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

First, In having all the powers of the soul thus defiled, both superior and inferior, hereby man hath lost all liberty, and is become a miserable slave and vassal to sin and Satan. For whereas man was made only to serve God, and by love to cleave to him, the creature is come in his room, and thereby man is enslaved in his affections to these temporal things only; so that we do very improperly say, that a man is the Master or the Lord of such an estate, of such an house, for indeed he is a slave to them, Fiunt servi, dum domini esse desiderant, as Austin, while thou dost so earnestly desire to be master of such an estate, thou art indeed made a servant to it; but remember thou canst not serve God and the creature, these are two contrary masters.

First, In having all the powers of the soul thus defiled, both superior and inferior, hereby man hath lost all liberty, and is become a miserable slave and vassal to sinne and Satan. For whereas man was made only to serve God, and by love to cleave to him, the creature is come in his room, and thereby man is inslaved in his affections to these temporal things only; so that we do very improperly say, that a man is the Master or the Lord of such an estate, of such an house, for indeed he is a slave to them, Fiunt servi, dum domini esse desiderant, as Austin, while thou dost so earnestly desire to be master of such an estate, thou art indeed made a servant to it; but remember thou canst not serve God and the creature, these are two contrary masters.

Secondly, He hath by this pollution lost all true judgement to discern of things, he doth not know what are the best things, yea he doth grossly misjudge, he prefereth earth before gold, dross before pearls. The natural man cannot discern spiritual things, because he wants a spiritual eye; he mistaketh about God, he misjudgeth about true blessedness, he is deceived about the true nature of godliness; so that he can no more judge of these things, then a worm can of Angelical actions: The Apostle speaketh fully to this, 1 Cor. 2. 14, 15. Thus we are become like children, yea natural fools as to spiritual things; when we are invited to this feast, we pretend excuses; when Christ is tendered to us, we had rather keep our swine; when exhorted to labour for everlasting bread and riches and an eternal crown of glory, we had rather have our Barley-Corn, then all these: Thus we have lost all spiritual judgement and will not part with our babbles, though for an inheritance in heaven.