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

Thirdly, The word doth denote permanency, and a fixed abode in us; it is not for a night, or year, but our whole life dwelling in us: So that sin is not in a mans heart, as a pilgrim, as a stranger that is presently to remove, but it hath taken up a fixed abode in us, here it dwells, and here it will dwell, you see our holy Apostle sadly complaining of this inseparability of it from him, as long as he l• veth; Actual sins they are committed, and so pass away, yea when pardoned, it is as if they had never been; but original sin is like Samson's hair, though cut it will grow again, and be as strong as ever, till it be plucked up by the roots.

Thirdly, The word doth denote permanency, and a fixed abode in us; it is not for a night, or year, but our whole life dwelling in us: So that sinne is not in a mans heart, as a pilgrim, as a stranger that is presently to remove, but it hath taken up a fixed abode in us, here it dwels, and here it will dwell, you see our holy Apostle sadly complaining of this inseparability of it from him, as long as he l• veth; Actual sinnes they are committed, and so passe away, yea when pardoned, it is as if they had never been; but original sinne is like Samson's hair, though cut it will grow again, and be as strong as ever, till it be plucked up by the roots.

Fourthly, In this expression is denoted the latency also, and security of it, it dwells in us, and it's called, The Law in our members. The chief actings and stirrings of it are in the inward man; Therefore it is that the natural man, the Pharisaical and hypocritical man know nothing of it; Paul while a Pharisee, and so zealous against gross sin, abounding in external obedience, yet knew not lust to be a sin, neither was he so sensible of such a load and burden within him.

Fourthly, In this expression is denoted the latency also, and security of it, it dwels in us, and it's called, The Law in our members. The chief actings and stirrings of it are in the inward man; Therefore it is that the natural man, the Pharisaical and hypocritical man know nothing of it; Paul while a Pharisee, and so zealous against grosse sinne, abounding in external obedience, yet knew not lust to be a sinne, neither was he so sensible of such a load and burden within him.