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

2. As it is a spiritual loss, so it is an universal loss. The whole world is in a lost state, by losing this Image of God; Every creature hath lost in this universal loss; The earth hath lost its fruitfulness, yea the whole Creation groaneth, and is in bondage, subject to vanity, because of this. Thus all the creatures they lose by it, yea every thing in man loseth; The mind its light, the will its holiness, the affections their order, and the body its soundness and immortality; If all the creatures were turned into tongues, they would proclaim the loss of their primitive glory, and beauty, because of this sin.

2. As it is a spiritual loss, so it is an universal loss. The whole world is in a lost state, by losing this Image of God; Every creature hath lost in this universal losse; The earth hath lost its fruitfulness, yea the whole Creation groaneth, and is in bondage, subject to vanity, because of this. Thus all the creatures they lose by it, yea every thing in man loseth; The mind its light, the will its holiness, the affections their order, and the body its soundness and immortality; If all the creatures were turned into tongues, they would proclaim the loss of their primitive glory, and beauty, because of this sinne.

3. It's not only universal, But it's the cause of all the temporal losses that we have: For death (in which is comprehended all kind of evil) came in upon the loss of this Image; So that if we are sensible of any temporal loss, How much more of this spiritual one, which is the cause and root of all? Therefore is the body pained, therefore it dieth, because this Image of God is lost, therefore do we loose parents and children, therefore is the whole world a valley of tears, because of this loss; If then any private loss be so bitter unto thee, how much more ought this to be, which putteth a sting into all?

3. It's not only universal, But it's the cause of all the temporal losses that we have: For death (in which is comprehended all kind of evil) came in upon the loss of this Image; So that if we are sensible of any temporal loss, How much more of this spiritual one, which is the cause and root of all? Therefore is the body pained, therefore it dieth, because this Image of God is lost, therefore do we loose parents and children, therefore is the whole world a valley of tears, because of this losse; If then any private losse be so bitter unto thee, how much more ought this to be, which putteth a sting into all?