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

Again, The known Enemy to the Doctrine of original sin doth falsely and odiously represent this Doctrine, as if Infants were innocents, and yet we hold them guilty of eternal damnation, and therefore having mustered many reasons together, concludeth upon the account of them, That it is safe to affirm, that God doth not damn any one to hell for the sin of another. (Unum Necess. cap. 6. Sect. 1.) Now this is to make Chimera's of his own head, for no Divine saith, That an Infant deserveth hell, merely because Adam sinned, nor is he obnoxious to the wrath of God merely for that, but because this corruption of Adams is also propagated to the child, and so it is obnoxious to the wrath of God, for that inherent derived pollution, and the Scripture being as plain and clear in describing of such a natural estate of man by his descent from Adam, as may possibly be desired; We must not leave such evident Texts, because we may subtly dispute in a cavilling manner about Gods proceedings herein. It is good Rule among the Schoolmen, That in Philosophicis argumentum facit fidem, but in Theologicis-fides facit argumentum, In Philosophy the Argument worketh saith or assent, but in Divinity, saith worketh the argument; So that we are to believe that one place, if there were no more, of David's confession, Psal. 51. 5. Behold I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me, then all the curious, presumptuous speculations of men, who from reason would demolish this truth, and as for their evasions, and wrestings of that place, they are so forced and irrational, that a man may justly tremble to see men no more reverentially submit their thoughts to the Scripture; Certainly the Psalmist intended, that every one should have a special regard to this truth delivered there, because of the (Behold) prefixed, which is, as I may so say, the Asterisce of the holy Ghost, or the Bibles nota benè (as was formerly said in this Text.)

Again, The known Enemy to the Doctrine of original sinne doth falsly and odiously represent this Doctrine, as if Infants were innocents, and yet we hold them guilty of eternal damnation, and therefore having mustered many reasons together, concludeth upon the account of them, That it is safe to affirm, that God doth not damn any one to hell for the sinne of another. (Vnum Necess. cap. 6. Sect. 1.) Now this is to make Chimera's of his own head, for no Divine saith, That an Infant deserveth hell, meerly because Adam sinned, nor is he obnoxious to the wrath of God meerly for that, but because this corruption of Adams is also propagated to the child, and so it is obnoxious to the wrath of God, for that inherent derived pollution, and the Scripture being as plain and clear in describing of such a natural estate of man by his descent from Adam, as may possibly be desired; We must not leave such evident Texts, because we may subtilly dispute in a cavilling manner about Gods proceedings herein. It is good Rule among the Schoolmen, That in Philosophicis argumentum facit fidem, but in Theologicis-fides facit argumentum, In Philosophy the Argument worketh saith or assent, but in Divinity, saith worketh the argument; So that we are to believe that one place, if there were no more, of David's confession,