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Of Man's Second Condition
How is this condition of all now like the Devil? Answer
The Devil is sinfull, naughty; and he is miserable: So every man, every woman, and child, is by nature very Naughty, and miserable (John 8:44; Ephesians 2:2-3; Acts 26:18).
Previous 52. When Adam the first man had sinned by doing naughtily, against what God bad him, yielding to Eve his wife, and to the Devil, more than to God: What was Adams Condition then? And what is now the Condition of every Child, of every Man, and of every Woman by Nature? Next 54. Mans Condition was good at first by Creation: now tis bad by Corruption: What may be your Condition here in this world by Regeneration?