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

But let us hear, what is objected by the Adversaries to this clear Text? And

BUt let us hear, what is objected by the Adversaries to this clear Text? And

First, ¹It's said by some, That David doth not here bewail his own sins, but his parents in begetting of him, as if it was their sin he acknowledged, and not his own.

First, ¹It's said by some, That David doth not here bewail his own sins, but his parents in begetting of him, as if it was their sinne he acknowledged, and not his own.

1. 1Object.

This is a miserable shift;¹ for, First, David was not begotten in adultery, neither were his parents unlawfully joined together, therefore in begetting of him, they did not sin; for Marriage is honourable, if the bed be not defiled with adultery or fornication: Therefore if Adam had stood in the state of integrity, there would have been procreation of children; so that his parents did no more sin in this, than in eating and drinking, or any other lawful act God hath appointed, either for the propagating of the species, or conservation of the individuums.

This is a miserable shift;¹