Original fifllle, Heb.u.1 R.cl.?·'>· Pfa.II9• J7. J.loh.z. 16. 162 Adams d nExpojition Fall pointed by God to bee the roote ofhispo!le– rity, as Ad4mwas: and therefore his finne is perfonall, wherc:as eAdams is not. Yetthis whirh !fay, mull not bevnder!lood ofall the fins of Ad4m,but only ofthe fir{\. From the fall of .Ad4m fpringcth origina/l ftnn,, fo commonly called nvt only as a truite I thereof,but alfo as a iu!lpunilbment ofit;And after the fore£1id fall, it is in At!Am& his po– !lerity, asthc mother &roote ofall other fin: yet withthis dillinttion,that aCl:uall finne was fir{\ in Ad4m, and then came ori!linall ;but in vs fir!l js originall finne,& then after followes aCl:uall. Original! finne is rearmed diuerfiy in fcrip– tures,as theft,fh,thc oldman,becaufe it is in vs before grace: concupifcmc~, finne that is ready to compalfe vs about, theftnningfinne: & it is tearmedor~imr/1, becaufe it ~1ath bin in mans nature euer fincc thefall, and becauk: itisin e– ueryman at the very in!l:antot his conception and birth, as Da•idplainely faith, Behold, I wasborneininiquiti8, &injinneh·nhmy mother conceiued mee : ,not meaning properly his pa.. rents linne (forhe was borne in lawful! mar- . riage)buthis ow'ne hereditarie finne, whereof he was guiltie in hismothers wombe. But let vs a little fearch the nature of it. Confidering itharhplace in ma"t it mull bee either the fub!lance ofbody or loule,- or the faculties ofthe fi,b!lance, orthe corruption of · the faculties. Now it cannot bee the fub!lance of man corrupted : for tben our Sauiour Chri!l in taking our nat'Ure vpon him, lbould alfo take vpon him our ftnnes, and by that meanes fi10uld aswellhauo needeofaredee– merasothermen :&againe the foulesofmen lbould not be immortall. Nei,herisitany one or all the faculties ofmen. For euery one of them,as namely,the vnder!landing,wi!I, affe– Cl:ions, and all other powers of body or foule were in man from the firll: creation; whereas finne was not beforethe fall. Wherefore it re– maines, that origina/1jinne ii nothingels, buta diforderor euill difpolition in all the faculties and inclinations ofman, whereby they arc all carried in ordinatclyagain!lthe law ofGod. A nounce ourown wils.La!lly,all mens O:rength to good things is nothing out ofChriO:; The propagation ofthisfinne, is thederi– uing of it from Ad4m tt> all his po!l:erity wherby it runneth as a leprolie ouer all man~ kinde.But inwhatmanner this propagation is made,it is hard todefine. The common opini– on of Diuines is , that it may bee dene two W1yes. The firft is this: Godwhen he created At!Am in the beginning, fer downe rhis ap– pointment and order touching the e!l:ate of man, that whatfoener Ad4mrecdued ofGod bee lbould receiue it not onelv for himfelfe' but for his pofteririe,and whatfoeucr grace of God helo!l, bee lbould lofe notonely to him– fc:Ife, but to all his po!l:erity : And hereupon B .Ad4mwhen he finned, hee depriued tirO: ofall himfelfe, and then fecondly all hispo!lerity ofthe Image ofGod;becaufe all mankind was inhis Ioines when he finned. Now then vpon the former appointment i when the foules of men are created and placed in the body; God f01·fakes them, not in refpeCl:ofthe fubflancc ofrhe foule or the faculties, but onely in rc– fpcff ofhisowne image,wherofthe foules are depriued ; after which followes the defec'l or want ofrighteoufnelfe, which is original! fin. And God in depriuing man of that which A– d4m loO:, is not therefore to be thoughrto be the author ormaintainer offinne, butaiudge. Forrhis depriuarionofrheimageofGod, fo farre forth as itis inflic'led by him vpon mane kinde, it muG: beconceiuedas a deferued pu– nilbment for the finno of Adam and all men in him, which punilbment they pulled vpon themfelues. The fecond way is,that the cor• ruption of nature is deriuc:d from the parents in generationby the body;for as afweete oyle powred into a fully velfell, lofeth his pure– nes; and is infeaed by the ve!Jell: fothe foule creared good, and put into the corrupt bodie, receiues contagion thence. And this cOiuntli– on ofthe pllre foule with the corrupt body, is HOtagainfhhe goodnes ofGod;becaufe it is a iu!l ponilbment of the finne of all men inA– Mm. ltmaybe thiswhich hath becne faid will notfatisfie the minds ofall:yet ifany will bee The fubieCl:or place ofthis finne, is nor any partofman,butthewholebody&foule. ForD fir!lofall, the natnrall appetite to meateand drinke,.and the powerofnourilbingisgreatly corrupred,as appearcs bydifeafes, aches, fnr– fets, but fpecially by the abufe oFmeate and drinke. Secondly, the outward fenfes, areas corrupt, and ~:hat made Dauidto pray, that curious to feareh fi1rther into this point, let the know that there is ao other matter which more concerncs them to looke vnto. When a Godwoldtumehu•in from beholdingofvaniry.– and Sainr lqhnto fay ,whatfoeuer Uin the warld, i<ehe lujlofrhejleJI>,th• bif/ofthcei,, &thepride if /if•· Thirdly, to.u<hing the vnder!landing, the fpititofGod fiith, that the fame ofthe Gen.6.~. heart of manU onryeuill continua!ly:(oas we are & S.:tr. not ab/eojo1trfo/ues to think£ agoodthoNght.And l t.Cor.J. therefore wichall,thewiilofman audhis afie1 S· c'hons are anfwerably corrupt; and hereup'cn manshonfe is on fire, there is no time then to inquire how, and which way, and whence the fire came, butour duty is with all lj>eede &ex– pedition tovft: all good meanes to O:ay it.And fo confidcring that our wh6Ie natures are re– ally infeCl:ed & poifoned with the Ioathfome contagion ofonginall finne,which is aweight fufficientto prelfe down the foule to the gulfe of hell, it !lands vs in hand a thoufand fold more to vfe rhe meanes whereby it may be ra. ken away,thento difputehow it came. Some may alleadge again!l rho propagati· on offinne, that holy parents beget holy chil– dren,which are void oioriginall finne:becaufe it !lands not with rcafon, that parents l110u!Q Prop3ga– tionof~ rigirr.all tinne. I the doctrine of Chri!l: is, that wee mull re- -----·JL--~------------------------------------------------------~c~o~n~-~--
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