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

How Original Sin resembles a Treasure.

How Original Sinne resembles a Treasure.

First, A treasure hath fullness and abundance. A poor man that hath only money enough to discharge his daily expenses, is not said to have a treasure, for that denoteth abundance, more than enough: Thus is original sin deservedly called a treasure, because it's a fullness of wickedness: As in Christ the treasures of wisdom are said to be in him, Col. 2. 3. So in every man, there is a treasure of folly and wickedness; so that every man is rich enough to sin, let him be never so poor, never so straitened, not a morsel of meat to eat, not a farthing to buy any thing with, yet he hath a rich heart, a full heart to sin, he is never destitute of plenty and power to do that; which consideration should greatly humble thee to think, in stead of that good treasure, which God once put into my heart, being throughly furnished with every grace; now there is a treasure of evil; now darkness is where all that light was; evil, and nothing but evil, where all that good was; Though thou art a rich man, and a great man, glorying in thy treasures of wealth, yet the treasures of evil in thy heart, may make thee fear and tremble.

FIrst, A treasure hath fulness and abundance. A poor man that hath only money enough to discharge his daily expences, is not said to have a treasure, for that denoteth abundance, more than enough: Thus is original sinne deservedly called a treasure, because it's a fulness of wickedness: As in Christ the treasures of wisdom are said to be in him, Col. 2. 3. So in every man, there is a treasure of folly and wickedness; so that every man is rich enough to sinne, let him be never so poor, never so straitned, not a morsel of meat to eat, not a farthing to buy any thing with, yet he hath a rich heart, a full heart to sinne, he is never destitute of plenty and power to do that; which consideration should greatly humble thee to think, in stead of that good treasure, which God once put into my heart, being throughly furnished with every grace; now there is a treasure of evil; now darkness is where all that light was; evil, and nothing but evil, where all that good was; Though thou art a rich man, and a great man, glorying in thy treasures of wealth, yet the treasures of evil in thy heart, may make thee fear and tremble.