Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
I. Original sin is the depravation of man’s nature, contracted and drawn from the very generation it self, and derived from Adam into all mankind; consisting of the privation or want of original righteousness, and the proneness to evil.
II. These two things, to wit, the privation or want of original righteousness, and the inclinableness to evil, are in original sin. For as sickness is not only a privation of health, but also an evil affection of the body from the distemper of the humours: so this hereditary blot, is not only the want of righteousness, but also the inclinableness to unrighteousness. ...
For more, see Pierre Du Moulin on original sin and the inclination to evil.
II. These two things, to wit, the privation or want of original righteousness, and the inclinableness to evil, are in original sin. For as sickness is not only a privation of health, but also an evil affection of the body from the distemper of the humours: so this hereditary blot, is not only the want of righteousness, but also the inclinableness to unrighteousness. ...
For more, see Pierre Du Moulin on original sin and the inclination to evil.