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After this, he doth at large explicate the nature of sin,¹ & of the law: showing the law to be the force and power of sin, For the old Adam or nature, how much more it is pressed down by the law, (which of his own strength he cannot fulfil) so much the more it doth fr•t and fume against it. And no marvel, seeing it can do nothing of it self, but sin. Therefore the law is unto it a punishment, and death: not that the law is evil: but this is done through the fault of our own nature, which taketh it grievously, that any good should be ⟨image 31⟩exacted of it which she cannot fulfil: not unlike a sickly weak man who is heavily displeased, if any man require of him to do those works, or that main strength which is in a sound & strong man.

After this, hee doth at large explicate the nature of sinne,¹ & of the law: shewing the lawe to bee the force and power of sinne, For the olde Adam or nature, how much more it is pressed downe by the law, (which of his owne strength hee cannot fulfill) so much the more it doth fr•t and fume against it. And no maruell, seeing it can doe nothing of it selfe, but sin. Therefore the law is vnto it a punishment, and death: not that the law is evill: but this is done through the fault of our owne nature, which taketh it grievously, that any good should be ⟨image 31⟩exacted of it which she cannot fulfill: not vnlike a sickly weake man who is heavily displeased, if any man requyre of him to doe those works, or that maine strength which is in a sound & strong man.

1. 1The nature of sin.The natur• of sinne.