Prop. 6. When we say that death cometh by original sin, in that we comprehend all diseases pains and miseries, which are as so many inchoate deaths, yea all labour and weariness; for so God threatened Adam, Gen. 2, 17. Cursed is the ground for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. In this sentence there is matter enough to humble us; there is not a thistle in thy corn, not a weed in thy garden, but it may put thee in mind of original sin; yea there is not the least pain or ache of thy body, but this may witness it to thee: so that Austin saith truly, we do circumferre testimonium, &c. We carry about with us daily full evidence to confirm this Doctrine of original sin: for such evils and calamities as do necessarily follow our specific nature, accompanying us as men, they cannot be attributed unto any other cause but original sin; which consideration viz. of mankind being universally plunged into miseries, and not knowing the cause thereof, made the Platonists, and some Heretics conclude, that the souls of men had sinned formerly, and by way of punishment were therefore adjudged to these mortal and wretched bodies. Though death be only mentioned, because that is most terrible, and all other miseries tend thereunto; yet they are necessarily included. Some ask the Question, Why God did not threaten hell, rather then death; but no doubt eternal death is understood in this commination, for temporal and eternal death are the wages of sin, only death is mentioned as being most terrible to sense, men being more affected with that, then with hell which is believed by faith. The Scripture then mentioning death only, how absurd and preposterous are the Socinians, who in that threatening will comprehend any thing but death; death they say cometh from the necessity of that matter we are constituted of, but sickness, labour, and such miseries, as also eternal death, these are the proper fruit of sin: Thus men delivered up to error, are hurried from one dangerous precipice to another. But let Christians in all diseases, miseries, and death it self, look higher then the Philosopher, or the Physician: Let them acquaint themselves with original sin, and thereupon humble themselves under Gods hand.
Prop. 6. VVHen we say that death cometh by original sinne, in that we comprehend all deseases pains and miseries, which are as so many inchoate deaths, yea all labour and weariness; for so God threatned Adam, Gen. 2, 17. Cursed is the ground for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the dayes of thy life. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. In this sentence there is matter enough to humble us; there is not a thistle in thy corn, not a weed in thy garden, but it may put thee in mind of original sinne; yea there is not the least pain or ach of thy body, but this may witness it to thee: so that Austin saith truly, we do circumferre testimonium, &c. We carry about with us daily full evidence to confirme this Doctrine of original sinne: for such evils and calamities as do necessarily follow our specifical nature, accompanying us as men, they cannot be attributed unto any other cause but original sin; which consideration viz. of mankind being universally plunged into miseries, and not knowing the cause thereof, made the Platonists, and some Heretiques conclude, that the soules of men had sinned formerly, and by way of punishment were therefore adjudged to these mortal and wretched bodyes. Though death be only mentioned, because that is most terrible, and all other miseries tend thereunto; yet they are necessarily included. Some ask the Question, Why God did not threaten hell, rather then death; but no doubt eternal death is understood in this commination, for temporal and eternal death are the wages of sinne, only death is mentioned as being most terrible to sense, men being more affected with that, then with hell which is believed by faith. The Scripture then mentioning death only, how absurd and preposterous are the Socinians, who in that threatning will comprehend any thing but death; death they say cometh from the necessity of that matter we are constituted of, but sickness, labour, and such miseries, as also eternal death, these are the proper fruit of sinne: Thus men delivered up to errour, are hurried from one dangeous precipice to another. But let Christians in all deseases, miseries, and death it self, look higher then the Philosopher, or the Physitian: Let them acquaint themselves with original sinne, and thereupon humble themselves under Gods hand.
