[XXVIII.] What means this passage of his: “He sins not who is born; he sins not who begat him; He sins not who created him. Amidst these intrenchments of innocence, therefore, what are the breaches through which you pretend that sin entered?” Why does he search for a hidden chink when he has an open door? “By one man,” says the apostle; “through the offence of one,” says the apostle; “By one man’s disobedience,” says the apostle. What does he want more? What does he require plainer? What does he expect to be more impressively repeated?
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Quid est quod dicit, «Non peccat iste qui nascitur, non peccat ille qui genuit, non peccat iste qui condidit: per quas rimas inter tot praesidia innocentiae, peccatum fingis ingressum?» Quid quaerit latentem rimam, cum habeat apertissimam januam? Per unum hominem, ait Apostolus; per unius delictum, ait Apostolus; per inobedientiam unius hominis, ait Apostolus. Quid quaerit amplius? quid quaerit apertius? quid quaerit inculcatius?