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second_o it_o may_v be_v object_v what_o reason_n be_v it_o object_n 2_o that_o we_o shall_v answer_v for_o a_o other_o man_n sin_n this_o may_v seem_v jniustice_n in_o god_n and_o wrong_v do_v to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n to_o condemn_v they_o for_o a_o other_o for_o what_o can_v we_o help_v or_o hinder_v adam_n fall_n i_o answer_v answ_n this_o indeed_o seem_v strange_a to_o the_o carnal_a or_o natural_a man_n wherein_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o apostle_n if_o in_o any_o thing_n hold_v in_o this_o let_v no_o man_n deceive_v himself_o 3.18_o 1_o cor._n 3.18_o if_o any_o man_n among_o you_o seem_v to_o be_v wise_a in_o this_o world_n let_v he_o become_v a_o fool_n that_o he_o may_v be_v wise_a hippoli_n cur_n omnium_fw-la fit_a culpa_fw-la paucorum_fw-la sceluss_n seneca_n in_o hippoli_n but_o howsoever_o few_o among_o the_o multitude_n think_v or_o believe_v they_o shall_v answer_v for_o adam_n sin_n yet_o we_o must_v know_v it_o be_v not_o his_o sin_n alone_o but_o a_o common_a sin_n his_o and_o we_o as_o he_o be_v a_o common_a or_o public_a person_n and_o carry_v all_o mankind_n in_o he_o if_o any_o ask_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n shall_v be_v impute_v to_o his_o posterity_n rather_o than_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o parent_n as_o our_o father_n grandfather_n or_o great-grand-fathers_n to_o their_o child_n i_o answer_v the_o difference_n appear_v in_o diverse_a respect_n first_o by_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n we_o lose_v original_a purity_n but_o not_o by_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o other_o second_o we_o show_v before_o that_o adam_n receive_v gift_n which_o he_o shall_v have_v convey_v to_o his_o posterity_n when_o they_o be_v lose_v it_o come_v to_o pass_v just_o that_o all_o his_o posterity_n shall_v be_v strip_v and_o deprive_v of_o they_o but_o our_o grand_a father_n or_o father_n receive_v not_o supernatural_a gift_n which_o by_o a_o hereditary_a right_n be_v to_o be_v derive_v to_o their_o child_n beside_o the_o sin_n of_o such_o parent_n be_v 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the_o author_n and_o original_n of_o all_o mankind_n to_o conclude_v then_o we_o must_v distinguish_v of_o adam_n sin_n they_o be_v of_o two_o sort_n his_o first_o sin_n and_o he_o after_o sin_n his_o first_o sin_n be_v the_o sin_n of_o mankind_n general_o this_o be_v not_o his_o alone_a nor_o we_o alone_o but_o his_o and_o we_o joint_o together_o his_o after_o sin_n for_o no_o doubt_n he_o sin_v daily_o be_v now_o become_v a_o sinner_n which_o he_o commit_v as_o a_o private_a man_n be_v his_o alone_a be_v sin_n of_o his_o person_n not_o of_o his_o nature_n and_o therefore_o not_o to_o be_v lay_v to_o our_o charge_n the_o last_o objection_n be_v out_o of_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n object_n 3_o chap._n 18.4_o 18.4_o ezek._n 18.4_o 20._o all_o soul_n be_v i_o as_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o father_n so_o also_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o son_n be_v i_o the_o soul_n that_o sin_v it_o shall_v die_v the_o son_n shall_v not_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n 24.16_o deut._n 24.16_o 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