Death passed upon all
Man did disobey God. He ate of the tree of which God commanded him, saying, You shall not eat of it. And in that day he was condemned by the righteous judgment of God. Then also the sentence of which he was warned before began to take place upon him. For the moment he tasted that fruit, he died. His soul died, and was separated from God, apart from whom the soul has no more life than the body has when separate from the soul.
His body likewise became corruptible and mortal, so that death then took hold on this also. And being already dead in spirit, dead to God, dead in sin, he hastened on to death everlasting, to the destruction of both body and soul, in the fire never to be quenched.
Thus, by one man, sin entered into the world, and death by sin. And so death passed upon all men, as being contained in him who was the common father and representative of us all. Thus, through the offense of one, all are dead, dead to God, dead in sin, dwelling in a corruptible, mortal body, shortly to be dissolved, and under the sentence of death eternal. For as by one man's disobedience all were made sinners, so by that offense of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation. Romans 5:12ff.
1771 text
5. Man did disobey God. He ate of the tree, of which God commanded him, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it. And in that day he was condemn’d, by the righteous judgment of God. Then also the sentence whereof he was warned before, began to take place upon him. For the moment he tasted that fruit, he died: his soul died, was separated from God; separate from whom the soul has no more life, than the body has when separate from the soul. His body likewise became corruptible and mortal; so that death then took hold on this also. And being already dead in spirit, dead to God, dead in sin, he hastened on to death everlasting; to the destruction both of body and soul, in the fire never to be quenched.
6. Thus by one man, sin entered into the world, and death by sin. And so death passed upon all men, as being contained in him who was the common father and representative of us all. Thus through the offence of one, all are dead, dead to God, dead in sin, dwelling in a corruptible, mortal body, shortly to be dissolved, and under the sentence of death eternal. For as by one man’s disobedience, all were made sinners; so by that offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation, Rom. v. 12, &c.
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Sermon 5 in the 1771 Works. Romans 4:5.
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