oppofeth not Gods Mercy. 297 That it wo the finne of our nature , not by ob eßá. z generation, but 6y Gods own voluntary impu- tation. Originali fume fometimes noteth that Anfwer. voluntary and free tranfgreffion of the Di- vine commandment whereby Adams per- fonall difobedience made every fingular perfon a finner in the fight ofGod,as before bath been faid. Sometimes again it noteth Vide Eel- that corruption or pravity of the will and tarns, me , m f Brat. of thewhole foul which remained in Adam after hisrebellion, and which by him is tra- duced unto every fingular perfon defcend- ing naturally fromhim. Neither of thefe be- cometh the finne of any particular perfori otherwife then bygeneration , thoughnot without a free confiitution of Gods will. And as for the latter, it is in all fingular perlons of mankind , not onely by imputa- tion but by roll inhefión or contagion, as the whole Church confeffeth. Godpardoned Adam who did aelwally and obj err 3 freely commit it in his own. perfon forfo it is generally' believed. God pardoned Adam, but nootherwife Anfiver, then upon his repenting and belie'ing in the promifed Seed: which being as performed byhim after he had loft bis originali ju- íiice, in `themhe fuf}eined not the common perfon ofmankind, and therefore they were available onely to himfelf. Any of his po- íieritiQ
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