A65285:619
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Adam was the Head of Mankind, and he being guilty, we are guilty, as the Children of a Traitor have their Blood stained: Omnes unus ille Adam fuerunt, Aug. All of us, saith Austin, sinned in Adam, because we were part of Adam.
Adam was the Head of Mankind, and he being guilty, we are guilty, as the Children of a Traytor have their Blood stained: Omnes unus ille Adam fuerunt, Aug. All of us, saith Austin, sinn'd in Adam, because we were part of Adam.
Object. If when Adam fell, all Mankind fell with him, why then when one Angel fell, did not all Fall?
Resp. The Case is not the same. The Angels had no relation to one another; they are called Morning Stars; the Stars have no dependence one upon another. But it is otherwise with us, we are in Adam's loins; as a Child is a Branch of the Parent, we were part of Adam, therefore he sinning, we sinned.
Resp. The Case is not the same. The Angels had no relation to one another; they are called Morning Stars; the Stars have no dependance one upon another. But it is otherwise with us, we are in Adam's loins; as a Child is a Branch of the Parent, we were part of Adam, therefore he sinning, we sinned.