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

Secondly, The Law goeth higher, and doth not only forbid those lusts in thy heart, which thou yieldest consent unto; but all those suggestions and sudden surreptitious motions, which do suddenly arise in thy soul, though thou doest not consent to them, yea though thou doest resist them, hate them, and pray against them, for of such lusts Paul doth especially speak in this Chapter, and the Law of nature did never condemn these for sins in any Heathens, whereas the Apostle doth chiefly complain of these, and that as sins properly so called, for to be mortified and crucified, as being contrary to the holy Law of God.

Secondly, The Law goeth higher, and doth not only forbid those lusts in thy heart, which thou yeeldest consent unto; but all those suggestions and suddain surreptitious motions, which do suddenly arise in thy soul, though thou doest not consent to them, yea though thou doest resist them, hate them, and pray against them, for of such lusts Paul doth especially speak in this Chapter, and the Law of nature did never condemn these for sinnes in any Heathens, whereas the Apostle doth chiefly complain of these, and that as sinnes properly so called, for to be mortified and crucified, as being contrary to the holy Law of God.

Lastly, By lust is meant original sin, as being the fountain, the root of all these lusts, that hot furnace, from which those sparks of sinful motions do continually arise, and that by lust is meant at least secondarily, and by consequent original corruption is plain, because this lust is the same with the Law of the members, the Law of sin, and the sin dwelling in him. It is true, he saith, this sin he complaineth of, wrought in him all manner of concupiscence or lust. But then we must distinguish between lust habitual, and lust actual; Lust habitual is original sin, and that is the cause of lusts actual; And if you say, Why doth the Apostle call original sin lust, as if it were an actual sin? The reason is (as is further to be insisted on) because it is a fountain always running over; Its not a sluggish dull habit, but is continually venting it self forth into all poisonous and sinful acts. So that by lust forbidden in the Text is meant.