_o foreknowledge_n what_o will_v follow_v on_o it_o he_o do_v withal_o provide_v such_o a_o sovereign_a remedy_n as_o shall_v restore_v collapse_v man_n to_o his_o primitive_a hope_n of_o live_v in_o god_n fear_n depart_v hence_o in_o his_o favour_n and_o come_v through_o faith_n in_o christ_n unto_o life_n eternal_a if_o he_o be_v not_o want_v to_o himself_o in_o the_o application_n for_o this_o be_v a_o faithful_a say_n and_o worthy_a of_o all_o acceptation_n that_o christ_n jesus_n come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o save_v sinner_n 1.15_o of_o who_o every_o man_n may_v say_v as_o st._n paul_n once_o do_v that_o he_o be_v the_o chief_a and_o it_o be_v as_o worthy_a of_o acceptance_n which_o come_v though_o from_o the_o same_o spirit_n from_o a_o worthy_a person_n that_o god_n so_o love_v the_o world_n the_o whole_a world_n of_o mankind_n that_o he_o send_v his_o only_a begouten_a son_n into_o the_o world_n to_o the_o intent_n that_o whosoever_o do_v believe_v in_o he_o shall_v live_v though_o he_o die_v and_o whosoever_o live_v and_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o die_v for_o ever_o 26._o but_o have_v as_o in_o another_o place_n everlasting_a life_n 3.15_o but_o what_o it_o be_v to_o believe_v in_o he_o and_o what_o a_o christian_a man_n be_v bind_v to_o believe_v of_o he_o as_o it_o be_v all_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o six_o next_o article_n so_o must_v it_o be_v the_o argument_n of_o another_o book_n this_o touch_v our_o belief_n in_o god_n the_o father_n almighty_n maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o all_o thing_n therein_o with_o most_o of_o the_o material_a point_n which_o depend_v upon_o it_o beginning_z now_o to_o draw_v to_o a_o final_a period_n chap._n vi_o what_o faith_n it_o be_v which_o be_v require_v for_o justification_n before_o and_o under_o the_o law_n of_o the_o knowledge_n which_o the_o patriarch_n and_o prophet_n have_v touch_v christ_n to_o come_v touch_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o jew_n the_o salvation_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o the_o justify_v power_n of_o faith_n and_o yet_o before_o we_o pass_v to_o the_o follow_a article_n there_o be_v some_o point_n to_o be_v dispute_v in_o reference_n to_o the_o several_a estate_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n as_o it_o stand_v heretofore_o under_o the_o law_n and_o since_o under_o the_o gospel_n the_o influence_n which_o faith_n have_v in_o their_o justification_n and_o the_o condition_n of_o those_o people_n which_o be_v alien_n to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n before_o christ_n come_v in_o the_o flesh_n for_o be_v that_o the_o patriarch_n before_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n and_o those_o holy_a man_n of_o god_n that_o live_v after_o he_o till_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n have_v not_o so_o clear_a and_o explicit_a a_o knowledge_n of_o the_o particular_n of_o the_o creed_n which_o concern_v our_o saviour_n or_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o holy_a catholic_n church_n and_o the_o member_n of_o it_o as_o have_v be_v since_o reveal_v in_o the_o write_n of_o the_o evangelist_n and_o apostle_n it_o can_v be_v suppose_v that_o they_o shall_v have_v universal_o the_o same_o object_n of_o faith_n which_o we_o christian_n have_v or_o be_v bind_v to_o believe_v all_o those_o thing_n distinct_o touch_v christ_n our_o saviour_n and_o the_o benefit_n by_o he_o redound_v to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n which_o all_o christian_n must_v believe_v if_o they_o will_v be_v save_v and_o then_o consider_v that_o there_o be_v almost_o nothing_o contain_v in_o scripture_n touch_v god_n the_o father_n his_o divine_a power_n and_o attribute_n the_o make_n and_o government_n of_o the_o world_n and_o all_o thing_n therein_o which_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v by_o those_o of_o the_o line_n of_o abraham_n but_o what_o have_v be_v avow_v and_o testify_v by_o the_o learned_a gentile_n it_o will_v not_o be_v unworthy_a of_o our_o disquisition_n to_o see_v wherein_o the_o difference_n and_o advantage_n lay_v which_o the_o patriarch_n and_o those_o of_o judah_n have_v above_o the_o nation_n or_o whether_o the_o same_o light_n of_o truth_n do_v not_o shine_v on_o both_o through_o divers_a medium_n for_o the_o better_a fit_v and_o prepare_v of_o both_o people_n to_o receive_v the_o gospel_n in_o sift_v and_o discuss_v of_o which_o principal_a point_n we_o shall_v consider_v what_o it_o be_v in_o faith_n itself_o which_o be_v say_v to_o justify_v of_o what_o effect_n the_o sacrifice_n both_o before_o and_o under_o the_o law_n be_v to_o the_o satisfy_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o expiate_a of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n by_o who_o they_o be_v offer_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o relation_n which_o they_o have_v to_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n the_o lamb_n of_o god_n which_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n and_o final_o what_o be_v to_o be_v conceive_v of_o those_o eminent_a man_n among_o the_o gentile_n who_o not_o extinguish_v that_o light_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v plant_v in_o they_o but_o regulate_v all_o their_o action_n by_o the_o beam_n thereof_o come_v to_o be_v very_o eminent_a in_o all_o kind_n of_o learning_n and_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o justice_n temperance_n mercy_n fortitude_n and_o other_o act_n of_o moral_a virtue_n some_o other_o thing_n will_v fall_v in_o incident_o on_o the_o by_o which_o need_v not_o be_v present_v in_o this_o general_a view_n and_o the_o mature_a consideration_n of_o all_o these_o particular_n i_o have_v reserve_v unto_o this_o place_n that_o be_v situate_a in_o the_o midst_n between_o the_o faith_n we_o have_v in_o god_n the_o father_n almighty_n and_o the_o belief_n require_v of_o we_o in_o his_o son_n christ_n jesus_n it_o may_v either_o serve_v for_o a_o appendix_n to_o the_o former_a part_n or_o a_o preamble_n to_o the_o second_o or_o be_v in_o stead_n of_o a_o bond_n or_o ligament_n for_o knit_v all_o the_o joint_n of_o this_o body_n together_o in_o the_o strong_a coherence_n of_o discourse_n and_o first_o faith_n be_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o definition_n before_o deliver_v a_o firm_a assent_n to_o supernatural_a truth_n reveal_v we_o can_v but_o conceive_v in_o reason_n that_o the_o object_n of_o it_o be_v to_o be_v commensurable_a to_o the_o proportion_n and_o degree_n of_o the_o revelation_n for_o as_o our_o saviour_n say_v in_o another_o case_n that_o to_o who_o much_o be_v give_v of_o he_o the_o more_o shall_v be_v require_v 12.48_o so_o may_v we_o also_o say_v in_o this_o that_o to_o who_o more_o divine_a supernatural_a truth_n have_v be_v reveal_v of_o he_o there_o be_v a_o great_a measure_n of_o belief_n expect_v till_o the_o unhappy_a fall_n of_o adam_n there_o be_v no_o faith_n require_v but_o in_o god_n alone_o for_o without_o faith_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o please_v god_n 11.6_o say_v the_o apostle_n which_o adam_n by_o the_o law_n of_o his_o creation_n be_v oblige_v to_o endeavour_v nor_o can_v he_o come_v before_o the_o lord_n or_o seek_v for_o the_o continuance_n of_o his_o grace_n and_o favour_n have_v he_o not_o first_o be_v fit_v and_o prepare_v by_o faith_n for_o he_o that_o come_v unto_o god_n must_v believe_v that_o he_o be_v and_o that_o he_o be_v a_o rewarder_n of_o they_o that_o diligent_o seek_v he_o as_o in_o the_o same_o text_n say_v the_o same_o apostle_n which_o word_n we_o may_v not_o understand_v of_o faith_n in_o christ_n at_o least_o not_o primary_o with_o respect_n to_o adam_n of_o who_o such_o faith_n be_v not_o require_v in_o the_o state_n of_o innocency_n for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o a_o saviour_n but_o only_o of_o a_o faith_n in_o almighty_a god_n the_o steadfast_a confession_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o who_o be_v and_o bounty_n be_v to_o speak_v
transgression_n be_v a_o untouched_a virgin_n a_o virgin_n though_o betroth_v to_o her_o husband_n adam_n for_o she_o be_v a_o virgin_n espouse_v from_o her_o first_o creation_n when_o she_o conceive_v sin_n and_o bring_v forth_o iniquity_n and_o mary_n be_v a_o espouse_a virgin_n espouse_v to_o a_o man_n who_o name_n be_v joseph_n when_o she_o conceive_v the_o son_n of_o righteousness_n and_o bring_v forth_o salvation_n and_o as_o the_o first_o woman_n conceive_v death_n by_o believe_v a_o evil_a angel_n without_o consult_v with_o her_o husband_n till_o the_o deed_n be_v do_v so_o the_o espouse_a virgin_n of_o the_o present_a article_n conceive_v in_o her_o body_n the_o lord_n of_o life_n by_o believe_v the_o word_n and_o message_n of_o a_o good_a angel_n her_o husband_n be_v not_o make_v privy_a to_o it_o till_o he_o perceive_v she_o be_v with_o child_n some_o reason_n then_o there_o be_v why_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o why_o christ_n our_o saviour_n shall_v be_v bear_v of_o the_o pure_a virgin_n though_o those_o reason_n do_v not_o make_v it_o to_o be_v less_o a_o miracle_n for_o nothing_o but_o a_o miracle_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n can_v have_v beget_v such_o a_o child_n upon_o such_o a_o mother_n that_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o miserable_a fall_n of_o man_n be_v to_o be_v repair_v it_o please_v god_n to_o declare_v unto_o our_o wretched_a parent_n before_o they_o be_v exile_v from_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n it_o be_v the_o first_o and_o great_a comfort_n which_o be_v give_v unto_o they_o that_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n shall_v break_v the_o head_n of_o the_o serpent_n 3.15_o and_o that_o the_o serpent_n shall_v but_o bruise_v the_o heel_n of_o the_o woman_n seed_n that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o there_o shall_v one_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o woman_n seed_n who_o by_o the_o suffering_n of_o his_o body_n his_o inferior_a part_n shall_v overcome_v the_o power_n of_o hell_n and_o set_v man_n free_a from_o that_o captivity_n in_o which_o he_o be_v hold_v bind_v by_o satan_n and_o as_o it_o be_v the_o first_o in_o the_o general_a promise_n so_o be_v it_o as_o i_o think_v the_o clear_a and_o most_o evident_a light_n to_o point_v we_o out_o to_o the_o particular_a of_o bring_v this_o great_a work_n to_o pass_v by_o a_o virgin-birth_n though_o adam_n be_v the_o root_n of_o mankind_n and_o lose_v himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n by_o his_o disobedience_n yet_o be_v the_o promise_n make_v to_o eve_n a_o virgin_n and_o not_o to_o adam_n seed_n at_o all_o nor_o any_o to_o be_v procreate_v from_o the_o seed_n of_o man_n it_o be_v a_o common_a resolution_n of_o the_o schoolman_n that_o if_o eve_n only_o have_v transgress_v adamo_n in_o innocentia_fw-la permanente_fw-la adam_n continue_v still_o in_o his_o first_o integrity_n neither_o the_o soul_n of_o their_o posterity_n have_v be_v taint_v with_o original_a sin_n nor_o their_o body_n make_v subject_a unto_o death_n 5._o it_o be_v in_o adam_n that_o all_o die_v as_o st_n paul_n have_v tell_v we_o 22_o it_o be_v in_o adam_n that_o all_o die_v but_o it_o be_v in_o eve_n that_o all_o shall_v be_v make_v alive_a not_o in_o eve_n person_n but_o her_o seed_n the_o promise_n make_v to_o eve_n a_o virgin_n that_o her_o seed_n shall_v break_v the_o serpent_n head_n foresignifyed_n that_o our_o redeemer_n shall_v be_v bear_v of_o a_o virgin_n mother_n such_o as_o eve_n be_v when_o this_o first_o publication_n of_o god_n will_n be_v make_v a_o clear_a evidence_n than_o which_o as_o to_o this_o particular_a i_o think_v be_v hardly_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o book_n of_o god_n that_o so_o much_o celebrate_v place_n of_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n behold_v a_o virgin_n shall_v conceive_v not_o be_v primary_o intend_v of_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n though_o in_o his_o birth_n accomplish_v in_o a_o more_o excellent_a manner_n than_o first_o intend_v by_o the_o prophet_n the_o estate_n of_o ahaz_n king_n of_o judah_n at_o that_o time_n stand_v this_o a_o storm_n be_v threaten_v to_o his_o kingdom_n from_o the_o joint_a force_n of_o rezin_n king_n of_o syria_n and_o pekah_n king_n of_o samaria_n which_o so_o dismay_v the_o heart_n of_o ahaz_n and_o of_o all_o his_o people_n that_o they_o be_v as_o the_o tree_n of_o the_o wood_n move_v with_o the_o wind_n 7.2_o as_o the_o text_n inform_v we_o not_o know_v upon_o what_o to_o fasten_v nor_o for_o what_o to_o hope_v in_o this_o great_a consternation_n come_v isaiah_n to_o they_o with_o a_o message_n from_o god_n assure_v they_o of_o the_o speedy_a destruction_n of_o those_o king_n who_o they_o so_o much_o fear_v but_o this_o when_o ahaz_n dare_v not_o credit_n nor_o will_v be_v move_v to_o ask_v a_o sign_n from_o god_n to_o confirm_v his_o faith_n and_o to_o assure_v himself_o of_o a_o quick_a deliverance_n it_o please_v god_n to_o give_v he_o this_o by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o prophet_n behold_v a_o virgin_n shall_v conceive_v and_o bear_v a_o son_n and_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n immanuel_n butter_n and_o honey_n shall_v he_o eat_v that_o he_o may_v know_v to_o refuse_v the_o evil_a and_o choose_v the_o good_a for_o before_o the_o child_n shall_v know_v to_o refuse_v the_o evil_a and_o choose_v the_o good_a the_o land_n that_o thou_o abhor_v shall_v be_v forsake_v of_o both_o her_o king_n 16._o to_o say_v that_o this_o be_v literal_o and_o original_o mean_v of_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o consistent_a with_o the_o case_n and_o circumstance_n of_o the_o present_a business_n the_o king_n and_o people_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o a_o present_a war_n and_o nothing_o but_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o present_a deliverance_n be_v able_a to_o revive_v their_o despair_a heart_n and_o what_o sign_n can_v it_o be_v to_o confirm_v that_o hope_n that_o after_o 700._o year_n and_o upward_o for_o so_o long_a time_n there_o be_v between_o the_o death_n of_o ahaz_n and_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n a_o virgin_n shall_v conceive_v and_o bring_v forth_o a_o son_n cold_a comfort_n can_v there_o be_v in_o this_o to_o that_o generation_n who_o can_v not_o hope_v for_o so_o long_a life_n as_o to_o see_v the_o wonder_n so_o that_o the_o literal_a meaning_n of_o the_o prophecy_n be_v most_o like_a to_o be_v that_o before_o some_o note_a virgin_n then_o of_o fame_n and_o credit_n or_o else_o within_o that_o space_n of_o time_n that_o any_o who_o be_v then_o a_o virgin_n shall_v conceive_v a_o child_n according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n and_o that_o that_o child_n shall_v be_v of_o age_n to_o know_v good_a from_o evil_n the_o two_o king_n speak_v of_o before_o shall_v be_v both_o destroy_v that_o so_o it_o be_v seem_v very_o evident_a to_o i_o by_o the_o success_n of_o the_o business_n for_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n we_o find_v that_o isaiah_n go_v unto_o the_o prophetess_n perhaps_o the_o virgin_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o former_a passage_n and_o she_o conceive_v and_o bear_v a_o son_n who_o the_o lord_n command_v to_o be_v call_v mahershalalhashbaz_a 4._o and_o give_v this_o reason_n for_o the_o name_n be_v so_o unusual_a that_o before_o the_o child_n shall_v have_v the_o knowledge_n to_o cry_v my_o father_n and_o my_o mother_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o refuse_v the_o evil_a and_o choose_v the_o good_a the_o riches_n of_o damascus_n and_o the_o spoil_n of_o samaria_n shall_v be_v take_v away_o before_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n and_o so_o it_o prove_v in_o the_o event_n for_o before_o this_o mahershalalhashbaz_a so_o conceive_v and_o bear_v be_v able_a to_o distinguish_v of_o meat_n or_o know_v his_o father_n and_o mother_n from_o other_o people_n be_v the_o word_n fulfil_v which_o god_n have_v speak_v by_o the_o prophet_n touch_v their_o deliverance_n pekah_n be_v slay_v by_o hoseah_n the_o son_n of_o elah_n and_o rezin_n by_o tiglath-pilesar_a the_o king_n of_o assyria_n within_o two_o or_o three_o year_n after_o the_o say_a sign_n be_v give_v of_o which_o see_v a_o king_n 16.5_o 6_o 7_o etc._n etc._n &_o chron._n 17.1_o but_o then_o we_o must_v observe_v withal_o that_o this_o prophecy_n be_v thus_o fulfil_v in_o the_o literal_a sense_n according_a to_o the_o prophet_n intent_n and_o purpose_n contain_v in_o it_o a_o more_o mystical_a meaning_n according_a to_o the_o secret_a purpose_n of_o almighty_a god_n this_o temporal_a deliverance_n of_o ahaz_n and_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o two_o such_o potent_a enemy_n be_v a_o type_n or_o figure_n of_o that_o spiritual_a and_o eternal_a deliverance_n which_o he_o intend_v unto_o they_o and_o to_o all_o mankind_n from_o the_o tyranny_n of_o sin_n and_o satan_n which_o secret_a will_n and_o purpose_n of_o almighty_a god_n be_v make_v know_v to_o the_o evangelist_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n he_o may_v
conteret_fw-la caput_fw-la tuam_fw-la she_o shall_v break_v thy_o head_n which_o many_o of_o their_o commentator_n do_v refer_v to_o she_o that_o bellarmine_n make_v at_o all_o no_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o veneration_n which_o be_v due_a to_o she_o and_o that_o which_o do_v belong_v unto_o christ_n as_o man_n and_o final_o that_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n in_o point_n of_o practice_n for_o needs_o such_o practice_n must_v ensue_v on_o such_o desperate_a doctrine_n do_v use_v to_o say_v so_o many_o ave_fw-la mary_fw-mi for_o one_o single_a pater_fw-la noster_fw-la sandys_n hear_v day_n by_o day_n so_o many_o mass_n of_o our_o lady_n and_o not_o one_o of_o christ_n adorn_v her_o image_n with_o all_o cost_n and_o cunning_a which_o man_n wit_n can_v reach_v while_o his_o poor_a statue_n stand_v neglect_v as_o not_o worth_a the_o look_v after_o wonder_v it_o be_v they_o have_v not_o practise_v on_o the_o creed_n and_o tell_v we_o how_o the_o apostle_n have_v mistake_v the_o matter_n when_o they_o draw_v it_o up_o and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o jesus_n christ_n but_o the_o virgin_n mary_n that_o suffer_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n be_v crucify_v dead_a and_o bury_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n such_o be_v and_o such_o have_v be_v the_o most_o know_a repugnancy_n which_o have_v find_v entertainment_n in_o the_o christian_a world_n touch_v the_o privilege_n and_o prierogative_n of_o this_o bless_a woman_n between_o these_o two_o extreme_n be_v the_o virtue_n place_v which_o i_o persuade_v myself_o have_v be_v most_o happy_o preserve_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n retain_v still_o two_o annual_a feast_n institute_v in_o the_o best_a time_n to_o her_o name_n and_o memory_n we_o glad_o give_v she_o all_o the_o honour_n which_o be_v due_a unto_o she_o account_v she_o for_o the_o most_o bless_a of_o all_o woman_n 1.42_o a_o choice_n and_o most_o select_a temple_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o happy_a instrument_n of_o man_n good_a which_o have_v descend_v simple_o from_o the_o loin_n of_o adam_n but_o dare_v not_o give_v her_o divine_a honour_n by_o erect_v altar_n to_o her_o service_n go_v in_o pilgrimage_n to_o her_o shrine_n or_o pour_v forth_o our_o prayer_n unto_o she_o final_o we_o resolve_v with_o epiphanius_n 79._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n let_v the_o bless_a virgin_n be_v have_v in_o reverence_n but_o god_n only_o worship_v let_v she_o possess_v principal_a place_n in_o our_o good_a opinion_n so_o she_o have_v none_o in_o our_o devotion_n but_o it_o be_v time_n to_o leave_v the_o mother_n and_o return_v again_o unto_o the_o son_n now_o that_o which_o in_o this_o article_n be_v express_v by_o the_o present_a word_n natus_fw-la ex_fw-la virgin_n maria_n that_o be_v to_o say_v bear_v of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n in_o that_o of_o nice_n be_v thus_o deliver_v and_o be_v make_v man_n some_o heretic_n have_v former_o call_v this_o truth_n in_o question_n affirm_v that_o our_o saviour_n body_n be_v not_o true_a and_o real_a but_o only_o a_o airy_a and_o imaginary_a body_n as_o do_v the_o marcionite_n other_o that_o he_o receive_v not_o his_o humane_a be_v of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n but_o bring_v his_o body_n from_o the_o heaven_n and_o only_o pass_v through_o her_o womb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o through_o a_o conduit_n pipe_n as_o valentinian_n valent._n as_o if_o our_o bless_a lord_n and_o saviour_n have_v only_o borrow_v for_o a_o time_n the_o shape_n of_o man_n therein_o to_o act_v his_o woeful_a tragedy_n on_o the_o public_a theatre_n of_o the_o world_n and_o make_v the_o virgin_n womb_n his_o try_v house_n and_o some_o again_o there_o be_v who_o do_v conceive_v his_o body_n to_o be_v free_a from_o passion_n maintain_v that_o it_o be_v impassibilis_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o subject_a to_o those_o natural_a frailty_n and_o infirmity_n which_o be_v incident_a to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n by_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n to_o meet_v with_o these_o and_o other_o heretic_n of_o this_o kind_n the_o father_n in_o the_o nicene_n council_n express_v our_o saviour_n be_v bear_v of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n which_o every_o heretic_n have_v wrest_v to_o his_o proper_a sense_n in_o word_n which_o may_v more_o full_o signify_v the_o truth_n and_o reality_n of_o his_o take_n of_o our_o flesh_n upon_o he_o in_o word_n which_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o so_o many_o evasion_n declare_v thus_o that_o be_v incarnate_a by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n factus_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la he_o be_v make_v man_n and_o consequent_o be_v make_v subject_a unto_o those_o infirmity_n which_o be_v inseparable_o annex_v to_o our_o humane_a nature_n this_o that_o which_o positive_o be_v affirm_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n 4.15_o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o we_o have_v not_o such_o a_o high_a priest_n which_o can_v be_v touch_v with_o the_o feel_n of_o our_o infirmity_n but_o be_v in_o all_o point_v tempt_v like_a as_o we_o be_v yet_o without_o sin_n the_o high_a priest_n which_o god_n give_v we_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v to_o be_v such_o as_o those_o he_o give_v unto_o his_o people_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o law_n one_o who_o can_v have_v compassion_n on_o the_o ignorant_a and_o on_o they_o that_o be_v out_o of_o the_o way_n for_o that_o he_o himself_o be_v compass_v also_o with_o infirmity_n 5.2_o the_o difference_n only_o stand_v in_o this_o that_o our_o saviour_n passion_n and_o infirmity_n be_v free_a from_o sin_n and_o neither_o do_v proceed_v from_o sin_n or_o incline_v he_o to_o it_o as_o do_v the_o passion_n and_o infirmity_n of_o man_n mere_o natural_a which_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o st._n paul_n in_o the_o place_n aforesaid_a where_o he_o affirm_v of_o our_o high_a priest_n that_o he_o be_v tempt_v that_o be_v to_o say_v afflict_a try_v and_o prove_v in_o all_o thing_n like_a as_o we_o be_v save_v only_o that_o it_o be_v without_o sin_n or_o sinful_a motion_n and_o to_o this_o truth_n the_o catholic_n doctor_n of_o the_o church_n do_v attest_v unanimous_o st._n ambrose_n thus_o christ_n say_v he_o take_v upon_o he_o not_o the_o show_n but_o the_o truth_n and_o reality_n of_o the_o flesh_n what_o then_o debuit_fw-la ergo_fw-la et_fw-la dolorem_fw-la suscipere_fw-la ut_fw-la vinceret_fw-la tristitiam_fw-la 10._o non_fw-la excluderet_fw-la he_o therefore_o be_v to_o have_v a_o sense_n of_o humane_a sorrow_n that_o he_o may_v overcome_v they_o not_o exclude_v they_o only_o fulgentius_n go_v to_o work_v more_o plain_o 3._o nunc_fw-la oftendendum_fw-la est_fw-la say_v he_o etc._n etc._n now_o must_v we_o show_v that_o the_o passion_n of_o grief_n sorrow_n fear_n etc._n etc._n do_v proper_o pertain_v unto_o the_o soul_n and_o that_o our_o saviour_n do_v endure_v they_o all_o in_o his_o humane_a soul_n ut_fw-la veram_fw-la totamâ—_n in_fw-la se_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la infirmitatibus_fw-la hominis_fw-la demonstraret_fw-la suscepti_fw-la substantiam_fw-la that_o he_o may_v show_v in_o himself_o the_o true_a and_o whole_a substance_n of_o man_n accompany_v with_o its_o infirmity_n the_o father_n of_o the_o greek_a church_n do_v affirm_v the_o same_o 3._o when_o thou_o hear_v say_v cyril_n that_o christ_n weep_v fear_v and_o sorrow_v acknowledge_v he_o to_o be_v a_o true_a man_n and_o ascribe_v these_o thing_n to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n for_o christ_n take_v a_o mortal_a body_n subject_a to_o all_o the_o passion_n of_o nature_n sin_n always_o except_v which_o when_o he_o have_v affirm_v in_o thesi_fw-la he_o do_v thus_o infer_v et_fw-la ita_fw-la singulas_fw-la passiones_fw-la carnis_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o shall_v thou_o find_v all_o the_o passion_n or_o affection_n of_o the_o flesh_n to_o be_v stir_v in_o christ_n but_o without_o sin_n that_o be_v so_o stir_v up_o they_o may_v be_v repress_v and_o our_o nature_n reform_v to_o the_o better_a but_o none_o of_o all_o the_o ancient_n state_n the_o point_n more_o clear_o than_o john_n damascene_fw-la in_o his_o 3._o book_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la orthodoxa_fw-la 20._o where_o he_o tell_v we_o this_o we_o confess_v say_v he_o that_o christ_n do_v take_v unto_o he_o all_o natural_a and_o blameless_a passion_n for_o he_o assume_v the_o whole_a man_n and_o all_o that_o pertain_v to_o man_n save_o sin_n natural_a and_o blameless_a passion_n be_v those_o which_o be_v not_o proper_o in_o our_o power_n and_o whatsoever_o enter_v into_o man_n life_n through_o the_o occasion_n of_o adam_n sin_n as_o hunger_n thirst_n weakness_n labour_n weep_v shun_v of_o death_n fear_n agony_n whence_o come_v sweat_n with_o drop_n of_o blood_n these_o thing_n be_v in_o all_o man_n by_o nature_n and_o therefore_o christ_n take_v all_o these_o to_o he_o that_o he_o may_v sanctify_v they_o all_o with_o this_o agree_v the_o distinction_n of_o the_o latter_a schoolman_n who_o divide_v the_o
to_o atone_v the_o difference_n the_o general_a resolution_n be_v 5._o for_o this_o be_v neither_o time_n nor_o place_n to_o discuss_v it_o full_o that_o the_o whole_a day_n among_o the_o jew_n from_o sun_n to_o sun_n which_o the_o astronomer_n call_v the_o artificial_a day_n be_v common_o divide_v into_o four_o quaternion_n of_o hour_n of_o which_o the_o first_o three_o have_v the_o name_n of_o the_o three_o hour_n the_o second_o three_o of_o the_o six_o hour_n the_o three_o three_o of_o the_o nine_o hour_n and_o the_o last_o three_o of_o the_o evening_n or_o sun_n set_v then_o that_o the_o six_o hour_n begin_v where_o the_o three_o do_v end_n the_o same_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o hour_n which_o be_v do_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o six_o inchoative_n in_o the_o six_o hour_n but_o completive_a in_o the_o three_o and_o so_o our_o saviour_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v crucify_v in_o the_o three_o hour_n as_o st._n mark_n relate_v that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o hour_n complete_a and_o about_o the_o six_o hour_n as_o st._n john_n deliver_v it_o that_o be_v to_o say_v about_o the_o six_o hour_n come_v on_o other_o conceive_v that_o mark_n relate_v unto_o the_o time_n when_o pilate_n do_v pass_v sentence_n on_o he_o and_o deliver_v he_o over_o to_o be_v crucify_v which_o be_v in_o the_o three_o hour_n of_o the_o day_n and_o that_o john_n speak_v as_o to_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o sentence_n which_o be_v do_v in_o the_o six_o and_o if_o this_o can_v agree_v with_o the_o other_o cicumstance_n it_o be_v undoubted_o the_o best_a and_o of_o most_o probability_n especial_o consider_v what_o good_a ground_n it_o have_v from_o ignatius_n trall_n who_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n by_o who_o the_o whole_a story_n of_o the_o passion_n be_v thus_o distribute_v in_o the_o three_o hour_n christ_n be_v condemn_v by_o pontius_n pilate_n crucify_v in_o the_o six_o die_v in_o the_o ninâ—h_o and_o be_v bury_v before_o sunset_n and_o unto_o either_o of_o these_o two_o i_o shall_v soon_o yield_v then_o harken_v to_o the_o new_a devise_n of_o daniel_n heinsius_n who_o will_v have_v the_o three_o hour_n mention_v in_o st._n mark_v gospel_n to_o be_v the_o three_o hour_n of_o our_o saviour_n crucify_a 6._o with_o which_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o text_n can_v no_o way_n agree_v and_o yet_o far_o soon_o unto_o he_o then_o to_o a_o eminent_a divine_a of_o great_a place_n and_o name_n affirm_v open_o in_o a_o sermon_n before_o the_o king_n on_o the_o credit_n of_o some_o old_a greek_a copy_n that_o the_o text_n in_o john_n have_v be_v corrupt_v less_o difficulty_n far_o there_o be_v about_o the_o place_n of_o the_o passion_n in_o which_o all_o evangelist_n do_v agree_v in_o meaning_n though_o they_o use_v divers_a word_n st._n matthew_n mark_v and_o john_n do_v call_v it_o golgatha_n according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n name_n but_o st._n luke_n call_v it_o calvarie_a 23.33_o according_a to_o that_o hebrew_n name_n translate_v and_o make_v intelligible_a to_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o roman_n in_o every_o one_o it_o signify_v the_o place_n of_o a_o skull_n and_o be_v so_o translate_v in_o our_o bibles_n matth._n 27.33_o mark_v 15.22_o joh_n 19.17_o a_o name_n bestow_v upon_o it_o as_o the_o father_n say_v in_o regard_n that_o adam_n be_v there_o bury_v and_o his_o skull_n find_v there_o by_o the_o people_n many_o age_n after_o and_o though_o i_o dare_v not_o swear_v this_o for_o a_o canonical_a truth_n yet_o certain_o it_o have_v as_o good_a ground_n to_o stand_v upon_o as_o a_o old_a tradition_n can_v confer_v for_o sure_o i_o be_o that_o such_o a_o tradition_n there_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o origen_n one_o of_o the_o most_o ancient_a christian_a writer_n who_o work_n be_v extant_a 35._o venit_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o talis_fw-la traditio_fw-la quod_fw-la corpus_fw-la adae_fw-la primi_fw-la hominis_fw-la sepultum_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la ubi_fw-la crucifixus_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la there_o be_v a_o tradition_n say_v he_o that_o the_o body_n of_o the_o first_o man_n adam_n be_v there_o bury_v where_o christ_n be_v crucify_v tertullian_n do_v affirm_v the_o same_o among_o his_o verse_n so_o do_v st._n basil_n also_o on_o levit._n 5._o epiphanius_n contra_fw-la haereses_fw-la n._n 46._o chrysostom_n in_o his_o 84._o homily_n on_o john_n st._n augustine_n in_o the_o 71._o sermon_n inscribe_v de_fw-la tempore_fw-la st._n ambrose_n epistola_fw-la 3._o lib._n 5._o hierom_n on_o matth._n 27._o theophylact_fw-mi in_o his_o comment_n on_o the_o four_o evangelist_n nor_o do_v they_o only_o thus_o unanimous_o report_v the_o say_a tradition_n but_o they_o give_v their_o reason_n for_o it_o too_o viz._n that_o because_o all_o man_n die_v in_o adam_n so_o by_o christ_n all_o may_v be_v also_o make_v alive_a that_o so_o where_o sin_n take_v its_o beginning_n it_o shall_v find_v destruction_n and_o final_o that_o ut_fw-la super_fw-la adae_fw-la tumulum_fw-la sanguis_fw-la christi_fw-la stillaret_fw-la 27._o which_o be_v hieroms_n conceit_n that_o so_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n may_v fall_v upon_o adam_n tomb_n and_o i_o remember_v i_o have_v see_v a_o picture_n in_o a_o old_a piece_n of_o hang_v in_o the_o stall_n at_o westminster_n for_o we_o have_v our_o testes_fw-la fenestras_fw-la too_o especial_o in_o such_o a_o case_n as_o this_o as_o well_o as_o campian_n 10._o in_o a_o great_a in_o which_o we_o find_v the_o soldier_n pierce_a christ_n side_n with_o his_o lance_n water_n and_o blood_n issue_v from_o the_o side_n â—o_o pierce_v and_o adam_n start_v out_o of_o his_o grave_n with_o a_o cup_n in_o his_o hand_n to_o receive_v the_o blood_n which_o fancy_n as_o it_o be_v conform_v to_o the_o old_a tradition_n so_o do_v it_o hand_n some_o express_v a_o good_a piece_n of_o divinity_n the_o meaning_n of_o it_o be_v this_o that_o as_o adam_n be_v the_o root_n of_o all_o mankind_n have_v forfeit_v for_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n all_o those_o most_o excellent_a endowment_n of_o grace_n and_o nature_n which_o god_n have_v give_v he_o at_o the_o first_o so_o now_o he_o do_v lay_v hold_n upon_o salvation_n for_o himself_o and_o he_o that_o all_o who_o be_v and_o be_v to_o be_v descend_v of_o he_o shall_v have_v their_o part_n in_o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o world_n by_o the_o blood_n of_o christ._n and_o this_o i_o call_v a_o piece_n of_o good_a divinity_n howsoever_o express_v by_o reason_n that_o the_o universality_n of_o redemption_n by_o our_o saviour_n death_n be_v not_o alone_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o primitive_a time_n but_o be_v the_o genuine_a and_o confirm_a doctrine_n of_o this_o church_n of_o england_n which_o teach_v we_o to_o pray_v unto_o god_n the_o son_n litany_n as_o the_o redeemer_n of_o the_o world_n and_o every_o one_o of_o we_o to_o believe_v in_o the_o same_o god_n the_o son_n who_o have_v redeem_v i_o and_o all_o mankind_n catechism_n and_o final_o to_o pray_v to_o god_n to_o have_v mercy_n upon_o all_o man_n even_o upon_o all_o jew_n turk_n infidel_n and_o heretic_n friday_n that_o they_o may_v all_o be_v save_v among_o the_o remnant_n of_o true_a israelite_n and_o be_v make_v one_o fold_n under_o the_o same_o one_o shepherd_n jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n no_o truth_n more_o right_o state_v more_o pious_o apply_v nor_o more_o full_o explicate_v it_o be_v now_o time_n we_o lay_v our_o saviour_n in_o his_o grave_n be_v the_o last_o degree_n of_o his_o humiliation_n take_v along_o with_o we_o such_o preparative_n as_o lead_v unto_o the_o same_o in_o the_o holy_a gospel_n in_o which_o the_o first_o passage_n which_o we_o meet_v with_o be_v how_o some_o devout_a people_n repair_v to_o pilate_n and_o beg_v the_o body_n of_o their_o lord_n that_o they_o may_v entomb_v it_o 23.50.53_o other_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o great_a festival_n ensue_v have_v desire_v of_o he_o that_o their_o leg_n may_v be_v break_v and_o that_o they_o may_v be_v take_v away_o 19.31_o to_o the_o end_n that_o their_o body_n may_v not_o remain_v upon_o the_o cross_n on_o the_o sabbath-day_n which_o suit_n be_v grant_v and_o that_o the_o soldier_n come_v to_o christ_n find_v he_o dead_a already_o they_o omit_v the_o break_n of_o his_o leg_n for_o so_o have_v god_n dispose_v who_o before_o have_v signify_v that_o a_o bone_n of_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v break_v but_o yet_o to_o make_v sure_a work_n it_o seem_v good_a to_o one_o of_o they_o to_o pierce_v his_o side_n with_o a_o spear_n and_o forthwith_o say_v the_o text_n come_v out_o blood_n and_o water_n joh._n 19.34_o on_o this_o st._n augustine_n make_v this_o gloss_n that_o by_o the_o blood_n and_o water_n issue_v from_o the_o side_n of_o christ_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o two_o
and_o some_o of_o they_o perhaps_o reduce_v to_o their_o primitive_a dust_n be_v more_o than_o probable_a for_o the_o text_n speak_v of_o they_o as_o of_o man_n which_o have_v long_o be_v dead_a now_o why_o a_o glorified_a soul_n shall_v be_v reunite_v to_o a_o corrupt_a and_o putrefy_v although_o new_o raise_v body_n unless_o it_o be_v to_o raise_v that_o body_n also_o to_o a_o share_n of_o glory_n i_o plain_o must_v confess_v i_o can_v see_v no_o reason_n some_o of_o the_o saint_n then_o as_o his_o soldier_n do_v attend_v this_o pomp_n i_o take_v that_o for_o grant_v and_o i_o conceive_v it_o probable_a for_o i_o go_v no_o further_o that_o every_o saint_n or_o soldier_n have_v his_o crown_n or_o coronet_n bestow_v upon_o they_o by_o their_o general_n in_o testimony_n that_o they_o have_v fight_v a_o good_a fight_n against_o sin_n and_o satan_n for_o though_o in_o common_a course_n the_o saint_n and_o servant_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v not_o have_v their_o crown_n until_o the_o general_a day_n of_o judgement_n yet_o here_o in_o this_o particular_a case_n it_o may_v be_v otherwise_o by_o special_a privilege_n and_o extraordinary_a dispensation_n next_o to_o the_o saint_n and_o soldier_n look_v we_o on_o the_o captive_n of_o who_o the_o psalmist_n and_o st._n paul_n both_o do_v express_o speak_v duxit_fw-la captivam_fw-la captivitatem_fw-la he_o lead_v captivity_n captive_a say_v the_o holy_a scripture_n but_o who_o these_o captive_n be_v and_o what_o this_o captivity_n will_v ask_v a_o little_a more_o pain_n to_o declare_v aright_o though_o somewhat_o have_v be_v say_v in_o this_o point_n before_o we_o show_v you_o in_o our_o commentary_n on_o the_o former_a article_n that_o by_o the_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o father_n our_o saviour_n spoil_v the_o principality_n and_o power_n of_o hell_n when_o he_o go_v down_o thither_o and_o there_o take_v captive_a both_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o evil_a angel_n the_o show_v of_o they_o open_o and_o triumph_v over_o they_o the_o lead_n of_o they_o captive_a when_o they_o be_v so_o take_v that_o doubtless_o be_v the_o work_n of_o another_o day_n that_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o ascension_n when_o he_o ascend_v up_o on_o high_a then_o not_o before_o he_o lead_v they_o captive_a and_o when_o he_o lead_v they_o captive_a than_o he_o triumph_v over_o they_o the_o victory_n he_o obtain_v before_o now_o he_o make_v his_o triumph_n the_o great_a battle_n which_o paulus_n aemilius_n win_v of_o perseus_n the_o macedonian_a do_v shrewd_o shake_v the_o main_a foundation_n of_o his_o power_n and_o empire_n the_o victory_n be_v not_o perfect_v nor_o the_o realm_n subdue_v and_o make_v a_o tributary_n province_n of_o the_o state_n of_o rome_n until_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v take_v in_o the_o isle_n of_o samothrace_n to_o which_o he_o have_v retire_v as_o his_o strong_a hold_n immediate_o on_o his_o defeat_n near_o the_o city_n of_o pidna_n the_o triumph_n follow_v not_o till_o after_o when_o he_o make_v his_o entry_n into_o rome_n the_o imperial_a city_n the_o miserable_a king_n and_o all_o the_o flower_n of_o his_o nobility_n be_v lead_v like_o captive_n in_o their_o chain_n and_o doom_v unto_o perpetual_a prison_n and_o this_o say_v the_o historian_n be_v interpulcherrimos_fw-la 12._o the_o happy_a and_o most_o stately_a triumph_n that_o the_o roman_a people_n ever_o see_v the_o victory_n have_v also_o be_v of_o the_o great_a consequence_n so_o in_o this_o case_n the_o first_o main_a battle_n after_o some_o previous_a skirmish_n and_o velitation_n which_o our_o redeemer_n seek_v with_o satan_n be_v upon_o the_o cross_n in_o which_o he_o seem_v for_o a_o time_n to_o have_v have_v the_o worse_a but_o it_o be_v only_o for_o a_o time_n for_o by_o his_o death_n say_v the_o apostle_n 2.4_o he_o overcome_v he_o which_o have_v power_n of_o death_n which_o be_v the_o devil_n that_o be_v the_o first_o great_a blow_n which_o the_o devil_n have_v but_o the_o victory_n be_v not_o perfect_v nor_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n break_v in_o piece_n and_o bring_v under_o the_o command_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n till_o he_o master_v hell_n itself_o and_o force_v the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n in_o their_o strong_a hold_n then_o come_v he_o to_o demand_v his_o triumph_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n who_o receive_v he_o into_o heaven_n with_o the_o great_a glory_n that_o ever_o have_v be_v see_v by_o the_o heavenly_a citizen_n the_o devil_n and_o rest_n of_o the_o power_n of_o hell_n be_v lead_v bind_v in_o chain_n in_o triumphant_a wise_n who_o he_o fling_v off_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o approach_v near_o the_o gate_n of_o heaven_n and_o have_v ever_o since_o reserve_v in_o chain_n under_o darkness_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o great_a and_o terrible_a day_n 6._o if_o you_o will_v see_v this_o triumph_n set_v down_o more_o at_o large_a we_o have_v it_o in_o the_o 13._o of_o the_o prophet_n hosea_n and_o out_o of_o he_o in_o st._n paul_n first_o to_o the_o corinthian_n 15.55_o death_n lead_v captive_a without_o his_o sting_n hell_n break_v and_o deface_v like_o the_o picture_n of_o a_o conquer_a city_n the_o strength_n of_o sin_n the_o law_n rend_v and_o fasten_v to_o his_o cross_n ensigne-wise_a the_o serpent_n head_n break_v and_o so_o bear_v before_o he_o as_o be_v goliahs_n head_n by_o david_n when_o he_o come_v from_o the_o victory_n never_o so_o great_a a_o victory_n such_o a_o glorious_a triumph_n as_o that_o of_o christ_n in_o his_o ascension_n when_o have_v spoil_v the_o principality_n and_o power_n of_o hell_n he_o lead_v this_o captivity_n captive_a in_o his_o march_n to_o heaven_n make_v a_o show_n of_o they_o open_o unto_o man_n and_o angel_n and_o triumph_v over_o they_o in_o semet_fw-la ipso_fw-la in_o his_o own_o person_n say_v the_o vulgar_a reddunt_fw-la inferna_fw-la victorem_fw-la &_o superna_fw-la suscipiunt_fw-la triumphantem_fw-la 138._o hell_n restore_v he_o back_o a_o conqueror_n and_o heaven_n receive_v he_o a_o triumpher_n as_o faith_n st._n angustine_n happy_o if_o the_o work_n be_v he_o but_o there_o be_v other_o captive_n which_o adorn_v this_o triumph_n beside_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n even_o the_o son_n of_o man_n the_o devil_n first_o begin_v the_o war_n with_o our_o father_n adam_n foil_v he_o in_o paradise_n and_o make_v he_o of_o a_o prince_n to_o become_v a_o prisoner_n a_o slave_n to_o his_o own_o lust_n and_o and_o loose_a affection_n and_o he_o prevail_v so_o far_o upon_o his_o posterity_n that_o he_o bring_v all_o mankind_n in_o a_o manner_n under_o his_o dominion_n their_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n be_v grow_v unto_o such_o a_o height_n that_o god_n repent_v he_o at_o last_o of_o man_n creation_n it_o anger_v he_o say_v the_o text_n at_o the_o very_a heart_n david_n complain_v in_o his_o time_n that_o there_o be_v none_o that_o do_v good_a no_o not_o one_o 14.3_o and_o when_o the_o son_n of_o david_n come_v upon_o the_o theatre_n he_o find_v the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n so_o degenerate_v that_o they_o be_v become_v the_o slave_n of_o satan_n at_o best_a the_o child_n of_o the_o devil_n as_o himself_o affirm_v in_o this_o estate_n we_o be_v the_o whole_a race_n of_o man_n when_o with_o a_o mighty_a hand_n and_o a_o outstretch_a arm_n our_o saviour_n christ_n encounter_v with_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n and_o subdue_v they_o all_o by_o this_o great_a victory_n of_o christ_n over_o sin_n and_o satan_n the_o devil_n be_v not_o only_o take_v and_o make_v a_o captive_n but_o all_o mankind_n even_o that_o captivity_n which_o be_v captive_a under_o he_o become_v his_o prisoner_n jure_fw-la belli_fw-la even_o by_o the_o common_a law_n of_o war_n as_o be_v before_o part_n of_o the_o devil_n good_n of_o his_o train_n and_o vassalage_n so_o true_a be_v that_o of_o aristotle_n in_o his_o book_n of_o politic_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o those_o which_o be_v take_v in_o the_o war_n be_v in_o the_o power_n and_o at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o conqueror_n the_o father_n many_o of_o they_o look_v this_o way_n direct_o but_o none_o more_o plain_o to_o this_o purpose_n then_o dorotheus_n a_o old_a orthodox_n writer_n and_o he_o state_v it_o thus_o what_o mean_v say_v he_o the_o lead_n of_o captivity_n captive_a and_o then_o he_o answer_v 12._o it_o mean_v that_o by_o adam_n transgression_n the_o enemy_n have_v make_v we_o all_o captive_n and_o hold_v we_o in_o subjection_n and_o that_o christ_n take_v we_o again_o out_o of_o the_o enemy_n hand_n and_o conquer_v he_o who_o keep_v we_o captive_a so_o that_o the_o case_n of_o mankind_n in_o this_o double_a captivity_n be_v like_o that_o of_o lot_n who_o the_o five_o king_n when_o they_o take_v sodom_n carry_v prisoner_n with_o they_o lot_z be_v then_o captive_a to_o those_o king_n
man_n be_v tempt_v when_o he_o be_v draw_v away_o by_o his_o own_o lust_n and_o so_o entice_v to_o do_v evil_a 1.13_o if_o god_n tempt_v no_o man_n as_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o st._n james_n he_o do_v not_o then_o be_v not_o adam_n that_o one_o man_n who_o st._n paul_n relate_v to_o either_o tempt_v by_o he_o or_o by_o his_o purpose_n and_o decree_v draw_v into_o temptation_n if_o every_o man_n ought_v to_o ascribe_v his_o fall_n into_o sin_n and_o death_n unto_o a_o voluntary_a yield_v to_o his_o own_o desire_n then_o certain_o ought_v adam_n so_o to_o do_v as_o well_o as_o any_o who_o by_o his_o own_o unworthy_a lust_n be_v draw_v away_o so_o visible_o to_o his_o own_o destruction_n we_o may_v proceed_v from_o scripture_n to_o the_o primitive_a father_n but_o that_o the_o evidence_n will_v be_v too_o great_a to_o be_v listen_v to_o suffice_v it_o that_o we_o find_v not_o any_o of_o that_o sacred_a number_n which_o ever_o make_v god_n accessary_a to_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n scarce_o any_o of_o those_o bless_a spirit_n which_o either_o of_o set_a purpose_n or_o upon_o the_o by_o do_v not_o oppose_v so_o lewd_a a_o tenet_n and_o it_o be_v more_o than_o time_n that_o they_o shall_v so_o do_v and_o that_o the_o present_a church_n shall_v pursue_v their_o course_n for_o some_o there_o be_v some_o desperate_a and_o wretched_a heretic_n who_o have_v so_o far_o make_v â—old_a with_o almighty_a god_n as_o to_o make_v he_o the_o author_n of_o those_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n which_o ill_a man_n commit_v and_o some_o there_o have_v not_o want_v in_o these_o late_a time_n who_o have_v not_o only_o make_v he_o accessary_a but_o even_o the_o very_a principal_n in_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n and_o of_o we_o by_o consequence_n of_o the_o first_o sort_n of_o these_o be_v the_o cataphrygian_o the_o scholar_n of_o montanus_n a_o wicked_a heretic_n 14._o some_o also_o teach_v the_o like_a in_o rome_n as_o do_v florinus_n blastus_n and_o their_o associate_n thereupon_o irenaeus_n publish_v a_o discourse_n with_o this_o inscription_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n 19_o and_o he_o give_v this_o inscription_n to_o it_o as_o the_o story_n tell_v we_o because_o florinus_n with_o great_a earnestness_n have_v teach_v the_o contrary_n it_o seem_v florinus_n be_v a_o heretic_n of_o no_o common_a aim_n and_o will_v not_o satisfy_v himself_o with_o those_o vulgar_a folly_n which_o have_v be_v take_v up_o before_o but_o he_o must_v ponere_fw-la os_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la break_v out_o into_o blasphemous_a frenzy_n against_o god_n himself_o and_o vent_v such_o a_o impious_a tenet_n which_o never_o any_o of_o the_o former_a heretic_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v once_o dare_v to_o broach_v the_o cataphrygian_o lay_v but_o the_o ground_n which_o he_o build_v upon_o yet_o bold_a and_o venturous_a though_o he_o be_v we_o do_v not_o find_v that_o he_o become_v much_o follow_v in_o this_o lewd_a opinion_n or_o that_o his_o follower_n if_o he_o have_v any_o at_o the_o jest_n ever_o attain_v unto_o the_o height_n of_o their_o master_n impudence_n some_o therefore_o of_o the_o follow_a heretic_n who_o in_o their_o heart_n have_v entertain_v the_o same_o dreadful_a madness_n do_v recommend_v it_o to_o the_o world_n in_o a_o fair_a dress_n and_o lay_v the_o blame_n of_o all_o their_o sin_n on_o the_o star_n and_o destiny_n the_o powerful_a influence_n of_o the_o one_o and_o irresistible_a decree_n of_o the_o other_o necessitate_v man_n to_o those_o wicked_a action_n which_o they_o so_o frequent_o commit_v thus_o be_v we_o tell_v of_o bardesanes_n quod_fw-la fato_fw-la conversationes_fw-la hominum_fw-la ascribet_fw-la that_o he_o ascribe_v all_o thing_n to_o the_o power_n of_o fate_n 35._o and_o thus_o it_o be_v affirm_v of_o priscillianus_n fatalibus_fw-la astris_fw-la homines_fw-la alligatos_fw-la that_o man_n be_v thrall_v unto_o the_o star_n 15._o which_o last_o st._n augustine_n do_v report_n also_o of_o one_o colarbas_n save_v that_o he_o give_v this_o power_n and_o influence_n to_o the_o planet_n only_o but_o these_o if_o ponder_v as_o they_o ought_v differ_v but_o little_a if_o at_o all_o from_o the_o impiety_n of_o florinus_n before_o remember_v only_o it_o be_v express_v in_o a_o better_a language_n and_o seem_v to_o favour_v more_o of_o the_o philosopher_n than_o the_o other_o do_v for_o if_o the_o lord_n have_v pass_v such_o a_o irrevocable_a law_n of_o fate_n that_o such_o and_o such_o man_n shall_v be_v guilty_a of_o such_o foul_a transgression_n as_o they_o common_o commit_v it_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o he_o be_v proclaim_v for_o the_o author_n of_o they_o and_o then_o why_o may_v not_o every_o man_n take_v unto_o himself_o the_o excuse_n and_o plea_n of_o agamemnon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iliad_n it_o be_v not_o i_o that_o do_v it_o but_o the_o god_n and_o destiny_n or_o if_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v so_o irresistible_a a_o power_n to_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n as_o to_o enforce_v man_n to_o be_v wicked_o and_o lewd_o give_v what_o differ_v this_o from_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o those_o vicious_a action_n to_o which_o by_o they_o we_o be_v enforce_v and_o then_o why_o may_v not_o every_o man_n cast_v his_o sin_n on_o god_n and_o say_v as_o do_v some_o such_o good_a fellow_n in_o st._n augustine_n time_n accusandum_fw-la potius_fw-la esse_fw-la autorem_fw-la syderum_fw-la quam_fw-la commissorem_fw-la scelerum_fw-la 2.27_o that_o he_o who_o make_v the_o star_n be_v in_o all_o the_o fault_n which_o grant_v we_o may_v pass_v a_o index_n expurgatorius_fw-la on_o the_o present_a creed_n and_o utter_o expunge_v the_o article_n of_o christ_n come_v to_o judgement_n for_o how_o can_v god_n condemn_v his_o creature_n to_o unquenchable_a flame_n or_o put_v so_o ill_a a_o office_n upon_o christ_n our_o saviour_n as_o to_o condemn_v they_o by_o his_o mouth_n in_o case_n the_o sin_n by_o they_o commit_v be_v not_o they_o but_o he_o or_o punish_v they_o for_o that_o which_o himself_o work_v in_o they_o or_o to_o which_o rather_o he_o compel_v they_o by_o so_o strong_a a_o hand_n that_o of_o fulgentius_n being_n most_o excellent_o and_o infallible_o true_a deus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la corum_fw-la ultor_fw-la quorum_fw-la est_fw-la author_n monimum_fw-la god_n do_v not_o use_v to_o punish_v his_o own_o action_n in_o we_o nor_o be_v florinus_n and_o those_o other_o heretic_n before_o remember_v the_o only_a one_o that_o broach_v those_o doctrine_n our_o late_a time_n not_o be_v so_o free_a as_o i_o can_v wish_v from_o so_o great_a impiety_n the_o libertine_n a_o late_a brood_n of_o sectary_n have_v affirm_v as_o much_o 12._o and_o teach_v as_o do_v florinus_n in_o the_o day_n of_o old_a quicquid_fw-la ego_fw-la &_o â—u_n facimus_fw-la deus_fw-la efficit_fw-la nâ—m_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la est_fw-la and_o so_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o those_o wicked_a action_n which_o themselves_o commit_v the_o founder_n of_o this_o sect_n coppinus_n and_o quintinus_n both_o fleming_n and_o these_o prateolus_n report_v for_o certain_a to_o be_v the_o progeny_n of_o calvin_n and_o other_o lead_a man_n of_o the_o protestant_a church_n these_o carne_fw-la say_v he_o è_fw-la schola_fw-la nostrae_fw-la tempestatis_fw-la evangelicorum_n quintino_n pythagoras_n can_v not_o have_v speak_v it_o with_o more_o authority_n bellarmine_n somewhat_o more_o remissly_a omnino_fw-la probabile_fw-la est_fw-la eos_fw-la ex_fw-la calvinianis_n promanasse_n bellar._n and_o make_v it_o only_o probable_a that_o it_o may_v be_v so_o but_o not_o right_o neither_o for_o staphylus_n reckon_v up_o the_o sect_n which_o spring_v from_o luther_n however_o that_o in_o other_o thing_n he_o fly_v out_o too_o far_o yet_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o those_o fellow_n paraeus_n on_o the_o other_o side_n in_o his_o animadversion_n on_o the_o cardinal_n assure_v we_o that_o they_o be_v both_o papist_n acquaint_v we_o with_o the_o place_n of_o their_o nativity_n and_o the_o proceed_n have_v against_o they_o calvin_n who_o write_v a_o tract_n against_o they_o make_v one_o franciscus_n poquius_fw-la a_o franciscan_a friar_n a_o principal_a stickler_n in_o the_o cause_n and_o we_o may_v add_v ex_fw-la abundanti_fw-la that_o the_o say_a sect_n do_v take_v beginning_n anno_fw-la 1529._o when_o calvin_n have_v attain_v to_o no_o reputation_n no_o not_o among_o those_o very_a man_n who_o have_v since_o admire_v he_o and_o make_v his_o word_n the_o touchstone_n of_o all_o orthodox_n doctrine_n so_o that_o for_o the_o revive_n of_o this_o heresy_n in_o these_o late_a age_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o be_v deliver_v positive_o and_o in_o term_n express_v which_o be_v the_o blasphemy_n of_o florinus_n we_o be_v behold_v for_o it_o to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n or_o some_o that_o have_v be_v member_n of_o it_o how_o willing_o soever_o they_o will_v charge_v it_o on_o
entitle_v actual_a the_o nature_n of_o which_o birth-sin_n or_o original_a sin_n be_v by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o her_o public_a article_n define_v to_o be_v the_o fault_n and_o corruption_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o every_o man_n that_o natural_o be_v engender_v of_o the_o offspring_n of_o adam_n whereby_o man_n be_v very_o far_o go_v from_o original_a righteousness_n and_o incline_v to_o evil_a 1562._o in_o which_o description_n we_o may_v find_v the_o whole_a nature_n of_o it_o as_o first_o that_o it_o be_v a_o corruption_n of_o our_o nature_n and_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o every_o man_n descend_v from_o the_o loin_n of_o adam_n second_o that_o it_o be_v a_o departure_n from_o and_o even_o a_o loss_n or_o forfieture_n of_o that_o stock_n of_o original_a justice_n wherewith_o the_o lord_n enrich_v our_o first_o father_n adam_n and_o ourselves_o in_o he_o and_o three_o that_o it_o be_v a_o inclination_n unto_o evil_n to_o the_o work_n of_o wickedness_n by_o mean_n whereof_o as_o afterward_o the_o article_n explain_v itself_o the_o flesh_n lust_v against_o the_o spirit_n and_o both_o together_o do_v incur_v the_o indignation_n of_o god_n so_o that_o if_o we_o speak_v of_o original_a sin_n formal_o it_o be_v the_o privation_n of_o those_o excellent_a gift_n of_o divine_a grace_n enable_v we_o to_o know_v love_n serve_v honour_n and_o trust_v in_o god_n and_o to_o do_v the_o thing_n that_o god_n delight_v in_o which_o adam_n once_o have_v but_o do_v short_o lose_v if_o material_o it_o be_v that_o habitual_a inclination_n which_o be_v find_v in_o man_n most_o averse_a from_o god_n carry_v they_o to_o the_o inordinate_a love_n and_o desire_v of_o finite_a thing_n of_o the_o creature_n more_o than_o the_o creator_n which_o be_v so_o proper_o a_o sin_n that_o it_o make_v guilty_a of_o condemnation_n the_o person_n whosoever_o it_o be_v in_o who_o it_o be_v find_v and_o this_o habitual_a inclination_n to_o the_o inordinate_a love_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v name_v concupiscence_n which_o be_v twofold_n as_o alensis_n note_v it_o out_o of_o hugo_n 2._o that_o be_v to_o say_v concupiscentia_fw-la spiritus_fw-la a_o concupiscience_n of_o the_o spirit_n or_o superior_a and_o concupiscentia_fw-la carnis_fw-la a_o concupiscence_n of_o the_o flesh_n or_o inferior_a faculty_n the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v only_a sin_n but_o the_o latter_a be_v both_o sin_n and_o punishment_n for_o what_o can_v be_v more_o consonant_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o justice_n than_o that_o the_o will_n refuse_v to_o be_v order_v by_o god_n and_o desire_v what_o he_o will_v not_o have_v it_o shall_v find_v the_o inferior_a faculty_n rebellious_a against_o itself_o and_o inclinable_a to_o desire_v those_o thing_n in_o a_o violent_a way_n which_o the_o will_n will_v have_v to_o be_v decline_v now_o that_o all_o of_o we_o from_o the_o womb_n be_v taint_v with_o this_o original_a corruption_n and_o depravation_n of_o nature_n be_v manifest_a unto_o we_o by_o the_o scripture_n and_o by_o some_o argument_n derive_v from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n countenance_v and_o confirm_v by_o the_o ancient_a doctor_n in_o scripture_n first_o we_o find_v how_o passionate_o david_n make_v complaint_n that_o he_o be_v shape_v in_o wickedness_n and_o conceive_v in_o sin_n 51.5_o where_o we_o may_v note_v in_o the_o greek_a and_o vulgar_a latin_a it_o be_v in_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o greek_a in_o peccatis_fw-la in_fw-la iniquitatibus_fw-la as_o the_o latin_a have_v it_o and_o that_o to_o show_v we_o as_o becanus_n have_v right_a well_o observe_v quod_fw-la unum_fw-la illud_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quasi_fw-la fons_fw-la sit_fw-la aliorum_fw-la 1._o that_o this_o one_o sin_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o spring_n and_o fountain_n from_o whence_o all_o other_o be_v derive_v next_o st._n paul_n tell_v we_o in_o plain_a word_n that_o by_o the_o offence_n of_o one_o of_o this_o one_o man_n adam_n judgement_n come_v upon_o all_o man_n to_o condemnation_n and_o judgement_n can_v not_o come_v upon_o all_o or_o any_o be_v it_o not_o in_o regard_n of_o sin_n not_o that_o all_o man_n in_o who_o original_a sin_n be_v find_v without_o the_o addition_n of_o actual_a and_o personal_a guiltiness_n be_v actual_o make_v subject_n unto_o condemnation_n and_o can_v expect_v no_o mercy_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n but_o that_o they_o be_v all_o guilty_a of_o it_o shall_v god_n deal_v extreme_o and_o take_v the_o forfeiture_n of_o the_o bond_n which_o we_o all_o enter_v into_o in_o our_o father_n adam_n thus_o find_v we_o in_o the_o same_o apostle_n that_o we_o be_v by_o nature_n the_o child_n of_o wrath_n 2.3_o pollute_a and_o unclean_a from_o the_o very_a womb_n our_o very_a nature_n be_v so_o inclinable_a to_o the_o work_n of_o wickedness_n that_o it_o dispose_v we_o to_o evil_a from_o the_o first_o conception_n and_o make_v we_o subject_a to_o the_o wrath_n and_o displeasure_n of_o god_n last_o of_o all_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o the_o same_o apostle_n for_o we_o will_v clog_v this_o point_n with_o no_o further_a evidence_n that_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n 6.23_o that_o sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n and_o that_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o man_n for_o that_o all_o have_v sin_v 5.12_o and_o thereupon_o we_o may_v conclude_v that_o wheresoever_o we_o behold_v a_o spectacle_n of_o death_n there_o be_v a_o receptacle_n of_o some_o sin_n now_o we_o all_o know_v that_o death_n do_v spare_v no_o more_o the_o infant_n than_o the_o elder_a man_n and_o that_o sometime_o our_o child_n be_v deprive_v of_o life_n assoon_o almost_o as_o they_o enjoy_v it_o sometime_o bear_v dead_a and_o sometime_o dead_a assoon_o as_o bear_v prima_fw-la quae_fw-la vitam_fw-la dedit_fw-la hora_fw-la carpsit_fw-la in_o the_o poet_n language_n a_o wage_n no_o way_n due_a to_o infant_n for_o their_o actual_a sin_n for_o actual_o as_o yet_o they_o have_v not_o offend_v and_o therefore_o there_o must_v needs_o be_v in_o they_o some_o original_a guilt_n some_o birth-sin_n as_o the_o article_n call_v it_o which_o bring_v so_o quick_a a_o death_n upon_o they_o and_o this_o be_v further_a verify_v from_o the_o constant_a and_o continual_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n which_o have_v provide_v that_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n be_v confer_v on_o infant_n before_o they_o come_v unto_o the_o use_n of_o speech_n or_o reason_n yea_o and_o at_o some_o time_n and_o on_o some_o occasion_n as_o namely_o in_o case_n of_o extremity_n and_o the_o danger_n of_o death_n to_o christen_v they_o assoon_o as_o bear_v for_o by_o so_o do_v she_o do_v charitable_o and_o not_o unwarrantable_o conceive_v that_o they_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o number_n of_o god_n child_n and_o in_o a_o state_n of_o good_a assurance_n which_o can_v not_o be_v so_o hopeful_o determine_v of_o they_o shall_v they_o depart_v without_o the_o same_o and_o with_o this_o that_o of_o origen_n do_v agree_v exact_o si_fw-mi nihil_fw-la esset_fw-la in_o parvulis_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la remissionem_fw-la deberet_fw-la &_o indulgentiam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la gratia_fw-la baptismi_fw-la superflua_fw-la videretur_fw-la origen_n be_v there_o not_o something_o in_o a_o infant_n which_o require_v forgiveness_n the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n be_v superfluous_o administer_v to_o he_o upon_o which_o ground_n the_o church_n of_o england_n have_v maintain_v the_o necessity_n of_o baptism_n against_o the_o sectary_n of_o this_o age_n allow_v it_o to_o be_v administer_v in_o private_a house_n as_o oft_o as_o any_o danger_n or_o necessity_n do_v require_v it_o of_o she_o a_o second_o thing_n we_o find_v in_o the_o church_n practice_n and_o in_o the_o practice_n of_o particular_a person_n of_o most_o note_n and_o evidence_n which_o serve_v exceed_v fit_o to_o confirm_v this_o point_n and_o that_o be_v that_o neither_o the_o church_n in_o general_n do_v celebrate_v the_o birthday_n of_o the_o saint_n depart_v but_o the_o day_n only_o of_o their_o death_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o saint_n themselves_o do_v solemnize_v the_o day_n of_o their_o own_o nativity_n with_o feast_n and_o triumph_n first_o for_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n we_o may_v take_v this_o general_a rule_n once_o for_o all_o non_fw-la nativitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la mortem_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la pretiosam_fw-la judicat_fw-la &_o beatam_fw-la that_o the_o church_n reckon_v not_o the_o day_n of_o their_o birth_n but_o the_o death-day_n if_o i_o may_v so_o call_v it_o of_o the_o saint_n to_o be_v blessed_v and_o precious_a according_a unto_o that_o of_o the_o royal_a psalmist_n right_o precious_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v the_o death_n of_o his_o saint_n 116.15_o upon_o which_o ground_n the_o word_n natalis_n have_v be_v use_v in_o the_o martyrology_n passim_fw-la and_o other_o public_a
monument_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n to_o signify_v the_o death_n and_o not_o the_o birthday_n of_o the_o saint_n depart_v and_o more_o particular_o we_o be_v thus_o inform_v by_o st._n augustine_n solius_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o beati_fw-la johannis_n dies_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la in_o universo_fw-it mundo_fw-la celebratur_fw-la 21._o i._n e._n that_o only_o the_o day_n of_o the_o nativity_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n and_o of_o st._n john_n baptist_n be_v celebrate_v in_o his_o time_n in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n of_o christ_n because_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o he_o be_v conceive_v and_o bear_v without_o sin_n original_a and_o of_o the_o baptist_n because_o sanctify_v in_o his_o mother_n womb_n 1.15_o as_o st._n luke_n say_v of_o he_o and_o for_o particular_a man_n it_o be_v say_v by_o origen_n nemo_fw-la ex_fw-la sanctis_fw-la invenitur_fw-la hunc_fw-la diem_fw-la festum_fw-la celebrasse_v 8._o etc._n etc._n that_o never_o any_o of_o the_o saint_n do_v celebrate_v the_o day_n of_o their_o own_o nativity_n or_o of_o any_o of_o their_o son_n and_o daughter_n with_o a_o solemn_a feast_n the_o reason_n be_v the_o same_o for_o both_o because_o they_o know_v that_o even_o the_o best_a of_o they_o be_v conceive_v in_o sin_n and_o bring_v forth_o in_o wickedness_n and_o therefore_o with_o no_o comfort_n can_v observe_v that_o day_n which_o the_o sense_n of_o their_o original_a corruption_n have_v make_v so_o unpleasing_a but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n those_o man_n who_o either_o know_v not_o or_o regard_v not_o their_o own_o natural_a sinfulness_n esteem_v that_o day_n above_o all_o other_o in_o their_o life_n as_o that_o which_o give_v they_o their_o first-being_a to_o enjoy_v their_o pleasure_n and_o they_o as_o pharaoh_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n 20._o and_o herod_n in_o the_o new_a 14.6_o fail_v not_o to_o keep_v the_o same_o as_o a_o public_a festival_n soli_fw-la peccatores_fw-la super_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la diem_fw-la laetantur_fw-la as_o it_o be_v in_o origen_n 8._o and_o hereupon_o we_o may_v infer_v without_o doubt_n or_o scruple_n that_o have_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o the_o church_n practice_n and_o that_o practise_v countenance_v by_o author_n of_o unquestioned_a credit_n not_o to_o say_v any_o thing_n further_o in_o so_o clear_a a_o case_n from_o the_o concurrent_a testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o sin_n as_o birth-sin_n or_o original_a sin_n a_o natural_a corruption_n radicate_v in_o the_o seed_n of_o adam_n which_o make_v we_o subject_a to_o the_o wrath_n and_o indignation_n of_o god_n thus_o have_v we_o see_v the_o introduction_n of_o sin_n the_o first_o act_n of_o the_o tragedy_n let_v we_o next_o look_v upon_o the_o second_o on_o the_o propagation_n the_o manner_n how_o it_o be_v derive_v from_o adam_n unto_o our_o forefather_n and_o from_o they_o to_o we_o and_o this_o we_o find_v to_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o great_a difficulty_n st._n augustine_n in_o who_o time_n these_o controversy_n be_v first_o raise_v by_o the_o pelagian_n do_v very_o abundant_o satisfy_v they_o in_o the_o quod_fw-la sit_v of_o it_o but_o when_o they_o press_v he_o with_o the_o quo_fw-la modo_fw-la how_o it_o be_v propagate_v from_o adam_n and_o from_o one_o man_n to_o another_o he_o be_v then_o fain_o to_o have_v recourse_n to_o god_n secret_a justice_n and_o his_o unsearchable_a dispensation_n et_fw-la hoc_fw-la quidem_fw-la libentius_fw-la disco_fw-la quam_fw-la doceo_fw-la ne_fw-la audeam_fw-la docere_fw-la quod_fw-la nescio_fw-la 5._o as_o with_o great_a modesty_n and_o caution_n he_o decline_v the_o business_n for_o whereas_o sin_n be_v the_o contagion_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o soul_n owe_v its_o be_v unto_o god_n alone_o and_o be_v not_o beget_v by_o our_o parent_n the_o pelagian_n either_o will_v not_o or_o can_v not_o be_v answer_v in_o their_o quere_z how_o child_n shall_v receive_v corruption_n from_o their_o parent_n not_o can_v the_o good_a father_n give_v they_o satisfaction_n unto_o their_o demand_n but_o as_o a_o dwarf_n stand_v on_o the_o shoulder_n of_o a_o giant_n may_v see_v many_o thing_n far_o off_o not_o visible_a to_o the_o giant_n himself_o so_o those_o of_o the_o ensue_a time_n build_v on_o the_o foundation_n which_o be_v lay_v by_o augustine_n have_v add_v to_o he_o the_o solution_n of_o such_o doubt_n and_o difficulty_n as_o in_o his_o time_n be_v not_o discover_v of_o these_o some_o have_v deliver_v that_o the_o soul_n contract_v contagion_n from_o the_o flesh_n even_o in_o the_o very_a act_n of_o its_o first_o infusion_n the_o union_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n nor_o be_v it_o any_o thing_n improbable_a that_o it_o shall_v so_o be_v we_o see_v that_o the_o most_o excellent_a wine_n retain_v their_o natural_a sweetness_n both_o of_o taste_n and_o colour_n as_o long_o as_o they_o be_v keep_v in_o some_o curious_a vessel_n but_o if_o you_o put_v they_o into_o foul_a and_o musty_a bottle_n 9.17_o they_o lose_v forthwith_o their_o former_a sweetness_n participate_v of_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o the_o vessel_n in_o which_o they_o be_v beside_o it_o be_v a_o maxim_n among_o philosopher_n quod_fw-la mores_fw-la animae_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la temperamentum_fw-la corporis_fw-la that_o the_o soul_n be_v much_o bias_v and_o incline_v in_o the_o action_n of_o it_o unto_o the_o temper_n of_o the_o body_n and_o if_o the_o equal_a or_o unequal_a temper_n of_o the_o body_n of_o man_n can_v as_o it_o seem_v incline_v the_o mind_n unto_o the_o actual_a embrace_v of_o good_a or_o evil_n then_o may_v it_o also_o be_v believe_v that_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o flesh_n may_v dispose_v the_o soul_n even_o in_o the_o first_o infusion_n of_o it_o to_o some_o habitual_a inclination_n unto_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n than_o which_o though_o there_o may_v be_v a_o more_o solid_a there_o can_v be_v a_o more_o conceivable_a answer_n but_o other_o walk_v in_o a_o more_o philosophical_a way_n conceive_v that_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o the_o great_a work_n of_o generation_n consist_v not_o in_o the_o introduction_n of_o the_o form_n only_o or_o in_o prepare_v of_o the_o matter_n but_o in_o the_o constitute_v the_o whole_a compositum_fw-la the_o whole_a man_n as_o he_o do_v consist_v both_o of_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o that_o a_o man_n be_v and_o may_v proper_o be_v say_v to_o beget_v a_o man_n notwithstanding_o the_o creation_n of_o his_o soul_n by_o god_n because_o that_o the_o material_n of_o the_o birth_n do_v proceed_v from_o man_n and_o those_o material_n so_o dispose_v and_o actuate_v by_o the_o emplastic_a virtue_n of_o the_o seed_n that_o they_o be_v fit_v for_o the_o soul_n and_o as_o it_o be_v produce_v unto_o animation_n which_o resolution_n though_o it_o be_v more_o obscure_a unto_o vulgar_a wit_n be_v more_o insist_v on_o by_o the_o learned_a than_o the_o former_a be_v and_o possible_o may_v have_v more_o countenance_n from_o holy_a scripture_n when_o god_n make_v man_n it_o be_v say_v of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v create_v after_o god_n own_o image_n 1.27_o that_o be_v to_o say_v invest_v with_o a_o habit_n of_o original_a righteousness_n his_o understanding_n clear_a and_o his_o will_n natural_o dispose_v to_o the_o love_n of_o god_n but_o adam_n have_v by_o his_o fall_n lose_v all_o those_o excellent_a endowment_n both_o of_o grace_n and_o nature_n beget_v a_o son_n like_o to_o himself_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o five_o of_o genesis_n that_o he_o beget_v a_o son_n in_o his_o own_o likeness_n after_o his_o own_o image_n and_o he_o call_v his_o name_n seth_n 5.3_o though_o adam_n be_v create_v after_o the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o may_v have_v still_o preserve_v that_o image_n in_o his_o whole_a posterity_n have_v he_o continue_v in_o that_o state_n wherein_o god_n create_v he_o yet_o be_v fall_v he_o can_v imprint_v no_o other_o image_n in_o the_o fruit_n of_o his_o body_n than_o that_o which_o now_o remain_v in_o he_o his_o own_o image_n only_o the_o understanding_n darken_v and_o the_o will_v corrupt_v and_o the_o affection_n of_o the_o soul_n deprave_v and_o vitiate_a qualis_fw-la post_fw-la lapsum_fw-la adam_n fuit_fw-la tale_n etiam_fw-la filios_fw-la genuit_fw-la such_o as_o himself_o be_v after_o his_o apostasy_n such_o and_o no_o other_o be_v the_o child_n which_o descend_v of_o he_o â—s_a paraeus_n very_o well_o observe_v paraeus_n and_o if_o it_o fall_v out_o common_o as_o we_o see_v it_o do_v that_o a_o crooked_a father_n do_v beget_v a_o crook-backed_a son_n that_o if_o the_o father_n look_v a_o squint_a the_o child_n seldom_o be_v right-sighted_n and_o that_o the_o child_n do_v not_o only_o inherit_v the_o natural_a deformity_n but_o even_o the_o bodily_a disease_n of_o his_o parent_n too_o it_o be_v the_o less_o to_o be_v admire_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v the_o heir_n also_o of_o those_o sinful_a lust_n with_o which_o their_o
parent_n be_v infect_v from_o the_o very_a birth_n nor_o do_v it_o any_o way_n advantage_n we_o in_o this_o present_a case_n that_o our_o parent_n be_v regenerate_v for_o so_o we_o may_v suppose_v when_o they_o do_v beget_v we_o and_o be_v wash_v themselves_o from_o original_a sin_n by_o the_o laver_n of_o regeneration_n shall_v therefore_o in_o congruity_n be_v enable_v also_o to_o beget_v child_n like_o themselves_o free_a from_o that_o pollution_n for_o the_o regenerate_v be_v never_o so_o absolute_o clear_v from_o this_o corruption_n but_o that_o there_o be_v a_o law_n in_o their_o member_n which_o do_v still_o war_n against_o the_o spirit_n and_o that_o which_o as_o the_o scripture_n tell_v we_o have_v in_o itself_o such_o a_o unpleasingness_n to_o god_n as_o make_v it_o to_o have_v somewhat_o in_o it_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o sin_n 1.15_o it_o be_v true_a that_o by_o the_o sacrament_n of_o regeneration_n the_o guilt_n thereof_o be_v wash_v away_o and_o man_n thereby_o acquit_v from_o the_o punishment_n of_o it_o yet_o there_o remain_v in_o we_o still_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o wisdom_n or_o sensuality_n of_o the_o flesh_n as_o st._n paul_n entitle_v it_o whereby_o we_o be_v incline_v to_o resist_v at_o all_o time_n and_o sometime_o actual_o do_v rebel_n against_o the_o spirit_n or_o be_v it_o so_o that_o in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n and_o regeneration_n we_o be_v all_o cleanse_v throughout_o yet_o may_v our_o child_n be_v partaker_n of_o those_o corruption_n which_o natural_o and_o original_o be_v inherent_a in_o we_o for_o let_v the_o husbandman_n window_n and_o rye_n and_o pick_v his_o wheat_n with_o all_o care_n and_o industry_n till_o there_o be_v neâ—ther_a chaff_n nor_o tear_v nor_o ill_a seed_n among_o it_o yet_o when_o that_o wheat_n be_v sow_v and_o the_o stalk_n grow_v up_o into_o a_o ear_n those_o ear_n will_v be_v as_o full_a of_o chaff_n as_o be_v the_o seed_n itself_o out_o of_o which_o they_o come_v before_o such_o care_n and_o pain_n have_v be_v take_v about_o it_o and_o so_o st._n augustine_n have_v resolve_v it_o say_v oleae_fw-la semina_fw-la non_fw-la oleas_fw-la generare_fw-la sed_fw-la oledstros_fw-la 40._o that_o the_o wild_a olive_n spring_v from_o the_o true_a olive_n tree_n what_o then_o may_v any_o man_n complain_v as_o it_o seem_v too_o many_o do_v in_o the_o time_n of_o chrysostom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 17._o what_o reason_n be_v it_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v punish_v and_o afflict_v it_o be_v for_o he_o we_o suffer_v for_o adam_n fault_n and_o not_o our_o own_o that_o we_o be_v thus_o scourge_v assure_o there_o be_v no_o such_o matter_n and_o we_o may_v say_v to_o such_o complainer_n as_o that_o father_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o so_o say_v he_o it_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n we_o suffer_v not_o for_o his_o but_o our_o own_o transgression_n the_o best_a man_n have_v too_o many_o sin_n which_o he_o be_v to_o answer_v for_o beside_o that_o of_o adam_n and_o therefore_o none_o to_o lay_v the_o blame_n of_o his_o guilt_n and_o punishment_n upon_o adam_n only_o as_o if_o he_o only_o have_v offend_v and_o not_o we_o ourselves_o there_o be_v not_o one_o who_o have_v not_o wretched_o increase_v that_o stock_n of_o wickedness_n which_o his_o father_n leave_v he_o add_v transgression_n of_o his_o own_o many_o actual_a sin_n to_o that_o original_a corruption_n which_o he_o have_v from_o adam_n and_o howsoever_o we_o be_v unthrift_n on_o that_o stock_n of_o grace_n which_o god_n be_v please_v to_o give_v unto_o we_o and_o eiâ—her_o hide_v our_o talent_n in_o a_o napkin_n 19.20_o as_o we_o know_v who_o do_v or_o else_o misspend_v they_o like_o the_o prodigal_n on_o our_o riotous_a lust_n yet_o we_o be_v too_o good_a husband_n on_o that_o stock_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v bequeath_v we_o by_o our_o parent_n there_o be_v not_o a_o man_n among_o we_o but_o improve_v that_o patrimony_n add_v one_o sin_n unto_o another_o as_o lust_n to_o drunkenness_n murder_n to_o adultery_n rebellion_n to_o secret_a treason_n lascivious_a speech_n to_o loose_a affection_n and_o unchaste_a action_n unto_o both_o which_o though_o they_o be_v the_o necessary_a consequent_n of_o original_a sin_n unless_o exceed_o hold_v in_o by_o the_o bridle_n of_o grace_n so_o be_v they_o daily_o multiply_v and_o increase_v continual_o by_o give_v way_n to_o our_o corrupt_a affection_n and_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o that_o first_o transgressor_n sic_fw-la instituere_fw-la majores_fw-la posteri_fw-la imitantur_fw-la as_o he_o in_o tacitus_n german_n the_o father_n manner_n of_o life_n be_v the_o son_n example_n so_o that_o the_o follower_n of_o pelagius_n when_o they_o impute_v sin_n unto_o imitation_n have_v they_o intend_v it_o of_o actual_a not_o original_a sin_n they_o have_v not_o be_v much_o want_v of_o the_o mark_n they_o aim_v at_o we_o be_v make_v guilty_a of_o original_a sin_n immediate_o from_o our_o own_o parent_n as_o they_o from_o they_o ascend_v till_o they_o come_v to_o adam_n in_o the_o way_n of_o propagation_n and_o make_v their_o actual_a sin_n our_o own_o in_o the_o way_n of_o imitation_n nor_o need_v we_o press_v this_o further_a than_o with_o that_o of_o origen_n parent_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la generant_fw-la filium_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o imbuunt_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la filis_fw-la parentibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o discipuli_fw-la 5._o in_o reference_n unto_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n we_o be_v the_o scholar_n of_o our_o parent_n not_o their_o child_n only_o but_o whether_o it_o be_v by_o propagation_n or_o by_o imitation_n or_o by_o transcend_v all_o example_n which_o have_v be_v before_o we_o most_o sure_a it_o be_v that_o we_o be_v all_o corrupt_a and_o become_v abominable_a that_o there_o be_v none_o that_o do_v good_a no_o not_o one_o 14.2_o be_v fill_v with_o all_o unrighteousness_n fornication_n wickedness_n covetousness_n maliciousness_n full_a of_o envy_n murder_n debate_n malignity_n 1.29_o insomuch_o as_o from_o the_o crown_n of_o the_o head_n to_o the_o sole_a of_o the_o foot_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o swell_n and_o soar_v and_o putrefaction_n 1.6_o more_o sure_a it_o be_v that_o even_o our_o righteousness_n be_v but_o like_a to_o a_o menstruous_a cloth_n and_o that_o our_o just_a action_n be_v not_o able_a to_o endure_v the_o trial_n if_o they_o shall_v come_v to_o be_v weigh_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n by_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o exact_a balance_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n vae_fw-la enim_fw-la laudabili_fw-la hominum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la si_fw-la remotâ_fw-la misericordiâ_fw-la discutias_fw-la eam_fw-la 9.13_o woe_n say_v augustine_n to_o the_o most_o commendable_a part_n of_o all_o our_o life_n shall_v not_o god_n look_v upon_o we_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o mercy_n and_o through_o the_o spectacle_n of_o the_o merit_n of_o our_o lord_n christ_n jesus_n not_o to_o insist_v long_o on_o those_o curiosity_n which_o be_v and_o may_v be_v make_v by_o unquiet_a man_n about_o the_o introduction_n propagation_n and_o universal_a overspreading_a of_o the_o body_n of_o sin_n we_o must_v resolve_v as_o he_o that_o fall_v into_o a_o pit_n do_v resolve_v the_o passenger_n who_o be_v inquisitive_a to_o know_v how_o he_o come_v into_o it_o at_o ille_fw-la obsecro_fw-la inquit_fw-la tecum_fw-la cogita_fw-la quomodo_fw-la hinc_fw-la i_o liberes_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n my_o friend_n say_v the_o poor_a fellow_n take_v no_o care_n to_o learn_v how_o i_o fall_v into_o it_o but_o do_v the_o best_a you_o can_v to_o help_v i_o out_o of_o it_o that_o we_o be_v fall_v into_o the_o pit_n not_o only_o of_o original_a but_o of_o actual_a filthiness_n we_o all_o know_v too_o well_o and_o we_o know_v too_o that_o we_o first_o fall_v into_o it_o by_o the_o fault_n of_o our_o father_n adam_n but_o have_v since_o plunge_v ourselves_o more_o deep_o in_o the_o mire_n of_o sin_n than_o adam_n by_o his_o personal_a error_n can_v have_v bring_v upon_o we_o if_o we_o be_v yet_o unsatisfied_a with_o the_o manner_n how_o notwithstanding_o all_o that_o have_v be_v former_o here_o deliver_v and_o may_v be_v elsewhere_o find_v in_o the_o ancient_a writer_n we_o may_v do_v well_o to_o take_v as_o much_o care_n as_o we_o can_v for_o our_o get_n out_o and_o not_o molest_v ourselves_o and_o other_o with_o those_o needless_a question_n which_o have_v be_v make_v about_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o fall_n in_o and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o we_o be_v next_o to_o go_v in_o hand_n with_o for_o if_o there_o be_v no_o way_n to_o get_v out_o of_o this_o pit_n the_o knowledge_n which_o we_o have_v of_o our_o fall_n in_o and_o of_o the_o condition_n we_o lie_v under_o till_o we_o be_v deliver_v will_v so_o perplex_v we_o and_o afflict_v we_o that_o christian_n of_o all_o man_n will_v be_v most_o miserable_a but_o so_o