, and irreferable to time. Thus Origen calls it neither hereditary nor original, but universal sin. The curse of Adam is common to all men, because what Adam did, we all do: and thus of Eve. You may substitute any woman in her place, and the same words apply. This is the true solution of this unfortunate question. The
is in the dividing the will from the acts of the will. The will is
ego-agens
.
Ib.
s. lxxxii. p. 52.
This paragraph, though very characteristic of the Author, is fitter for a comedy than for a grave discourse. It puts one in mind of the play — "More sacks in the mill! Heap, boys, heap!"
Ib.
s. lxxxiv. p. 56.