The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

This natural corruption, the Scripture calleth sin, ^fbecause it is the sink and puddle of all other sins, and the Law ^gof sin, which, as utterly perverting the whole strength of nature, and contrary thereunto, hath an elegant addition given unto it, Heb. 12. 1. ^hSin that is so well fitted, to gird us in, as a curb and a bridle, holding us back, that we are not able to run the course that is set before us. Thereof it is, that all our actions are corrupted and naught. Rom. 3. 12. There is none that doth good, no not one. Rom. 7. 5. When we were in the flesh, sinful affections wrought in our members, to bring ⟨p. 243⟩forth fruit to Death: which fruits he setteth down, Titus 3. 3. For even we also were foolish, disobedient, serving lusts and divers kind of pleasures, leading our life in maliciousness and envy, hated and hating one another. And how can it otherwise be chosen, but that all our fruits must needs be unsavoury and bad, when as the whole Tree and all the twigs and branches of it are rotten and naught?

This naturall corruption, the Scripture calleth sinne, ^fbecause it is the sinke and puddle of all other sinnes, and the Law ^gof sinne, which, as vtterly peruerting the whole strength of nature, and contrary thereunto, hath an elegant addition giuen vnto it, Heb. 12. 1. ^h