13 · ifo'W.'M4n':J· N~turtlfJJ~r~~rrupted. · Sut~ U-;; -.i. Kcfi' i~ him. And as the dunghill,every part contributes to : the corruption of the whole ; fo the natural man , wbi1~ i~''" t'hat• Ctate, grows {l:ill worfe and worfe. The foul is n1ade · 'yorfe . b~ the body, and the b9dy by the foul: and eYery· , fa culty of the foul fervesto co~rupl another more aridmo:e• .. Thu.s much for .th·e fe'~ond-ge.neral · head, I Hdrrxr ma.n~s 1UIIU·r~ 'Wtl! 'orruptetlw'<·, · TiiiR.DLY, '1 fhaB fuew h~w man's nature confes to be<: thus corrupted. The Heathens perceived that man's nature ' was corrupted : ~ut how fin' had entered, they could riot tell. .Btn the fcriptn.re is very plain in tha.t poilt /'Rof,n: • .-. 12. By one.. ttianjin(nttredintothe'World~ - Ver.'Ig. By.;·'· •ne iJJan1 J difoliedience, manJ:rr1iert ma'de}miierJ: ·Adlw/s·, fl'n corrupted man's nature, and leavened thewhole lump of'· · mankind. We putrHied.iOJ·Adami''· as .ow·r tOOl•'. Thf: root\: was poifoned, and fo the btanches wer:c eilV"enomed ·; the ' ~ine turn_ed th~ vine o(~odo;n,·'and fo 'the·gra-pes became ' · xrapdof gall. Adam, hy his frn, beca&ne·not <(Dly guilty/ l.·u t corrupt ; ~nd fb tranfrnits guilt" ~nd cotH1ption to hi$ . ·. pol.lerity, Gen. v. 3· J oq xiv . 4· Byhis fin' hefiriethim· . · fd f of his original·r i ghteoufnef~, and cqrr~pted himfelf: > we were in him.rfprcfe.ntat itr,efy, being rep.refented by him,., . ~-r. s ·our mor al'n'.ead·, in the covenant of work~; we..wete ia.· ·, hi m femioall y, as our naturaLhead ; hence we felf in him, ' ~ and by his dif()bedience were vtade}Jnners, as Le-vi 9 in :·· t ire loins of A braham paid tithes, Heb. vi i ~ 9, 1·0 • His ·: iirfi fig is imputed to us; therefore iu!Hy: ar.e we left' under ;· t lH~ want of his originaLrighteoufnefs, wni ch ; being give:h·':· .10 him as a comm.on perfon, he cafl: off, by his fin: and this ' is neceifaril y followeq, in ~im and ll S, by the corrupti· , · tm of the whole nature ; righteoufnefs and corruption be':' ~ i ng two contrari·es, one of which mufi needs always be in ' :amni , as a f9bj eCl: ca'pable thereof. And Adam 0'\H common · fathe r being corrupt; we are fo too; for .-who qan, bring a d ean thing out ''of a·n unc.fean.? ' _ Alt hough it is fufficiept toevince the righteoefnefs of this · ciifpenfarlon, that it was· ftom the Lord, who do.th al l" t hings well ; yet t o filence the murmurings of proud na– t ure, let thefe few things further be confidered, (1.) Jn the' c:evena.nt ,wherein .Adam repFefented' ~~~~ eternal hapP.inefs, , · · ' ' waa:':
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