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16._o the_o infant_n of_o the_o unbelieve_a gentile_n be_v sinner_n and_o child_n of_o wrath_n go_v infant_n be_v capable_a of_o sin_n and_o some_o at_o least_o be_v sinner_n etc._n etc._n the_o antecedent_n be_v prove_v from_o gal._n 2._o 15._o we_o jew_n by_o nature_n or_o birth_n and_o not_o sinner_n of_o the_o gentile_n i._n e._n by_o nature_n 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o else_o be_v your_o child_n unclean_a but_o now_o be_v they_o holy_a the_o anabaptist_n make_v this_o to_o speak_v but_o of_o legitimation_n the_o papist_n by_o be_v unclean_a think_v nothing_o be_v mean_v but_o be_v not_o baptizable_a and_o to_o be_v holy_a they_o think_v be_v but_o to_o be_v baptizable_a and_o and_o that_o a_o posteriore_fw-la because_o it_o be_v presume_v that_o such_o infant_n will_v be_v religious_o educate_v but_o christ_n have_v institute_v no_o baptism_n but_o what_o be_v for_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o he_o do_v not_o actual_o remit_v sin_n to_o some_o more_o than_o to_o other_o upon_o a_o 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abomination_n be_v natural_a from_o the_o birth_n and_o nothing_o but_o sin_n be_v abomination_n before_o god_n job_n 25._o how_o then_o can_v man_n be_v justify_v with_o god_n or_o how_o can_v he_o be_v clean_a that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n 15._o 14._o what_o be_v man_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v clean_a and_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v righteous_a the_o illustration_n that_o be_v fetch_v from_o the_o natural_a weakness_n and_o impurity_n of_o the_o heaven_n the_o moon_n the_o star_n do_v not_o contradict_v the_o exposition_n of_o the_o former_a word_n as_o of_o moral_a impurity_n for_o the_o impurity_n be_v according_a to_o the_o subject_n and_o natural_a impurity_n be_v not_o unrighteousness_n arg._n 17._o from_o the_o necessity_n of_o regeneration_n joh._n 3._o 3_o 5_o 6._o except_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v again_o he_o can_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n that_o which_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o flesh_n be_v flesh_n and_o that_o 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punishment_n be_v the_o present_a death_n of_o child_n to_o harlot_n and_o unnatural_a person_n that_o desire_v to_o be_v rid_v of_o they_o 3._o and_o how_o can_v he_o cause_v the_o subject_n of_o his_o kingdom_n to_o suffer_v so_o much_o without_o their_o own_o desert_n 4._o and_o if_o their_o natural_a interest_n make_v they_o not_o in_o some_o measure_n partaker_n of_o their_o parent_n sin_n what_o reason_n why_o they_o any_o more_o than_o other_o creature_n shall_v be_v choose_v to_o the_o suffering_n and_o here_o i_o will_v propound_v this_o question_n what_o if_o god_n have_v leave_v it_o in_o the_o begin_n to_o adam_n free_a will_n whether_o he_o will_v beget_v a_o man_n or_o a_o toad_n or_o a_o serpent_n will_v
which_o the_o first_o sin_n do_v not_o bring_v we_o under_o as_o to_o the_o pain_n of_o loss_n it_o be_v clear_a because_o when_o we_o have_v forfeit_v all_o we_o can_v forfeit_v no_o more_o but_o by_o the_o first_o sin_n we_o forfeit_v all_o but_o this_o be_v not_o because_o the_o sin_n in_o its_o own_o nature_n have_v not_o the_o same_o demerit_n as_o the_o first_o but_o because_o man_n be_v capable_a of_o no_o great_a privation_n than_o he_o have_v incur_v already_o nor_o of_o any_o great_a torment_n if_o the_o first_o sin_n deserve_v as_o much_o torment_n as_o man_n nature_n be_v capable_a of_o so_o that_o terminative_a here_o be_v no_o new_a superadd_v punishment_n according_a to_o the_o first_o law_n but_o yet_o none_o may_v hence_o conclude_v that_o here_o be_v no_o new_a guilt_n because_o it_o be_v another_o fundamentaliter_fw-la &_o formaliter_fw-la for_o divers_a relation_n may_v have_v the_o same_o terminus_n we_o do_v by_o follow_v sin_n incur_v a_o new_a and_o further_a 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new_o give_v we_o by_o the_o gospel_n which_o the_o mere_a sin_n of_o parent_n shall_v deprive_v no_o man_n of_o that_o disow_v they_o prop._n 22._o though_o it_o be_v but_o a_o imperfect_a analogical_a guilt_n which_o the_o act_n of_o adam_n or_o other_o parent_n sin_n do_v direct_o and_o immediate_o leave_v upon_o we_o yet_o the_o corruption_n or_o pravity_n of_o our_o own_o nature_n inherent_a in_o each_o person_n which_o by_o adam_n sin_n be_v introduce_v do_v bring_v on_o we_o a_o further_a guilt_n and_o so_o mediate_o the_o say_v actual_a sin_n do_v bring_v it_o which_o occasion_v so_o many_o protestant_a divine_n to_o place_v original_a sin_n as_o we_o in_o this_o pravity_n alone_o prop._n 23._o though_o this_o natural_a depravedness_n may_v seem_v to_o infer_v a_o lesser_a guilt_n because_o it_o be_v not_o voluntary_a as_o our_o actual_a sin_n be_v yet_o 1._o we_o be_v seminal_o in_o he_o that_o voluntary_o cause_v it_o and_o 2._o it_o be_v the_o habitual_a pravity_n of_o the_o 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and_o so_o deprave_v his_o own_o soul_n for_o which_o see_v capel_n of_o tempt_v and_o thes_n salmuriens_fw-la vol._n 1._o disp_n de_fw-fr statu_fw-la hominis_fw-la lapsi_fw-la ante_fw-la gratiam_fw-la sect_n 19_o 20_o 21._o but_o there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n why_o cain_n sin_n shall_v deprive_v his_o posterity_n of_o god_n image_n save_v only_o that_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o to_o lose_v for_o the_o destructive_a nature_n of_o the_o sin_n be_v the_o same_o and_o so_o be_v the_o merit_n and_o though_o they_o have_v not_o that_o perfect_a image_n of_o god_n now_o to_o lose_v yet_o they_o have_v some_o remnant_n of_o moral_a virtue_n assist_v by_o the_o light_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v capable_a of_o be_v make_v worse_a than_o yet_o it_o be_v and_o there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n why_o cain_n sin_n may_v make_v it_o worse_o as_o there_o be_v why_o adam_n may_v make_v it_o bad_a man_n fall_n be_v a_o change_n of_o his_o end_n he_o first_o take_v god_n for_o his_o ultimate_a end_n and_o chief_a good_a he_o be_v seduce_v to_o take_v he_o for_o one_o that_o envy_v his_o felicity_n and_o for_o a_o liar_n and_o to_o seek_v his_o felicity_n in_o the_o creature_n against_o the_o command_n of_o god_n the_o ultimate_a end_n of_o man_n action_n be_v thus_o change_v all_o moral_a good_a be_v so_o far_o pervert_v for_o all_o mean_n and_o subordinate_a end_n depend_v on_o it_o and_o so_o the_o stream_n of_o man_n action_n be_v turn_v into_o a_o wrong_a channel_n the_o sensitive_a appetite_n be_v hereupon_o become_v the_o master-principle_n in_o the_o soul_n as_o rule_v the_o rest_n for_o as_o placaeus_n say_v ubi_fw-la sup_n cujus_fw-la facultatis_fw-la finis_fw-la proximus_fw-la est_fw-la hominis_fw-la vltimus_fw-la ea_fw-la caeteris_fw-la omnibus_fw-la facultatibus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la architectonica_fw-la imperat_fw-la that_o faculty_n who_o near_a end_n be_v man_n ultimate_a end_n do_v rule_v all_o the_o other_o faculty_n as_o the_o master_n of_o the_o work_n and_o thus_o man_n be_v turn_v final_o to_o sensibles_fw-fr from_o god_n his_o nature_n be_v deprave_v and_o god_n image_n deface_v yet_o be_v not_o the_o soul_n remove_v to_o the_o utmost_a distance_n from_o god_n for_o than_o he_o shall_v be_v as_o bad_a as_o the_o devil_n and_o all_o man_n shall_v be_v equal_o evil_a and_o the_o sensitive_a appetite_n will_v so_o uncontroul_o reign_v that_o man_n will_v be_v worse_o than_o bruitify_v his_o reason_n serve_v only_o to_o purvey_v for_o the_o flesh_n so_o that_o the_o light_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n will_v not_o restrain_v he_o nor_o any_o thought_n of_o a_o god_n and_o a_o life_n everlasting_a once_o stop_v he_o in_o his_o sin_n now_o it_o be_v apparent_a
and_o our_o participation_n of_o his_o guilt_n be_v our_o original_a sin_n in_o a_o double_a sense_n 1._o as_o he_o be_v the_o original_n of_o all_o man_n sin_n 2._o and_o as_o we_o be_v guilty_a of_o it_o from_o the_o original_n of_o our_o be_v but_o of_o parent_n sin_n not_o all_o the_o world_n be_v guilty_a but_o their_o own_o posterity_n and_o that_o not_o as_o the_o first_o but_o as_o a_o secondary_a or_o near_a cause_n sect._n 17._o ix_o that_o god_n have_v make_v many_o promise_n to_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o faithful_a above_o all_o other_o be_v notorious_a in_o scripture_n in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o bless_a seed_n and_o son_n of_o god_n before_o the_o flood_n and_o in_o the_o case_n of_o sem_fw-mi japhet_n abraham_n isaac_n jacob_n and_o so_o on_o to_o the_o end_n but_o be_v there_o no_o more_o than_o the_o second_o commandment_n and_o exod._n 34._o 6_o 7_o 8._o it_o will_v be_v just_o past_a controversy_n and_o i_o have_v large_o prove_v it_o to_o mr._n tomb_n in_o two_o book_n my_o plain_a scripture-proof_n and_o my_o more_o proof_n of_o infant_n church-membership_a sect._n 18._o x._o the_o apostle_n express_o say_v else_o be_v your_o child_n unclean_a but_o now_o be_v they_o holy_a and_o this_o very_a supposition_n be_v the_o reason_n of_o our_o baptise_v the_o child_n of_o some_o person_n but_o not_o of_o all_o the_o world_n do_v yet_o more_o exclude_v all_o reasonable_a do_v ubt_n with_o those_o that_o be_v for_o infant_n baptism_n sect._n 19_o xi_o as_o to_o be_v baptize_v and_o take_v into_o the_o church_n be_v not_o the_o right_a of_o any_o infant_n mere_o as_o a_o child_n of_o adam_n redeem_v for_o then_o we_o can_v make_v no_o difference_n nor_o mere_o as_o they_o be_v elect_v for_o that_o we_o know_v not_o but_o as_o they_o be_v child_n of_o believer_n dedicate_a they_o to_o god_n which_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o their_o right_n so_o not_o to_o have_v right_a to_o baptism_n and_o its_o benefit_n be_v not_o the_o mere_a fruit_n of_o adam_n sin_n but_o of_o the_o parent_n privative_a not-believing_a and_o not-dedicating_a they_o to_o god_n the_o controversy_n about_o pro-parent_n be_v not_o pertinent_a to_o our_o business_n and_o need_v not_o stop_v we_o here_o therefore_o be_v notorious_a a_o grand_a penalty_n of_o parent_n sin_n on_o child_n for_o a_o penal_a privation_n it_o be_v sect._n 20._o xii_o the_o true_a natural_a interest_n of_o parent_n in_o their_o child_n now_o be_v as_o certain_a as_o adam_n in_o his_o offspring_n we_o have_v our_o be_v as_o true_o from_o they_o as_o from_o he_o and_o be_v as_o true_o natural_o in_o they_o as_o in_o he_o sect._n 21._o xiii_o the_o promise_n to_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n be_v more_o numerous_a and_o plain_a in_o scripture_n than_o the_o promise_n to_o adam_n seed_n if_o he_o have_v stand_v sect._n 22._o fourteen_o the_o penal_a commination_n against_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v so_o numerous_a and_o notorious_a in_o scripture_n that_o it_o be_v a_o thousand_o pity_n that_o any_o minister_n shall_v not_o acknowledge_v they_o and_o the_o effect_n even_o from_o cain_n to_o cham_n and_o the_o child_n of_o all_o the_o old_a world_n and_o of_o sodom_n and_o so_o to_o the_o end_n and_o if_o there_o be_v no_o text_n to_o prove_v it_o but_o the_o two_o beforementioned_a the_o second_o commandment_n and_o exod._n 34._o with_o matth._n 23._o it_o be_v sad_a that_o any_o christian_n shall_v deny_v it_o sect._n 23._o xv._n it_o be_v notorious_a in_o scripture_n also_o as_o to_o the_o execution_n that_o god_n have_v punish_v the_o child_n not_o only_o for_o adam_n but_o for_o the_o near_a parent_n sin_n which_o be_v true_a of_o all_o those_o drown_v in_o the_o deluge_n as_o the_o assign_a cause_n show_v and_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o cham_n and_o the_o sodomite_n and_o the_o infant_n of_o the_o amalekite_n and_o all_o the_o nation_n destroy_v by_o the_o command_n of_o god_n of_o ishmael_n esau_n the_o egyptian_n achan_n gebezi_n and_o abundance_n more_o name_v after_o in_o this_o dispute_n and_o record_v throughout_o the_o scripture_n and_o the_o jew_n be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o it_o when_o they_o say_v his_o blood_n be_v on_o we_o and_o our_o child_n nor_o the_o disciple_n when_o they_o say_v do_v this_o man_n sin_n or_o his_o parent_n that_o he_o be_v bear_v blind_a job_n 9_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v pass_v all_o doubt_n and_o therefore_o the_o right_n sect._n 24._o xvi_o it_o be_v daily_o notorious_a among_o we_o that_o the_o child_n of_o some_o wicked_a person_n adulterer_n drunkard_n glutton_n idle_a person_n etc._n etc._n have_v their_o bodily_a temper_n vitiate_v by_o propagation_n from_o their_o parent_n by_o reason_n that_o the_o parent_n have_v first_o by_o sin_n corrupt_v their_o own_o nature_n some_o have_v the_o pox_n some_o idiot_n some_o decrepit_a some_o otherwise_o disease_v etc._n etc._n and_o to_o say_v that_o this_o be_v no_o punishment_n to_o the_o child_n or_o that_o it_o be_v only_o for_o adam_n sin_n be_v that_o which_o i_o will_v not_o do_v whatever_o any_o other_o may_v sect._n 24._o xvii_o and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o mind_n of_o some_o such_o person_n child_n be_v extraordinary_o deprave_v some_o have_v nature_n extraordinary_o lustful_a some_o furious_a some_o senseless_a and_o inconsiderate_a some_o slothful_a some_o false_a versatile_a and_o untrusty_a some_o mutable_a and_o unconstant_a some_o have_v appetite_n hardly_o to_o be_v restrain_v etc._n etc._n yea_o and_o all_o the_o foresay_a disease_n of_o the_o body_n much_o tend_v to_o the_o evil_a of_o the_o soul_n and_o be_v all_o this_o no_o punishment_n or_o of_o none_o but_o adam_n sin_n sect._n 26._o xviii_o it_o be_v notorious_a that_o outward_a calamity_n in_o their_o estate_n and_o other_o accident_n befall_v child_n for_o the_o parent_n sin_n the_o sacrilegious_a perjure_a murderer_n and_o despiser_n of_o parent_n seldom_o have_v a_o progeny_n that_o be_v not_o notable_o plague_v for_o their_o sin_n and_o divine_n shall_v not_o teach_v atheist_n to_o deny_v such_o judgement_n of_o god_n sect._n 27._o xix_o he_o that_o say_v that_o child_n have_v no_o guilt_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o any_o parent_n since_o adam_n do_v by_o consequence_n say_v that_o god_n neither_o ever_o do_v or_o will_v do_v or_o just_o can_v punish_v any_o child_n in_o the_o least_o degree_n positive_o or_o privative_o for_o any_o such_o parent_n sin_n but_o he_o that_o dare_v so_o say_v be_v bold_a and_o blind_a than_o i_o will_v have_v any_o wise_a and_o holy_a teacher_n of_o christ_n flock_n to_o be_v sect._n 28._o xx._n holy_a man_n in_o scripture_n be_v use_v in_o their_o suffering_n to_o confess_v and_o lament_v the_o sin_n of_o their_o forefather_n as_o the_o cause_n as_o i_o have_v after_o cite_v out_o of_o the_o psalm_n ezra_n nehem._n daniel_n etc._n etc._n sect._n 29._o by_o this_o and_o what_o follow_v i_o have_v render_v to_o the_o reader_n a_o true_a account_n and_o reason_n of_o my_o suppose_v dangerous_a opinion_n but_o nothing_o make_v i_o more_o wonder_n at_o my_o learned_a and_o worthy_a accuser_n than_o he_o o_o caecos_fw-la ante_fw-la theologos_fw-la quicunque_fw-la unquam_fw-la fuistis_fw-la i_o have_v almost_o say_v it_o be_v more_o modest_a for_o i_o to_o say_v that_o my_o unacquaintedness_n with_o grammar_n make_v i_o here_o not_o understand_v he_o than_o to_o suspect_v that_o so_o learned_a a_o academical_a doctor_n among_o so_o many_o learned_a man_n and_o library_n can_v possible_o mean_v as_o his_o word_n seem_v to_o import_v but_o modesty_n must_v not_o blind_v we_o and_o yet_o i_o be_o loath_a here_o to_o be_v tempt_v to_o waste_v so_o much_o of_o my_o little_a time_n to_o the_o weary_v of_o myself_o and_o the_o reader_n as_o the_o recital_n of_o the_o word_n of_o so_o many_o divine_n as_o concur_v with_o i_o in_o this_o opinion_n will_v require_v but_o a_o taste_n may_v serve_v to_o cure_v his_o admiration_n and_o vindicate_v divine_n from_o his_o reproach_n sect._n 30._o 1._o tertullian_n say_v advers._fw-la martion_n li._n 2._o c._n 15._o p._n 467._o c._n 1._o 1._o justitiam_fw-la ergo_fw-la primo_fw-la judicis_fw-la despice_fw-la cujus_fw-la si_fw-la ratio_fw-la constiterit_fw-la tunc_fw-la &_o severitas_fw-la &_o per_fw-la quae_fw-la severitas_fw-la decurrit_fw-la rationi_fw-la &_o justitiae_fw-la reputabuntur_fw-la ac_fw-la ne_fw-la pluribus_fw-la immoremur_fw-la asserite_n causas_fw-la caeteras_fw-la quoque_fw-la ut_fw-la sententias_fw-la condemnetis_fw-gr excusate_fw-it delicta_fw-la ut_fw-la judicia_fw-la reprobetis_fw-la nolite_fw-la reprehendere_fw-la judicem_fw-la sed_fw-la revincite_v malum_fw-la judicem_fw-la nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la patrum_fw-la delicta_fw-la ex_fw-la filiis_fw-la exigebat_fw-la duritia_fw-la populi_fw-la talia_fw-la remedia_fw-la compulerat_fw-la ut_fw-la vel_fw-la posteritatibus_fw-la suis_fw-la prospicientes_fw-la legi_fw-la divinae_fw-la obedirent_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la
hoc_fw-la vero_fw-la absurdum_fw-la videtur_fw-la &_o eum_fw-la justitia_fw-la dei_fw-la pugnans_fw-la respon_n non_fw-la foret_fw-la absurdum_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la deus_fw-la posteriores_fw-la magis_fw-la desereret_fw-la ac_fw-la puniret_fw-la nam_fw-la quanto_fw-la plura_fw-la peccata_fw-la a_o genere_fw-la humano_fw-la cumulantur_fw-la tanto_fw-la magis_fw-la ira_fw-la dei_fw-la accenditur_fw-la &_o exasperatur_fw-la poena_fw-la juxta_fw-la illud_fw-la nondum_fw-la completae_fw-la sunt_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la amorrhaeorum_n etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la veniat_fw-la super_fw-la vos_fw-la omnis_fw-la sanguis_fw-la iustùs_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la &_o minor_fw-la negatur_fw-la etsi_fw-la enim_fw-la deus_fw-la propter_fw-la justitiam_fw-la svam_fw-la peccatum_fw-la originis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la vitium_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o reatum_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la posteros_fw-la transire_fw-la sinit_fw-la tamen_fw-la simul_fw-la ex_fw-la misericordia_fw-la metas_fw-la figit_fw-la peccato_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la majorum_fw-la peccata_fw-la actualia_fw-la imitentur_fw-la &_o luant_fw-la posteri_fw-la nec_fw-la semper_fw-la malorum_fw-la parentum_fw-la mali_fw-la aut_fw-la deteriores_fw-la ac_fw-la miseriores_fw-la liberi_fw-la existant_fw-la sect._n 40._o xi_o mr._n gataker_n '_o be_v word_n mr._n poole_n thus_o translate_v in_o his_o synop_n crit._n in_o exod._n 20._o p._n 403._o punit_fw-la deus_fw-la sapenumero_fw-la liberos_fw-la propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la parentum_fw-la ut_fw-la constat_fw-la exemplis_fw-la &_o sanctionibus_fw-la s._n scripturae_fw-la vid._n exod._n 4._o 22_o 23._o &_o 12._o 29._o &_o 34._o 7._o num._n 14._o 18._o 2_o sam._n 12._o 14._o 1_o reg._n 13._o 33._o &_o 14._o 1._o 17._o rationes_fw-la 1._o quod_fw-la liberi_fw-la sint_fw-la res_fw-la atque_fw-la possessiones_fw-la parentum_fw-la 2._o liberi_fw-la praeterea_fw-la sunt_fw-la part_n sive_fw-la membra_fw-la parentum_fw-la &_o sunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la una_fw-la persona_fw-la cum_fw-la parentibus_fw-la ut_fw-la recte_fw-la althus_n dicaeolog_fw-la l._n 1._o vid._n gen._n 20._o 7._o 18._o mat._n 15._o 22._o quod_fw-la ad_fw-la loca_fw-la in_o contraria_fw-la prolata_fw-la deut._n 24._o jer._n 31._o ezek._n 18._o 1._o debent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d mortem_fw-la deo_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o non_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la semper_fw-la injusta_fw-la etc._n etc._n where_o he_o instane_v in_o similitude_n see_v his_o sermon_n itself_o on_o 1_o kin._n 14._o 17._o sect._n 41._o xii_o if_o i_o think_v it_o will_v be_v worth_a my_o own_o and_o the_o reader_n trouble_v i_o will_v undertake_v to_o produce_v abundance_n more_o of_o protestant_a writer_n and_o let_v but_o expositor_n on_o the_o second_o commandment_n be_v examine_v by_o he_o that_o doubt_v of_o it_o and_o he_o will_v be_v satisfy_v if_o he_o have_v store_n at_o hand_n i_o only_o now_o say_v of_o many_o in_o general_n that_o the_o ordinary_a say_n of_o such_o expositor_n be_v that_o temporal_a punishment_n and_o some_o spiritual_a be_v oft_o inflict_v by_o god_n on_o child_n for_o their_o father_n sin_n i_o will_v give_v you_o the_o sense_n of_o many_o in_o deodate_n word_n on_o exod._n 20._o 5._o visit_v that_o be_v i_o inquire_v after_o it_o and_o punish_v it_o of_o the_o father_n as_o concern_v eternal_a judgement_n upon_o the_o soul_n every_o one_o die_v for_o his_o own_o iniquity_n own_o jer._n 31._o 30._o but_o for_o the_o father_n sin_n the_o child_n be_v often_o punish_v in_o body_n in_o good_n and_o other_o thing_n which_o they_o hold_v and_o derive_v from_o their_o parent_n num._n 14._o 33._o 2_o sam._n 12._o 11._o and_o 21._o 5._o 15._o and_o beside_o god_n oftentimes_o curse_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o wicked_a withdraw_v his_o grace_n spirit_n from_o it_o whereby_o imitate_v their_o parent_n wickedness_n they_o be_v punish_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n 1_o sam._n 15._o 2._o matth._n 23._o 32._o 25._o sect._n 42._o here_o note_n 1._o that_o there_o can_v be_v 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only_a adam_n sin_n by_o our_o forefather_n 2._o or_o that_o by_o not-remembring_a they_o mean_v not-pardoning_a and_o not-punishing_a 3._o or_o do_v they_o think_v that_o they_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a in_o purgatory_n hell_n or_o heaven_n or_o rather_o do_v they_o not_o imitate_v david_n and_o the_o jewish_a church_n and_o ezra_n nehemiah_n daniel_n etc._n etc._n who_o confess_v that_o they_o be_v punish_v for_o their_o father_n sin_n sect._n 44._o i_o conclude_v this_o subject_n with_o a_o second_o request_n to_o the_o christian_a reader_n to_o pity_v and_o pray_v for_o the_o poor_a distress_a church_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v distract_v and_o distress_a thus_o even_o by_o such_o as_o be_v most_o devote_v to_o its_o service_n through_o the_o great_a weakness_n of_o our_o judgement_n and_o the_o unhappy_a passion_n and_o strive_n that_o thence_o follow_v either_o i_o or_o this_o worthy_a person_n be_v mistake_v or_o else_o we_o differ_v not_o when_o i_o look_v to_o the_o person_n 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thus_o use_v by_o the_o learned_a and_o the_o godly_a my_o thought_n be_v 1._o that_o it_o deserve_v tear_n from_o faithful_a minister_n to_o observe_v that_o so_o considerable_a a_o part_n of_o the_o common_a guilt_n and_o misery_n of_o all_o mankind_n shall_v by_o godly_a man_n be_v no_o more_o confess_v and_o lament_v 2._o and_o that_o by_o those_o that_o for_o any_o denial_n or_o extenuation_n of_o our_o original_a sin_n as_o from_o adam_n be_v so_o heinous_o and_o just_o offend_v with_o the_o erroneous_a yea_o ready_a to_o vilify_v man_n as_o arminian_n if_o not_o socinian_n that_o they_o think_v come_v near_o it_o 3._o that_o ever_o the_o stream_n of_o a_o party_n reputation_n interest_n example_n or_o whatever_o else_o of_o that_o kind_n shall_v with_o so_o many_o good_a man_n have_v so_o great_a a_o power_n in_o make_v truth_n or_o error_n duty_n or_o sin_n good_a or_o evil_n orthodox_n or_o heretical_a in_o their_o conceit_n and_o so_o much_o faction_n he_o find_v in_o their_o 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