A body of divinity - Watson - X - Covenant of works, sin & Adam's sin

Required reading
A body of divinity by Thomas Watson (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read '1. The covenant of works', '2. Sin' and '3. Adam's sin'.

My summary
This week we begin a new section on the fall.

Firstly we learn about God's covenant of works.  Namely that:
(i) this covenant was made with Adam and all mankind;
(ii) the covenant was working, very strict, not built upon a very firm basis and ended with man in a deplorable condition.

Secondly Watson teaches us about sin.  Sin:
(i) originated with Satan;
(ii) is evil in the nature of it;
(iii) is seen as evil in the price paid for it - the blood of God;
(iv) is evil in its effects.

Thirdly we hear about Adam's sin, from which is implied:
(i) that our first parents fell from their estate of innocence;
(ii) the sin by which our first parents fell was eating the forbidden fruit.

What grabbed me
Watson included an excellent section demonstrating all the sins that were tied with eating the forbidden fruit. 

And then he made this great conclusion: 'One sin may have many sins in it. We are apt to have slight thoughts of sin, and say it is but a little one. How many sins were in Adam’s sin! Oh take heed of any sin! As in one volume there may be many works bound up, so there may be many sins in one sin.'

We are fooling ourselves if we think that we've only committed one sin at any given point.  One sin brings many, many friends with it.

Next week's reading
Read '4. Original sin' and '5. Man's misery by the fall'.

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.