The Confutation.
We contrarily doe thus distinguish of sinne. Sinne in regard of the guilti∣nes of Gods wrath, and also in regard of the punishment togither by one act is taken away in Baptisme: but in regard of that errour and corruption of na∣ture, it is not at the first quite taken away, but successiuely, and by little and lit∣tle it is extinguished; euen as our renouation wrought by the holy Ghost, is by little and little begun and increased in vs. Reasons. I. Paul would not so greatly bewaile his originall sinne, if after Baptisme it ceased any more to bee sinne. I see, saith he, another law in my mēbers, rebelling against the law of my mind, and leading me captiue vnto the lawe of sinne which is in my members. O miserable man •• who shall deliuer me from this body of death? II. Originall sinne, is called a sinne out of measure sinfull. Rom. 7.13. And Heb. 12.1. a sinne that hangeth fast on, or, easily compasseth vs about. III. Concupiscence is the roote of actuall sin; and therefore euen after Baptisme, it must properly be a sin. IV. Vnlesse that concupiscence were a sinne, where would or could be that vehement and hote combate betwixt the flesh and the spirit?