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

In the next place, There is the object matter of this experimental discovery, which in the Greek is something intricate, and hath so tormented Interpreters, that there are eight Expositions given to make the grammatical connection: Yea Erasmus is so bold, that unless we receive the supply of that Ellipsis or defect, he thinketh in Paul's speech which he giveth, that we must confess Paulum balbituri; but as Beza well saith, Erasmus doth ineptire in saying so, our Translators render it smooth enough, I find a Law, and then followeth the specific description of it, for [Greek or Hebrew] is taken many times [Greek or Hebrew], which is this, That when I would do any good, I cannot do it so fully, so perfectly, so freely, because evil [Greek or Hebrew] is present with me; it's adjacent and pressing upon me; it doth not signify a mere presence of sense, but the activity and vigorous motions of it. ⟨p. 93⟩Beza thinketh it an allusion to that which was spoken to Cain, Gen. 4. 7. Sin lieth at the door, it is at hand upon all occasions in the punishment thereof to lay hold on a sinner, howsoever if the simple word [Greek or Hebrew], doth not signify a bare simple nearness, but that which is a burdensome, destructive approximation, as when it's said, Matth. 3. 10. The axe is laid to the root of the tree, [Greek or Hebrew], in the Original, and so also some expound that, 1 Tim. 1. 9. The Law is not made for the righteous, [Greek or Hebrew], as a burden imposed upon him by constraint, for he hath a voluntary principle within; If I say the simple word [Greek or Hebrew] be used so, then much more the compound [Greek or Hebrew], for [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] are called 'Diabolicae praepositiones, because they do so intend the signification; Paul then finds sin always at hand, when his heart is ready to do any good, to pull him back, to press him down, and so he is like the bird tied in a string, which assaying to fly up to heaven immediately is plucked back again; Now this sin thus present, is not actual, habitual, or an accustomed sin; Though Gratius relateth it to the custom of sin, even as he doth (Lib. 2. de Jure belli cap. 12. 26.)

In the next place, There is the object matter of this experimental discovery, which in the Greek is something intricate, and hath so tormented Interpreters, that there are eight Expositions given to make the grammatical connexion: Yea Erasmus is so bold, that unless we receive the supply of that Ellipsis or defect, he thinketh in Paul's speech which he giveth, that we must confess Paulum balbituri; but as Beza well saith, Erasmus doth ineptire in saying so, our Translators render it smooth enough, I find a Law, and then followeth the specifical description of it, for is taken many times , which is this, That when I would do any good, I cannot do it so fully, so perfectly, so freely, because evil is present with me; it's adjacent and pressing upon me; it doth not signifie a meer presence of sense, but the activity and vigorous motions of it.