Wesley Corpus

iii. 17, 19,) was not; neither does all that sentence, in fact, “come upon all men.” “Unto dust shalt thou return,” does come upon all; but that other part does not,-“In sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.” This was formally pronounced, and actually fulfilled upon Adam; but it is not fulfilled upon all his posterity. 10. You affirm: (3) “These words, in the 19th verse, “As by one man's disobedience many were made sinners,” mean the same as those in the 18th,--“As by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation.’” (Page 30.) Not exactly the same. The being “made sinners” is different from the being judged, condemned, or punished as such. You subjoin: “But these words, “By the offence of one judgment came upon all men to conden nation, answer in sense to those, (verse 17,) “By one man’s offence death reigned by one.’” (Ibid.) Neither is this exactly true. “Condemnation” came first; and in consequence of this, “death reigned.” You add: “And by “death’ most cer tainly is intended no other than temporal death.” Most certainly this cannot be proved. Therefore it does not fol low, “that these words, “By one man's disobedience many were made sinners,” mean no more than, “By one man’s dis obedience’ mankind were made subject to temporal death.” “Review,” you say, “this reasoning, and see if you can find any flaw in it.” There are several; but the grand flaw lies in the very first link of the chain. You have not yet proved that “death throughout this passage means only the death of the body.” This flaw is not amended by your observing that St.