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

This is the Sum of the Apostles discourse concerning Baptism in its sacramental signification, which he amplifieth further in my Text, and that as a reason, why we should not live to sin who were baptized into Christ, viz. Because our Old man is crucified with Christ; Both because Christ in being crucified did subdue thereby the dominion of sin, and also we are to do to the body of sin within us, what was done to Christs body, to crucify it, and thereby to destroy it. There is nothing more to be enquired into in the Text, but what is meant by our Old man?

This is the Summe of the Apostles discourse concerning Baptism in its sacramental signification, which he amplifieth further in my Text, and that as a reason, why we should not live to sinne who were baptized into Christ, viz. Because our Old man is crucified with Christ; Both because Christ in being crucified did subdue thereby the dominion of sinne, and also we are to do to the body of sinne within us, what was done to Christs body, to crucifie it, and thereby to destroy it. There is nothing more to be enquired into in the Text, but what is meant by our Oldman?

They limit it too much that understand it only of the habit, or acquired custom of sin, which we live in before Regeneration, as Grotius seemeth to understand; But we are to take it, as both Popish and Protestant Commentators do interpret it, for that vicious and corrupt nature, which we all derive from Adam, putting it self forth into several lusts and ungodly actions, whereby there is an habituated, inveterated custom at last in sin; so that although we may understand lusts and actual impieties with long custom therein, under the phrase of the Old man, yet principally and chiefly we are to interpret it of that polluted nature we have from Adam; and this will easily appear to be so, if you consider the other two places, where this expression is used, Ephes. 4. 22. That ye put off the Old man, &c. and that ye put on the New man. Col. 3. 9, 10. Ye have put off the Old man with his deeds, and have put on the New man. Where,