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

Argum. 3. That which is made opposite to Righteousness, that is truly and properly sin; For not punishment and Righteousness, but sin and Righteousness are two immediate Contraries. Now it's plain, That this inherent corruption makes us sinners, so that we need to be made righteous by Christ.

Argum. 3. That which is made opposite to Righteousness, that is truly and properly sinne; For not punishment and Righteousnesse, but sinne and Righteousnesse are two immediate Contraries. Now it's plain, That this inherent corruption makes us sinners, so that we need to be made righteous by Christ.

Argum. 4. The Apostle distinguisheth Adam's imputed sin, and inherent sin, as two sins, and so they have a two-fold distinct guilt, (as is to be showed) though some think it hard to say so. Thus the Apostle, By one mans offence, sin entered into the world: Therefore Adam's actual sin, and that sin which entered thereby, are two distinct sins, and differ as the cause and the effect. By imputed sin, we are said to sin in him actually, as it were, because his will, was our will, but by inherent sin, we are made sinners by intrinsical pollution.

Argum. 4. The Apostle distinguisheth Adam's imputed sinne, and inherent sinne, as two sinnes, and so they have a two-fold distinct guilt, (as is to be shewed) though some think it hard to say so. Thus the Apostle, By one mans offence, sinne entred into the world: Therefore Adam's actual sinne, and that sinne which entred thereby, are two distinct sinnes, and differ as the cause and the effect. By imputed sinne, we are said to sinne in him actually, as it were, because his will, was our will, but by inherent sinne, we are made sinners by intrinsecal pollution.

Argum. 5. This original inherent sin is truly and properly a sin, Because it is to be mortified, to be crucified. We are to subdue the reign of it in our hearts, which could not be, if it were not properly a sin.