the_o sin_n of_o their_o ancestor_n arminius_n ought_v not_o to_o extend_v it_o to_o so_o many_o age_n see_v the_o law_n do_v not_o extend_v the_o visitation_n of_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n beyond_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n and_o that_o because_o a_o man_n can_v scarce_o live_v so_o long_o as_o to_o see_v his_o issue_n beyond_o the_o three_o or_o four_o generation_n for_o therefore_o be_v child_n punish_v their_o father_n behold_v it_o that_o grief_n may_v thereby_o increase_v to_o their_o parent_n and_o that_o the_o father_n may_v be_v punish_v by_o the_o â—_z of_o the_o child_n which_o be_v a_o cause_n to_o i_o of_o suspect_v that_o this_o visitation_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n aught_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o temporal_a and_o not_o of_o eternal_a punishment_n vii_o but_o to_o that_o which_o be_v say_v that_o the_o punishment_n be_v great_a than_o the_o sin_n because_o they_o which_o in_o adam_n sin_v only_o in_o power_n be_v for_o his_o sin_n punish_v in_o act_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o answer_v for_o we_o so_o sin_v in_o adam_n in_o power_n that_o also_o the_o sin_n be_v in_o we_o in_o act_n neither_o do_v we_o only_o bear_v the_o punishment_n of_o another_o sin_n but_o also_o of_o our_o own_o nor_o be_v it_o any_o marvel_n if_o god_n have_v pardon_v adam_n and_o do_v not_o pardon_v many_o of_o his_o posterity_n for_o adam_n believe_v and_o repent_v but_o these_o refuse_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n offer_v and_o persist_v in_o impenitency_n chap._n x._o of_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n to_o his_o posterity_n where_o also_o of_o the_o traduction_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o sin_n itself_o we_o have_v already_o say_v that_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n be_v convey_v to_o his_o posterity_n two_o manner_n of_o way_n by_o imputation_n and_o propagation_n of_o imputation_n it_o have_v be_v speak_v now_o we_o be_v to_o speak_v of_o propagation_n i._o that_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n have_v infect_v all_o mankind_n with_o a_o hereditary_a depravation_n and_o that_o this_o contagion_n have_v far_o spread_v itself_o have_v be_v abundant_o prove_v by_o those_o place_n by_o which_o we_o have_v declare_v that_o every_o man_n be_v conceive_v and_o bear_v in_o sin_n as_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n so_o death_n go_v over_o all_o in_o who_o all_o man_n sin_v rom._n 5._o ii_o and_o if_o any_o one_o will_v exact_o view_v the_o manner_n and_o circumstance_n of_o adam_n sin_n he_o shall_v find_v that_o in_o every_o man_n the_o character_n and_o no_o obscure_a image_n of_o that_o first_o sin_n be_v deep_o impress_v for_o there_o be_v engraft_v in_o every_o man_n curiosity_n &_o desire_n of_o know_v those_o thin_a g_n which_o pertain_v nothing_o to_o he_o and_o also_o a_o distrustful_a haesitation_n and_o doubt_v of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o as_o adam_n lay_v the_o fault_n upon_o his_o wife_n and_o his_o wife_n upon_o the_o serpent_n so_o be_v it_o natural_a to_o every_o man_n to_o cover_v his_o fault_n with_o another_o fault_n also_o flight_n and_o tremble_a at_o the_o meeting_n of_o god_n lie_v dissemble_a and_o a_o sense_n of_o undecent_a nakedness_n be_v in_o all_o man_n by_o nature_n and_o be_v derive_v into_o posterity_n from_o that_o fountain_n and_o to_o these_o thing_n we_o be_v not_o teach_v but_o make_v not_o instruct_v but_o infect_v to_o these_o thing_n we_o do_v not_o only_o not_o need_v a_o master_n but_o contrary_a to_o the_o teach_n of_o master_n and_o to_o discipline_n all_o stay_v and_o bar_n be_v break_v we_o return_v to_o they_o nature_n be_v conqueror_n iii_o as_o therefore_o the_o egg_n of_o the_o asp_n be_v just_o break_v and_o serpent_n new_a breed_v be_v just_o kill_v although_o they_o have_v yet_o poison_v none_o so_o infant_n be_v right_o obnoxious_a and_o subject_a to_o punishment_n for_o although_o they_o have_v not_o yet_o sin_v in_o act_n yet_o there_o be_v in_o they_o that_o contagious_a pestilence_n and_o that_o natural_a proneness_n to_o sin_n iu._n but_o hence_o arise_v a_o question_n hard_a to_o be_v dissolve_v to_o wit_n by_o what_o mean_v sin_n be_v traduce_v from_o parent_n to_o their_o posterity_n and_o how_o man_n soul_n may_v draw_v this_o depravation_n for_o see_v all_o thing_n that_o god_n do_v be_v good_a it_o be_v not_o credible_a nor_o likely_a that_o god_n put_v original_a sin_n into_o man_n soul_n for_o how_o shall_v he_o punish_v those_o soul_n which_o he_o himself_o have_v corrupt_v and_o if_o he_o create_v the_o soul_n pure_a and_o just_a but_o be_v include_v in_o the_o body_n it_o be_v defile_v with_o the_o contagion_n other_o discommodity_n no_o whit_n less_o do_v arise_v for_o to_o include_v a_o pure_a and_o innocent_a soul_n in_o a_o stink_a prison_n and_o to_o thrust_v it_o as_o it_o be_v into_o a_o bridewell_n that_o it_o may_v be_v corrupt_v there_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o agree_v with_o the_o justice_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n v._o hereto_o be_v add_v also_o that_o sin_n be_v the_o depravation_n of_o the_o soul_n not_o of_o the_o body_n for_o sin_n be_v a_o spiritual_a thing_n a_o vice_n of_o the_o will_n the_o body_n therefore_o can_v give_v that_o to_o the_o soul_n which_o it_o have_v not_o and_o see_v the_o body_n do_v not_o sin_n but_o when_o the_o soul_n do_v use_v the_o body_n as_o a_o organ_n to_o sin_n rom._n 6.13_o it_o be_v manifest_v that_o sin_n do_v pass_v from_o the_o soul_n into_o the_o body_n and_o not_o from_o the_o body_n into_o the_o soul_n to_o which_o thing_n the_o very_a sin_n of_o adam_n be_v a_o clear_a testimony_n to_o we_o for_o adam_n first_o sin_v in_o will_n before_o he_o stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n to_o the_o forbid_a apple_n caluin_n see_v this_o who_o in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o his_o institution_n have_v these_o word_n this_o contagion_n have_v not_o its_o cause_n in_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o flesh_n or_o of_o the_o soul_n but_o because_o it_o be_v so_o appoint_v by_o god_n that_o what_o gift_n he_o have_v bestow_v upon_o the_o first_o man_n he_o shall_v have_v they_o and_o also_o loose_v they_o both_o for_o himself_o and_o he_o vi_o here_o be_v a_o way_n that_o be_v obscure_a and_o slippery_a in_o which_o we_o must_v go_v with_o wary_a step_n i_o do_v not_o propound_v to_o myself_o to_o satisfy_v they_o that_o be_v brainsick_a and_o wicked_o acute_a i_o will_v only_o set_v down_o those_o thing_n which_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o to_o reason_n whereunto_o that_o the_o way_n may_v be_v make_v plain_a some_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o original_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o the_o traduction_n of_o it_o vii_o origen_n follow_v plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o all_o soul_n be_v at_o first_o create_v together_o with_o the_o angel_n and_o afterward_o put_v into_o body_n this_o he_o dispute_v lib._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 7._o tertullian_n will_v have_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v convey_v with_o the_o seed_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o son_n to_o be_v from_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o father_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v marvel_v at_o in_o he_o who_o do_v contend_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o body_n lib_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la chap._n 5._o saint_n jerome_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o marcellina_n and_o anapsychia_n do_v witness_n that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o west_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n saint_n austin_n have_v write_v four_o book_n of_o the_o original_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o which_o he_o leave_v this_o question_n undecided_a neither_o dare_v he_o rash_o determine_v any_o thing_n and_o his_o second_o book_n of_o retractation_n chap._n 56._o do_v witness_n that_o he_o continue_v in_o that_o doubt_n to_o his_o death_n yet_o in_o his_o 157._o epistle_n he_o do_v debate_n with_o tertullian_n and_o do_v more_o incline_v to_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n viii_o but_o we_o determine_v that_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n be_v infuse_v into_o the_o bear_v the_o i_o e._n the_o child_n conceive_v and_o not_o yet_o bear_v embryo_n but_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o come_v from_o without_o as_o aristotle_n will_v have_v it_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la generate_fw-la animal_n cap._n 3._o but_o we_o think_v that_o it_o be_v form_v by_o god_n in_o the_o fruit_n and_o in_o the_o rudiment_n of_o man_n body_n be_v lead_v thereto_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n whereunto_o reason_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n itself_o do_v agree_v ix_o moses_n numb_a 27.16_o say_v thus_o to_o god_n let_v the_o lord_n the_o
god_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o all_o flesh_n set_v a_o man_n over_o the_o congregation_n and_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n chap._n 12._o v._n 9_o and_o if_o say_v he_o we_o have_v father_n of_o our_o body_n which_o correct_v we_o and_o we_o give_v they_o reverence_n shall_v we_o not_o much_o rather_o be_v in_o subjection_n unto_o the_o father_n of_o spirit_n and_o live_v it_o be_v not_o without_o consideration_n that_o god_n by_o a_o peculiar_a elegy_n and_o stile_n be_v call_v the_o father_n of_o spirit_n that_o he_o may_v be_v oppose_v to_o the_o father_n of_o the_o flesh_n for_o if_o the_o soul_n be_v by_o traduction_n those_o that_o be_v father_n of_o the_o flesh_n will_v also_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o spirit_n neither_o shall_v god_n by_o this_o title_n be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o father_n of_o the_o flesh_n if_o he_o wrought_v alike_o in_o both_o and_o do_v not_o former_a man_n soul_n otherwise_o then_o their_o body_n x._o wherefore_o ecclesiaste_n chap._n 12._o say_v the_o body_n be_v dissolve_v to_o dust_n and_o the_o spirit_n return_v to_o god_n that_o give_v it_o which_o sure_o will_v not_o be_v apt_o speak_v if_o god_n shall_v give_v the_o spirit_n no_o otherwise_o then_o he_o give_v the_o body_n certain_o by_o that_o word_n of_o return_v of_o the_o soul_n to_o god_n solomon_n do_v insinuate_v that_o the_o soul_n come_v from_o god_n and_o do_v return_v thitherwhence_o she_o have_v she_o original_n which_o can_v be_v say_v of_o the_o body_n xi_o the_o conception_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o womb_n of_o his_o mother_n do_v add_v credit_n to_o this_o opinion_n for_o see_v that_o according_a to_o the_o flesh_n he_o have_v not_o a_o father_n it_o be_v plain_a that_o his_o soul_n be_v immediate_o create_v by_o god_n and_o if_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o thou_o may_v be_v son_n of_o adam_n to_o have_v thy_o soul_n traduct_v by_o thy_o father_n seed_n christ_n can_v not_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o adam_n nor_o of_o david_n xii_o it_o be_v unsavoury_a which_o be_v bring_v out_o of_o the_o begin_n of_o exodus_fw-la to_o prove_v the_o traduction_n of_o the_o soul_n seaventy_n soul_n come_v out_o of_o the_o loin_n of_o jacob_n for_o the_o propriety_n of_o the_o hebrew_n be_v well_o know_v that_o by_o soul_n be_v understand_v person_n xiii_o also_o reason_n itself_o do_v agree_v with_o the_o word_n of_o god_n 1._o for_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v something_o which_o be_v above_o nature_n can_v be_v in_o a_o common_a condition_n generate_v with_o other_o natural_a thing_n 2._o because_o it_o be_v immaterial_a it_o can_v be_v bring_v forth_o by_o the_o power_n of_o any_o matter_n 3._o if_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o generate_v unless_o by_o the_o body_n it_o can_v not_o be_v without_o the_o body_n nor_o can_v it_o subsist_v by_o itself_o alone_o 4._o they_o that_o will_v have_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v traduce_v by_o the_o seed_n do_v drive_v themselves_o into_o strait_n from_o which_o they_o can_v possible_o free_v themselves_o for_o why_o shall_v not_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o mother_n be_v also_o traduce_v into_o the_o son_n or_o if_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o son_n be_v traduce_v as_o well_o from_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o mother_n as_o of_o the_o father_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o two_o soul_n do_v grow_v together_o &_o be_v mingle_v into_o one_o 5._o what_o will_v be_v come_v of_o so_o much_o seed_n that_o be_v lose_v which_o either_o fall_v from_o they_o that_o sleep_n or_o be_v unhonest_o lose_v or_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o womb_n do_v not_o come_v to_o conception_n will_v so_o many_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v lose_v or_o shall_v they_o be_v choke_v in_o the_o womb_n or_o shall_v they_o remain_v alone_o without_o matter_n see_v it_o be_v certain_a that_o they_o belong_v not_o to_o the_o number_n of_o man_n 6._o also_o it_o must_v need_n be_v that_o either_o the_o whole_a soul_n of_o the_o father_n be_v traduce_v and_o so_o the_o father_n shall_v be_v make_v soulless_a or_o else_o a_o portion_n and_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o so_o the_o soul_n shall_v be_v divisible_a neither_o can_v the_o whole_a soul_n be_v transmit_v as_o when_o light_n be_v kindle_v of_o light_n for_o such_o a_o propagation_n be_v make_v by_o the_o transmutation_n of_o the_o matter_n apply_v unto_o it_o and_o so_o the_o apply_v matter_n of_o the_o beget_n soul_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o the_o soul_n 7._o if_o the_o definition_n of_o the_o soul_n lay_v down_o by_o aristotle_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la anima_fw-la cap_n 1_o and_o every_o where_o conceive_v be_v true_a by_o which_o he_o define_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v the_o first_o act_n of_o the_o natural_a original_a body_n have_v life_n in_o power_n i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o the_o rational_a soul_n can_v inform_v and_o shape_v the_o seed_n in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o organ_n fourteen_o neither_o be_v man_n therefore_o to_o be_v say_v not_o to_o beget_v man_n although_o he_o do_v not_o beget_v the_o soul_n nor_o the_o soul_n be_v bring_v forth_o of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o seed_n yet_o be_v it_o sufficient_a for_o the_o generation_n of_o man_n that_o in_o generate_a although_o he_o do_v not_o give_v the_o whole_a substance_n yet_o he_o do_v give_v the_o subsistence_n of_o the_o person_n and_o do_v not_o only_o supply_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o infant_n but_o do_v also_o minister_v disposition_n and_o aptitude_n to_o receive_v that_o form_n by_o which_o man_n have_v his_o be_v for_o see_v that_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o scripture_n the_o virgin_n mary_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o christ_n although_o the_o extraordinary_a power_n of_o the_o holy-ghost_n perfect_v his_o conception_n who_o need_n doubt_v to_o affirm_v that_o common_o man_n do_v beget_v man_n see_v all_o natural_a thing_n be_v do_v by_o ordinary_a mean_n and_o rule_n these_o thorn_n be_v pluck_v up_o the_o way_n to_o know_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o traduction_n of_o sin_n from_o parent_n to_o their_o child_n be_v make_v plain_a xv._o in_o the_o beginning_n i_o think_v i_o have_v show_v by_o sure_a reason_n that_o sin_n do_v not_o pass_v from_o the_o body_n into_o the_o soul_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n that_o god_n put_v into_o the_o soul_n this_o inclination_n to_o sin_n it_o be_v a_o great_a wickedness_n to_o believe_v and_o yet_o that_o original_a sin_n be_v in_o the_o soul_n god_n be_v unwilling_a or_o be_v indifferent_a and_o permit_v it_o with_o a_o idle_a permission_n can_v be_v speak_v or_o believe_v without_o great_a offence_n for_o see_v original_a sin_n be_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n he_o that_o say_v that_o this_o punishment_n be_v inflict_v only_o by_o the_o permission_n of_o god_n and_o not_o by_o his_o will_n do_v take_v away_o from_o god_n the_o office_n of_o a_o judge_n for_o judge_n do_v not_o punish_v by_o permit_v but_o by_o decree_a xvi_o for_o the_o explication_n of_o this_o doctrine_n we_o lie_v down_o these_o six_o proposition_n and_o foundation_n of_o the_o truth_n first_o although_o we_o have_v not_o be_v bear_v of_o adam_n yet_o because_o he_o have_v receive_v supernatural_a good_a thing_n both_o in_o his_o own_o and_o our_o name_n see_v he_o lose_v they_o by_o his_o own_o fault_n we_o be_v just_o deprive_v of_o they_o even_o as_o among_o many_o brethren_n one_o do_v waste_v and_o consume_v that_o money_n to_o his_o own_o and_o brother_n loss_n which_o he_o receive_v in_o his_o own_o and_o brother_n name_n second_o god_n put_v into_o the_o soul_n these_o faculty_n understanding_n will_n sense_n &_o appetite_n which_o be_v natural_o carry_v to_o thing_n that_o be_v obvious_a &_o know_v and_o not_o to_o thing_n that_o be_v unknown_a and_o far_o remove_v three_o man_n can_v know_v and_o love_v supernatural_a and_o divine_a thing_n without_o divine_a and_o supernatural_a enlighten_v four_o neither_o can_v man_n use_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v obvious_a and_o natural_a just_o and_o convenient_o and_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n unless_o some_o 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but_o see_v the_o regenerate_a do_v afterward_o sin_n whence_o be_v these_o sin_n but_o from_o their_o inward_a corruption_n for_o that_o be_v take_v away_o the_o effect_n also_o which_o do_v flow_v only_o from_o this_o cause_n will_v be_v take_v away_o ix_o and_o what_o shall_v we_o say_v to_o this_o that_o the_o best_a man_n beget_v their_o child_n taint_v with_o this_o blot_n and_o therefore_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o baptism_n now_o if_o the_o parent_n beget_v child_n be_v without_o original_a sin_n how_o can_v they_o send_v this_o blemish_n to_o their_o issue_n and_o give_v that_o to_o their_o child_n which_o themselves_o have_v not_o x._o therefore_o say_v you_o marriage_n be_v evil_a see_v by_o it_o child_n of_o wrath_n be_v beget_v and_o sin_n be_v propagate_v which_o ought_v rather_o to_o be_v pull_v up_o by_o the_o root_n and_o to_o be_v choke_v in_o the_o very_a seed_n i_o answer_v that_o marriage_n be_v more_o ancient_a than_o sin_n and_o institute_v by_o god_n himself_o 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