1. In its receiving of sin into its bosom, and in […] retaining, and entertaining of it there. Sin m•• first be received before it can act in, or be acted […] the Soul. Our first Parents first received in the s•gest, or motion, and then acted it. Now it is […] here to be disputed, when sin was received by t•• Soul, so much as whether ever the Soul received si• for if the Soul has indeed received sin, into it se• then it has sinned, and by doing so, has made it se• an object of the wrath of God, and a fire-brand of H•• I say, I will not here dispute when sin was receiv• by the Soul, but it is apparent enough, that it r• ceived it betimes, because in old time, every Ch•• that was brought unto the Lord, was to be redeeme• and that at a pMonth old: which to be sure, u• very early; and implied that then, even then, th• Soul in God's judgment stood before him as defile and polluted with sin. But although I said, I w•• not dispute at what time the Soul may be said to receive sin, yet it is evident that it was precedent […] the redemption made mention of just before, and […] before the Person redeemed had attained to the Ag• of a Month. And that God might in the Language ⟨p. 67⟩Moses, give us to see cause of the necessity of this temptation, he first distinguisheth, and saith, The ••lling of a Cow, or the firstling of a Sheep, or the •stling of a Goat, did not need this redemption, for ••ey were clean or holy. But the first-born of Men, ••o was taken in lieu of the rest of the Children, and ••e firstling of unclean Beasts, thou shalt surely redeem, •th he. But why was the first-born of Men coupled •th unclean Beast, but because they were both unman. But how? I Answer, the Beast was unclean by •od's ordination, but the other was unclean by sin. •ow then it will be demanded, How a Soul before it as a Month old, could receive sin to the making of […] self unclean? I Answer, There are two ways of ••ceiving, one active, the other Passive: This last the way by which the Soul at first receiveth sin, and […] so receiving […] becometh culpable, because polluted •d defiled by it. And this passive way of receiving often mentioned qin Scripture. Thus the pans ••ceived the ashes: thus the molten Sea received three thousand Baths: thus the Ground receiveth the Seed: •nd this receiving is like that of the Wool, which ••ceiveth the Dye, either Black, White or Red;
1. In its receiving of sin into its bosom, and in 〈…〉 retaining, and entertaining of it there. Sin m•• first be received before it can act in, or be acted 〈…〉 the Soul. Our first Parents first received in the s•gest, or motion, and then acted it. Now it is 〈…〉 here to be disputed, when sin was received by t•• Soul, so much as whether ever the Soul received si• for if the Soul has indeed received sin, into it se• then it has sinned, and by doing so, has made it se• an object of the wrath of God, and a fire-brand of H•• I say, I will not here dispute when sin was receiv• by the Soul, but it is apparent enough, that it r• ceived it betimes, because in old time, every Ch•• that was brought unto the Lord, was to be redeeme• and that at a pMonth old: which to be sure, u• very early; and implyed that then, even then, th• Soul in God's judgment stood before him as defil• and polluted with sin. But although I said, I w•• not dispute at what time the Soul may be said to r•ceive sin, yet it is evident that it was precedent 〈…〉 the redemption made mention of just before, and 〈…〉 before the Person redeemed had attained to the Ag• of a Month. And that God might in the Languag• ⟨p. 67⟩Moses, give us to see cause of the necessity of this •emption, he first distinguisheth, and saith, The ••lling of a Cow, or the firstling of a Sheep, or the stling of a Goat, did not need this redemption, for ey were clean or holy. But the first-born of Men, o was taken in lieu of the rest of the Children, and e firstling of unclean Beasts, thou shalt surely redeem, th he. But why was the first-born of Men coupled th unclean Beast, but because they were both unan. But how? I Answer, the Beast was unclean by od's ordination, but the other was unclean by sin. ow then it will be demanded, How a Soul before it as a Month old, could receive sin to the making of self unclean? I Answer, There are two ways of ceiving, one active, the other Passive: This last the way by which the Soul at first receiveth sin, and so receiving becometh culpable, because polluted d defiled by it. And this passive way of receiving often mentioned
- pEx. 13. 13. c. 34. 20. Num• 18. 15, 16.
- qEx. 27. 3. 2 Chr. 4. 5. Mat. 13. 20, 22, 23.
