"In original sin there is something privative, and something positive.
"Something privative. We have lost that excellent quintessential frame of soul which once we had. Sin has cut the lock of original purity, where our strength lay.
"Something positive. Original sin has contaminated and defiled our virgin nature. It was death among the Romans to poison the springs. Original sin has poisoned the spring of our nature. It has turned beauty into leprosy; it has turned the azure brightness of our souls into midnight darkness.
"Original sin has become co-natural to us. A man by nature cannot but sin; though there were no devil to tempt, no bad examples to imitate, yet there is such an innate principle in him that he cannot forbear sinning. . . . In original sin there is:
"An aversion from good. Man has a desire to be happy, yet opposes that which should promote his happiness. He has a disgust of holiness, he hates to be reformed. Since we fell from God, we have no mind to return to Him."
