Sin, the Plague of Plagues

'Tis, saith he, [Greek or Hebrew], sin in the abstract, and that iterated and repeated (as Pharaohs drea• was) for the certainty and assurance of the thing; 'tis sin, 'tis sin, and this sin is [Greek or Hebrew] sinful, or a sinner, nothing else but sinning and sinful sin, 'tis masculinely and vigorously sinful• for though Erasmus conclude this to be the Attic Dialect (viz. the conjunction of this masculine and feminine) yet others think that the Apostle doth dare personam peccato, bring in sin as if it were a person; as v. 17. and 20. 'Tis not I but sin; as if it were a person: unless we may read it thus, as Faius doth, that the [Greek or Hebrew], the sinner might become sin (in the same sense as the objection is made, v. 7. Is the Law sin?) that is, criminal and guilty; However we read it, we are sure of this, that it denotes the malignant, pestilent and pernicious nature and operation of sin, its own name being the worst that can be given it; and yet, as if this were not significant enough, 'tis so [Greek or Hebrew], i. e. supra modum, Era•m. quam maxime, Beza: eximi• Grotius: exceeding, above measure, excessively, or in the highest degree, for an Hyperbole is at ⟨p. 5⟩extraordinary and the highest degree of speaking; 'tis as the Arabic Version hath it, superans excessum; 'tis extremely, and indeed, beyond all expression sinful.

'Tis, saith he, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, sin in the abstract, and that iterated and repeated (as Pharaohs drea• was) for the certainty and assurance of the thing; 'tis sin, 'tis sin, and this sin is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 sinful, or a sinner, nothing else but sinning and sinful sin, 'tis masculinely and vigorously sinful• for though Erasmus conclude this to be the Attick Dialect (viz. the conjunction of this masculine and feminine) yet others think that the Apostle doth dare personam peccato, bring in sin as if it were a person; as v. 17. and 20. 'Tis not I but sin; as if it were a person: unless we may read it thus, as Faius doth, that the , the sinner might become sin (in the same sense as the objection is made, v. 7. Is the Law sin?) that is, criminal and guilty; However we read it, we are sure of this, that it denotes the malignant, pestilent and pernicious nature and operation of sin, its own name being the worst that can be given it; and yet, as if this were not significant enough, 'tis so , i. e. supra modum, Eram. quam maxime, Beza: eximi Grotius: exceeding, above measure, excessively, or in the highest degree, for an Hyperbole is at