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

Again, It may be a note of Admiration, because of the mysterious depth of this original defilement: It is unsearchable, and the more he considers of it, the more amazed and astonished he is; even as David at another time, Psal 19. crieth out, Who can understand his errors? when he hath set himself with his whole might, to fathom all the evil that is in him, yet he cannot do it: Hence Jeremiah, Chap. 17. speaking of this deceitful and desperate heart of man, because of the native pollution of it, saith, Who can know it? And then answers, It's God alone that searcheth it, God knoweth the depth of all that evil, which no man can reach unto.

Again, It may be a note of Admiration, because of the mysterious depth of this original defilement: It is unsearchable, and the more he considers of it, the more amazed and astonished he is; even as David at another time, Psal 19. crieth out, Who can understand his errors? when he hath set himself with his whole might, to sathom all the evil that is in him, yet he cannot do it: Hence Jeremiah, Chap. 17. speaking of this deceitfull and desperate heart of man, because of the native pollution of it, saith, Who can know it? And then answers, It's God alone that searcheth it, God knoweth the depth of all that evil, which no man can reach unto.

Lastly, It may be a note of Caution [Behold] and take heed of it; for you see even David betrayed by it, the holiest man that liveth may quickly and suddenly fall into the most enormous sins, because of it.

In the next place, we have the thing it self confessed, and that is in two things.