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

Thirdly, In that evil is said to be present with us, here is denoted the continual assaulting and vigorous acting of it at all times. Though original sin be not an actual sin, yet it is an active sin; Hence Paul attributeth such actions to it, as if it were some mighty, imperious and conquering tyrant, he saith, it doth [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew], It warreth against him, it leadeth him into captivity; Do not then think this sin hath a mere bare sluggish presence, is if it lay asleep in thee? No, it is daily assaulting thee, it's continually pulling thee down; As the heart and pulse are in continual motion, thus is original sin within thee; Therefore our imaginations are not only said to be only evil (Gen. 6. 5.) but also continually; Thy soul never acteth, but it acteth sinfully and corruptly. It is true, while men are in their natural estate, They are dead in sin, and so they find not, feel not these stirrings, neither do they groan under them, but there are innumerable Myriads of sinful motions in thee to sin, though thou doest not apprehend them; As a man shut up in a dark dungeon full of Toads and noisome vermin, he seeth nothing, till light come into the place, and then he trembleth, being afraid to stay there any longer; such a loathsome dungeon is every mans heart naturally: Oh the atheism, vanity, wickedness that is bound up therein, but thou dost not know or believe any such thing, because dead in sin.

Thirdly, In that evil is said to be present with us, here is denoted the continual assaulting and vigorous acting of it at all times. Though original sinne be not an actual sinne, yet it is an active sinne; Hence Paul attributeth such actions to it, as if it were some mighty, imperious and conquering tyrant, he saith, it doth 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, It warreth against him, it leadeth him into captivity; Do not then think this sinne hath a meer bare sluggish presence, is if it lay asleep in thee? No, it is daily assaulting thee, it's continually pulling thee down; As the heart and pulse are in continual motion, thus is original sin within thee; Therefore our imaginations are not only said to be only evil (Gen. 6. 5.) but also continually; Thy soul never acteth, but it acteth sinfully and corruptly. It is true, while men are in their natural estate, They are dead in sinne, and so they find not, feel not these stirrings, neither do they groan under them, but there are innumerable Myriads of sinfull motions in thee to sinne, though thou doest not apprehend them; As a man shut up in a dark dungeon full of Toads and noisom vermin, he seeth nothing, till light come into the place, and then he trembleth, being afraid to stay there any longer; such a loathsom dungeon is every mans heart naturally: Oh the atheism, vanity, wickedness that is bound up therein, but thou dost not know or believe any such thing, because dead in sin.