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1. Things imputed ex justitia you say are, 1. For Federal Relation, as Adams sin. 2. For Natural Relation, and that only as to some temporal Effects.

1. Things imputed ex justitia you say are, 1. For F•deral Relation, as Adams sin. 2. For Natural Relation, and that only as to some temporal Effects.

Ans. Here we must suppose by your former explication, that by Imputation you mean not Estimative reckoning or accounting that to a man which he before hath, but, 1. Donation. 2. Usage congruously an• will so to use one. But Adams sin was no gi•• to us, and came not by donation; Nor is Donation, Imputation.

Ans. Here we must suppose by your former explication, that by Imputation you mean not Estimative reckoning or accounting that to a man which he before hath, but, 1. Donation. 2. Ʋsage congruously an• will so to use one. But Adams sin was no gi•• to us, and came not by donation; Nor is Donation, Imputation.

2. What you say of Adams sin being ours by Covenant Relation, as distinct from Natural Relation, is unsound, and the matter needeth fuller explication, ⟨p. 103⟩which as aforesaid I have attempted in my Disputation of Original Sin. And as unsound is it that Natural Relation brings none but Temporal Evil. It cannot be proved, nor is to be affirmed, that without natural derivation, we derive by mere Covenant the guilt of Adams sin; no nor that Covenant derivation is before the natural, nor yet that it goeth any further, or that we contract any more guilt by Covenant, than we do by nature; but the Law of nature it self and Gods congruous Covenant is that which virtually judgeth us guilty, when natural derivation hath made us guilty (as Dr. Twice oft as aforesaid.)