Greatnes of. it. I. •· Fall. conney th\t ; 0 their childre which theythem- A point is, that originalllin is fo huge and large fclueswant,namely,thegui/t & the pnn•flnntnt (Uery way, that it may truly beetearmed the and rhef•ulr offinne inpart.Anf~~>.I. Men ar_e rootc orfeede,not offome few fins,but ofall not in this lifeperfed:ly holy.For fanthficarl· finnes whatfoeuer, euen ofthe very fin againf! on is but in parr, & thcrforethey can not poftheholy Ghofi. Wemuf! not imagine ir to be libly beget children pure from all fin-Secondan inclination or proneneffe to one or two Iy,parents beget children as they •remm, and faults, but a pronenetle to all and euery finne notas they are holy "''"; and by gcneran_on that is prad:ifed in the world; and that in all they derine vnto their children nature With perfonsyoungandold, high & low, male and the corruption therof,and not grace,wh1ch IS female. Iris a mofr horrible villany for aman aboue nature. Take any corne, yea the finefr to kill his father or mother, or his childe: yet wheatthateuerwas,winowit ascleanaspoffome there bethatdo fo:atthe hearing wherfibly may bee:afterward fowe it,weede it alfo ofwe vfe towonder,and to tefrifieour diflike when it isfowen,reape it in due time,and carby faying,that thedoerstcereofwere wicked rie it to the barne;when it is threlbr, you Jball and diuellilb perfons,and it is truly faid. Nefinde as much chaffe in it as euer was before: uertheldfe we muf! vnderfrond,that although and why? becaufe God bath fetthis order in B weabftaine from fuch heinous pratl:ifcs, yet the creation, that it !hall fpring and grow, [o the very roote offuch finnes,thatis,a difpofioft as iris fowed,with the fralke,eare.blade,& rion vnto them, is found in vs alfo. luli•n the all:folikewife though the parents be neuer fo Apoftata both liuing and dying blafphemed holy, the children as they come ofthem are Chrif!. Herod, & p,.,;,. Pi/are, and the wicconceiued and borne wllolly corrupt, becaufe ked Iewes crucified him, and lud.u betrayed God rooke this order in the creation, that him.MenvfetofaxtharifChrifrwerenowawhatfoeuer eoill Ad•mprocured, he lhould Iiue, they would not dot fo for alithe world. bring it not only on himfelfe, bu; vpon all his Butlet vs better confider ofthe matter. The pof!eritie:by vertue ofwhichdegree,the profame naturall corruption of heart that was in pagationof fin is continued w(thout any inthem,is alfoinvs, we being the childre pfAterruption, though parents themfelues bee d•,. as well as they : and by force ofthis corborneanew by the fpirit ofGod. ruption, if Chrifr were now Iiuing on earth A11d here wee mufr not omit to fpeake of thou wouldeft iflike occafi6 were offered,ei: the quantitieor greatnes oforiginall finne,for therdoe as lud..did in betraying him, or as the openingwhereofwee muft confider three Nl•te did, deliuer him to bee crucified, or as points. The lirlt,that originall finnc is not di- c the fouldiers, thrufr him through with their uerfe, butone ana the fame in kinde ineuery fpcares, oras luli•n, pierce himwith all manman, as the generall ar.d common nature of ner ofblafphemies, ifGod withheld his graman is one and the famein all men. Thefecesfromthee,andleauetheetothyfelfe. In a cond,that tltis linne is notin fome men more, word, let men conceiue inmind the moft noin fome me Ieffe, but in euery man equally, as toriousrrefpa!fe that can be,though they doe oil men doe equally from Ad•m participate it not,nor intend to do it,and nener doe it:yor I the nature ofman, & areequally the children the matter, beginning, and feed thereofis in ofwrath.Some,itmay be,wil fay,thatthis can themfelues. This made lmmy fay,ThehtArt of !er,i 7 .9. not betrne-,becaufefomc men are ofbeterna~ manUdt&eit{Nn mJd ~icked ab~HeaO thing1, r;t/, 0 turesthen others are:feme ofdifpofition cru. '"" k.••~~> it?It is like a huge fea,the banks wher ell and feuerc, fome againe gentle andmilde: ofcannot be feene,northebottome fearched. fome very licentious and difordered,fome veIn comon experience wefee it come to paffe, ry ciuil!. Anfrt>. The differences that bee in thatmen,Protef!ants, today,tomorrowPamen wamingthe feare of God, arife not of pif!s;ofChriftiaos,hereticks;now friends,but thiS that they hauemore or Ielfeoriginall corprefctly afi:erfoes;thisday honefr & ciuil me ruption,but ofthe refrraint and limitation of D the next day crudmurderers.Nowwhatis th~ mans corruption. For in fomc God bridleth caufe ofthis differece? furely the hidden corfin more then in others, ar.d inthemisfound ruptionofthe hearr,thatwil thruf!aman forciuilitie: and a~aine in fome Ieffe,and in fuch • ward to any fiowhc occafion is offered. Tbis · the rcbclhou ot nature breakesfor!h vnto all point mufr be remebred& ofte thought vpon. m1fdemeanour. And mdeede, 1f God fhould FromOrigin.Sjinne fpringeth•ll••D,which A&uall n~t keepc the vnroward difpolition of m,n is nothing elfe but the fruite of the corrupt 6nnc, Wl~hmcompalfe , otherwh1les more, otherhcart,eltller m thought,word or deede. , wh!le~ leffe, as!hall feeme ~ood vnto his maI Thus ':'uch touching mans fall intofinne vrc of l lcf!yampJety,cruelty,unu!hce, aod all maner by Gods mf!_permJis1on. Now followes the "'"' f•~ · offins would breakeout mto fuchamoafl~re good vfe wh1ch wemuft make thereof. Firf! 1 • :that there lhould bee no quiet liuing for' men by this we Iearne to acknowledge & bewail; i mthe world, and no place for Gods Church. our_owne frailty. For Ad•m in his innocencic 1And thus 11 IS _mamfelt, that although all men beemg created perfed:ly righteous, when hee . \ bo n~tcquall m the prachfeofw1ckcdnes,yet was once tempted by thediudl fd away from :har IS no hmderance but they m1y be <'!nail IGod: what lhall wee doe then ill like cafe '~ptionofnature it fdfc. The third I which are by nature_ folde vnder finne, and in P our
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