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not_o much_o in_o this_o your_o discourse_n for_o this_o you_o grant_v first_o that_o the_o whole_a lump_n of_o mankind_n be_v pollute_v with_o sin_n and_o which_o pollution_n as_o you_o say_v flow_v from_o adam_n transgression_n and_o second_o that_o all_o the_o fruit_n and_o effect_n of_o that_o sin_n do_v accompany_v we_o till_o death_n there_o be_v only_o then_o your_o bare_a denial_n that_o eternal_a death_n be_v not_o the_o reward_n or_o wage_n of_o this_o sinful_a pollution_n the_o contrary_a whereof_o be_v incumbent_n on_o i_o to_o prove_v to_o make_v my_o charge_n good_a against_o you_o with_o that_o three_o absurdity_n now_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o first_o sin_n of_o adam_n be_v we_o not_o because_o he_o be_v our_o father_n by_o nature_n though_o that_o be_v a_o ground_n of_o the_o imputation_n also_o but_o because_o he_o be_v such_o a_o father_n by_o covenant_n and_o law_n the_o law_n and_o covenant_n of_o work_n be_v lay_v in_o pawn_n in_o his_o hand_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v that_o there_o be_v three_o part_n in_o original_a sin_n 1._o first_o a_o partake_n of_o the_o first_o sin_n of_o adam_n we_o all_o sin_v in_o he_o rom._n 5.12_o 14_o 15._o 2._o second_o the_o want_n of_o the_o image_n of_o god_n rom._n 3.23_o call_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n or_o original_a righteousness_n 3._o three_o concupiscence_n or_o a_o bentness_n or_o proneness_n of_o nature_n unto_o sin_n rom._n 7.7_o 14_o 17_o 23_o 24._o as_o to_o the_o first_o adam_n sin_n be_v we_o real_o and_o true_o not_o so_o much_o because_o it_o be_v we_o as_o because_o it_o be_v impute_v to_o be_v we_o by_o god_n who_o so_o contrive_v the_o law_n of_o work_n as_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v make_v with_o adam_n not_o as_o a_o single_a father_n or_o person_n but_o with_o adam_n as_o a_o public_a person_n represent_v all_o mankind_n and_o have_v our_o common_a nature_n as_o a_o father_n both_o by_o nature_n and_o law_n which_o come_v from_o the_o mere_a freewill_n of_o god_n he_o be_v as_o the_o root_n and_o stock_n of_o all_o mankind_n rom._n 5.19_o by_o one_o man_n disobedience_n many_o be_v make_v sinner_n i._n e._n moral_o and_o legal_o but_o not_o physical_o and_o personal_o the_o fruit_n and_o effect_n of_o which_o be_v death_n and_o damnation_n for_o rom._n 6.23_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n not_o only_o temporal_a or_o natural_a death_n but_o as_o the_o apostle_n antithesis_fw-la necessary_o carry_v it_o spiritual_a and_o eternal_a death_n in_o opposition_n to_o eternal_a life_n acquire_v by_o jesus_n christ_n the_o second_o adam_n yea_o and_o the_o whole_a series_n and_o purport_n of_o the_o apostle_n discourse_n rom._n 5.12_o to_o ver_fw-la 19_o carry_v this_o clear_a that_o every_o mouth_n may_v be_v stop_v