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The plain mans path-way to heaven
The plain mans path-way to heaven wherein every man may clearly see whether he shall be saved or damned. / Set forth dialogue-wise for the better understanding of the simple, by Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.
London: printed by Ja. Young for G. Lathum, 1643
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Phil. From whence cometh it that all men are born in so woeful a case?
Phil. From whence cometh it that all men are born in so wofull a case?
Theol. From the fall of Adam, who thereby hath not only wrapped himself, but all his posterity in extreme and unspeakable misery, as the Apostle saith: By one mans disobedience many were made sinners. And, By the offence of one, the fault came on all men to condemnation, Rom. 5.1.
Theol. From the fall of Adam, who thereby hath not onely wrapt himselfe, but all his posterity in extreme and unspeakable misery, as the Apostle saith: By one mans disobedience many were made sinners. And, By the offence of one, the fault came on all men to condemnation, Rom. 5.1.
Phil. What reason is there that we all should thus be punished for another mans offence?
Theol. Because we were then all in him, and are now all of him: that is, we are so descended out of his loins, that of him we have not only received our natural and corrupt bodies, but also by propagation have inherited his foul corruptions, as it were by hereditary right.