II. hy this sin they fell from their or" ' us* "•

nei^s, and coninuniion with (iinl % and so 1 . i ii^_^^
sin ', and vvholly tleHlt>d in dl the I'dculties and part's'^oT"'^ soul and hody^^
'TTTTTlieybeing the root of all mankind, the guilt of J this sin was imputed ^ and the same death in sin and
corrupted
this that thou hast done ? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 2 Cor. xi. S. But I fear, lest by any means, as the ser|>ent beguiled Eve through his snbtilty, 6C> your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
. b Rom. xi. :J2. For God hath con- cluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon alL
Jl. ^ Gen. iii. 6. And when the •woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise; bhe took of the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. Ver. 7. A id the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that tliey were naked : and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made tht-mselves aprons. Ver. 8. And they heard the voice of the X-ord God walking u» the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and iiis wife hid themselves from the pj-CM.nce of tJie Lord God amongst .the trees of the garden. Kctl. vii. 29. Lo, this only luve 1 found, that God hath made man ujjright ; but they have wjught out many inventions. Rom. iiL ii3. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
Cud.
(ien. li. 17. But of the tree of
knowledge of good ;ind evil thou
«ia*it Q«t e*c of it : fur in the day
that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Eph. ii. 1. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.
* Tit. i. 15. Unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them tliat are defiled and unbehcving i:* nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled. Gen. vi. 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his hearc was only evil continually. Jtr. xvii. 9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately- wicked, who can know it ? Rom. iiL 10. As it is written, Tliere is none righteous, no, not one : Ver. 1 1 , There is none that understandetb^ there is none that seeketh after God : Ver. 12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together becom« unprofitable ; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Ver. 13. Their throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poison of asps is under their lip:*: Ver. 14. Whose mouth is fuil of cursing and bitterness: Ver. IS. Their feet are swift to shed blood ♦ Ver. 16. Destruction and misery arc in their ways : Ver. 1 7. And the way of peactt have they not known : Ver. 18. There is no fear of Go4 before their eye*.
ill. f Gen. i. 27. So God created
man in his own image, in the image
of God created he hxm : male and
C 3 female
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corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity, descending ivpm them by ordinary generation ^,
/ IV. From this original corruption, whereby we are ut- terly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good'',
and
female created he them. Ver. 28. And God blessed thein ; and God
said unto thern, Be fruitful, and mul- tiply and replenish tlie earth, and subdue it : and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living tiling that m.cveth upon the earth. And Gen. ii. 16. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou m?yesc freely eat : Ver. 1 7. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shah surely die. And Acts xvii. 26. And hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dv/ell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the hounds of their habitation. With Rom. v. 12. Wherefore, as by one vr.z.n fiiii entered into the Vvorld, and death by sin ; and so death passed v.pon all men, for that all have sinned. Ver. 15. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead ; riiuch more the grace of Go(^ and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. Ver. 16. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift : for the judgment was by one to condemnation ; but the free gift is of many oHeuces unto justification. Ver. ] 7. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one ; much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteous- ness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. Vjr. 1,8. Therefore, as by
the offence of one, judgment came upon ail men to condemnation ; eveu so, by the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Ver. 19. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners ; so by the obe- dience of one shall many be made righteous. And 1 Cor. xv. 21. For since- by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. Ver, 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. * Ver. 45. And so it is written. The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adatn was made a quickening spirit. * V. 49. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
8 Psal. h. 5. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity ; and in sin did niy mother conceive me. Gen. v. 3. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Ss-'th. Job xiv. 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean } not one. Job xv. 14. What is man, that he should be clean f and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous ?