O f the manifoldmiferie.rincident woeall ages. y33 CHAT. XXIII. Ofthemifens whichare fpecially incident onto All theages ofman. Nd thcfe are the miferies whicharegenerally 6.sel7Y, e a .% incident to mankind. Vnto which we may :raile- p y belonging ri,swhiahheit ''' adde thofe which are f eciall m to e > all ages and cu ates; for no fooner haue we fabrtli two is Itri our being, then we be inmiicrie; and long bit mashers beforewe breath the sire,\ce draw in corruption, and are in- wombe. feél:edwith the poifonoffin :before wecan finne we are6n, ners,as being heires ofourfirilparents tranfgrcflìon,andde- filed withournext parents corruptions; andwe offend God, before we knowwhat it is to offendirim : for with our pa- rents feed is mixed the feedsofall manner offnne,andas we growand wax f +rong,fo finne withvs growethvntill it come to ful maturity.Euen in our firff conceptionwe alto conceiue corruption; and then the foundationofwickedneffe islaid, vpon which in the whole courfe ofour life webuildvp the f rongholdsoffinne.ThenweareAtheifis, Idolaters, blaf- phemers, Sabbath-breakers,adulterers,murtherers,theeues, Falk witnef-bearers, not byaéì:uall tranfgreffion, but by an habitual!difpofition ; and as we are faid to be men, becaufe we haue in vs the image of man, and feedsofhumanitie, though we neuer did anymanlyaéìion, fceing nothing is wanting but growth andmaturities fobyas good right we are called (innersof all kinds, bccaufc we haue the nature and very imageof finne, and the feedsof all corruptionsli- ning invs, which ifwe grow will growwith vs; and come to full ripenes, ifwe tuerattaineveto perk&age. And thus Dauidconfcffed,:that he was borneininiquitte, yea that his Pfalme 571: mother concerned him infinne : and lob demandeth, who can Tob 14.4. and bring acleane thingoutoffáhines, or howman can be cleaner<4 Which it borne ofawoman? And the Apoftletelleth vs, that by Rom4.ta. onemanfinne entredirate thetaorld,anddealbbylin; andfadeath went oucrallmen,becanfeall menhodframed. Nowwhat ami- ferie m 3
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