The great Christian doctrine of original sin defended

If we take these Words with the Context, the whole abundantly proves, that by Nature we are totally corrupt, without any good Thing in us. For if we allow the plain Scope of the Place, without attempting to hide it, by extreme Violence used with the Apostle's Words &Expressions, the Design here is strongly to establish this Point; That what Christians have that is good in them, or in their State, is in no Part of it naturally in themselves, or from themselves, but is wholly from divine Grace, all the Gift of God, and his Workmanship, the Effect of his Power, and free and wonderful Love: None of our good Works are primarily from ourselves, but with respect to 'em all, we are God's Workmanship, created unto good Works, as it were out of Nothing: Not so much as Faith itself, the first Principle of good Works in Christians, is of themselves, but that is the Gift of God. Therefore the Apostle compares the Work of God, in forming Christians to true Virtue and Holiness, not only to a new Creation, but a Resurrection, or raising from the Dead. v. •. You hath he quickened, who were dead in Trespasses and Sins. And again v. 5. Even when we were dead in Sins, hath he quickened us together with Christ. In speaking of Christians being quickened with Christ, the Apostle has Reference to what he had said before, in the latter Part of the foregoing Chapter, of God's manifesting the exceeding Greatness of his Power towards Christian Converts, in their Conversion, ⟨p. 234⟩agreeable to the Operation of his mighty Power, when he raised Christ from the dead. So that it is plain by every thing in this Discourse, the Apostle would signify that by Nature we have no Goodness; but are as destitute of it as a dead Corpse is of Life: And that all Goodness, all good Works, and Faith the Principle of all, are perfectly the Gift of God's Grace, and the Work of his great, almighty and exceeding excellent Power. I think, there can be need of Nothing but reading the Chapter, and minding what is read, to convince all who have common Understanding, of this; whatever any of the most subtle Critics have done, or even can do, to twist, rack, perplex & pervert the Words and Phrases here used.

If we take these Words with the Context, the whole abundantly proves, that by Nature we are totally corrupt, without any good Thing in us. For if we allow the plain Scope of the Place, without attempting to hide it, by extreme Violence used with the Apostle's Words &Expressions, the Design here is strongly to establish this Point; That what Christians have that is good in them, or in their State, is in no Part of it naturally in themselves, or from themselve, but is wholly from divine Grace, all the Gift of God, and his Workmanship, the Effect of his Power, and free and wonderful Love: None of our good Works are primarily from ourselves, but with respect to 'em all, we are God's Workmanship, created unto good Works, as it were out of Nothing: Not so much as Faith itself, the first Principle of good Works in Christians, is of themselves, but that is the Gift of God. Therefore the Apostle compares the Work of God, in forming Christians to true Virtue and Holiness, not only to a new Creation, but a Resurrection, or raising from the Dead. v. . You hath he quicken'd, who were dead in Trespasses and Sins. And again v. 5. Even when we were dead in Sins, hath he quicken'd us together with Christ. In speaking of Christians being quicken'd with Christ, the Apostle has Reference to what he had said before, in the latter Part of the foregoing Chapter, of God's manifesting the exceeding Greatness of his Power towards Christian Converts, in their Conversion,