A Golden Chain

From the fall of Adam, springeth original sin, so commonly called not only as a fruit thereof, but also as a just punishment of it. And after the foresaid fall, it is in Adam and his posterity, as the mother and root of all other sin: yet with this distinction, that actual sin was first in Adam, and then came original, but in us first is original sin, and then after follows actual.

From the fall of Adam, springeth originall sinne, so commonly called not onely as a fruit thereof, but also as a iust punishment of it. And after the foresaid fall, it is in Adam and his posteritie, as the mother and roote of all other sinne: yet with this distinction, that actuall sinne was first in Adam, and then came originall, but in vs first is originall sinne, and then after followes actuall.

Original sin is termed diversly in Scriptures, as the flesh, the old man, because it is in us before grace:¹ concupiscence, sin that is ready to compass us about, the sinning sin: and it is termed original, because it hath been in mans nature ever since the fall, and because it is in every man at the very instant of ⟨p. 355⟩his conception and birth, as David plainly saith,² Behold, I was borne in iniquity, and in sin hath my mother conceived me: not meaning properly his parents sin (for he was borne in lawful marriage) but his own hereditary sin, whereof he was guilty even in his mothers womb.

Originall sinne is tearmed diuersly in Scriptures, as the flesh, the old man, because it is in vs before grace:¹ concupiscence, sinne that is readie to compasse vs about, the sinning sinne: and it is tearmed originall, because it hath beene in mans nature euer since the fall, and because it is in euery man at the very instant of