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

He doth not say, This is soul of my soul, and yet as Austin in this matter, though doubting, doth well argue, That if Eve had had her soul from Adam, Quid charius potuit dicere (saith he) This would have been a more endeared and affectionate expression, to have called her soul of his soul, then flesh of his flesh. It is true, some say, it is a synecdochical speech, By flesh (they say) is meant whole Eve, her whole person soul and body; but that is easier said than proved; No doubt if it had been so, Adam would have expressed it, as being a manifestation of greater unity, then what was in the body only: If you say, But why is it not said then, that God created Eve's soul, as well as Adam's? If God had so immediately breathed a soul into her, would not the Scripture have mentioned it? No, that is not necessary, it's enough, that we read what God did to Adam about his soul; and the Scripture saith, Genes. 1. 27. God created man in his Image male and female created he them. Thus you see they were both, as in respect of Gods Image made alike: So Chap. 5. 2. Male and female created he them, and called their name Adam; And thus much for the first Reason.

He doth not say, This is soul of my soul, and yet as Austin in this matter, though doubting, doth well argue, That if Eve had had her soul from Adam, Quid charius potuit dicere (saith he) This would have been a more indeared and affectionate expression, to have called her soul of his soul, then flesh of his flesh. It is true, some say, it is a synecdochical speech, By flesh (they say) is meant whole Eve, her whole person soul and body; but that is easier said than proved; No doubt if it had been so, Adam would have expressed it, as being a manifestation of greater unity, then what was in the body only: If you say, But why is it not said then, that God created Eve's soul, as well as Adam's? If God had so immediately breathed a soul into her, would not the Scripture have mentioned it? No, that is not necessary, it's enough, that we read what God did to Adam about his soul; and the Scripture saith, Genes. 1. 27. God created man in his Image male and female created he them. Thus you see they were both, as in respect of Gods Image made alike: So Chap. 5. 2. Male and female created he them, and called their name Adam; And thus much for the first Reason.