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

Secondly, This expression of sin dwelling in a man; denoteth, The quiet and peaceable possession it hath in man by nature, it dwells there, as in its own house, nothing to disturb or molest it: Hence it is, That all things are so quiet in a natural man, there is nothing troubles him; he is not disquieted in his conscience; he feeleth no such burden or weight within him, as Paul here complaineth of; so that you would think many civil and natural men in a more holy condition than Paul; They will thank God, They have a good heart, and all is quiet within them; but this is not because original sin doth not dwell, and live, and work in them, but because they are senseless and stupid, sin is in its proper place, and so there is no trouble and restlessness in their conscience; Therefore its thy want of experimental discoveries that makes thee question original sin, otherwise thy own heart would be in stead of all books to thee in this particular. Indeed in godly men, though sin dwelleth in them, yet it hath not peaceable possession, it is as a tyrant in them; Therefore the regenerate part maketh many oppositions, and great resistances; There is praying, watching and fasting against it; They are as solicitous to have it quite expelled, as some were to have Christ cast out the Devils from their possessed friends; otherwise in the natural man original sin prevaileth all over, and there is no noise, no opposition, yea great delight, and content there is in subjection thereunto, so that they resist Grace, and the Spirit of God by the Word, which would subdue sin in them.

Secondly, This expression of sinne dwelling in a man; denoteth, The quiet and peaceable possession it hath in man by nature, it dwels there, as in its own house, nothing to disturb or molest it: Hence it is, That all things are so quiet in a natural man, there is nothing troubles him; he is not disquieted in his conscience; he feeleth no such burden or weight within him, as Paul here complaineth of; so that you would think many civil and natural men in a more holy condition than Paul; They will thank God, They have a good heart, and all is quiet within them; but this is not because original sinne doth not dwell, and live, and work in them, but because they are sensless and stupid, sinne is in its proper place, and so there is no trouble and restlesness in their conscience; Therefore its thy want of experimental discoveries that makes thee question original sinne, otherwise thy own heart would be in stead of all books to thee in this particular. Indeed in godly men, though sinne dwelleth in them, yet it hath not peaceable possession, it is as a tyrant in them; Therefore the regenerate part maketh many oppositions, and great resistances; There is praying, watching and fasting against it; They are as sollicitous to have it quite expelled, as some were to have Christ cast out the Devils from their possessed friends; otherwise in the natural man original sin prevaileth all over, and there is no noise, no opposition, yea great delight, and content there is in subjection thereunto, so that they resist Grace, and the Spirit of God by the Word, which would subdue sinne in them.