A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is

Now ere we can understand this Text, we must answer some Questions. And

First, It's demanded, What is meant by the Law here? Some say, the Law of Nature, which is not so probable; Others, the written Law of Moses, and this is most probable by the whole context. But yet some, though they understand it of the Law of Moses, yet they do not mean any particular command, but the Law in the general, saying, the Apostle useth [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] for all one; As if the meaning were, The Law in general did not only forbid sinful actions, but also inward lust, and motions of the soul thereunto, as our Saviour fully expoundeth it, Matth. 5. Others they understand this Law of a particular Commandment, viz. the tenth; and therefore Beza observeth the Article [Greek or Hebrew], by this, or by that Commandment in particular; And this seemeth most probable, because they are the very words of the tenth Commandment.

First, It's demanded, What is meant by the Law here? Some say, the Law of Nature, which is not so probable; Others, the written Law of Moses, and this is most probable by the whole context. But yet some, though they understand it of the Law of Moses, yet they do not mean any particular command, but the Law in the general, saying, the Apostle useth 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 for all one; As if the meaning were, The Law in general did not only forbid sinfull actions, but also inward lust, and motions of the soul thereunto, as our Saviour fully expoundeth it, Matth. 5. Others they understand this Law of a particular Commandment, viz. the tenth; and therefore Beza observeth the Article 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, by this, or by that Commandment in particular; And this seemeth most probable, because they are the very words of the tenth Commandment.