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A30247 A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is, by pregnant texts of Scripture vindicated from false glosses / by Anthony Burgess. Burgess, Anthony, d. 1664. 1658 (1658) Wing B5660; ESTC R36046 726,398 610

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state_n but_o i_o press_v not_o these_o thing_n now_o although_o the_o habit_n of_o justify_v faith_n and_o repentance_n be_v in_o adam_n yet_o we_o can_v say_v they_o be_v in_o the_o angel_n or_o in_o christ_n because_o these_o be_v in_o a_o condition_n that_o do_v repugn_v the_o very_a habit_n of_o such_o act_n as_o well_o as_o the_o act_n themselves_o thus_o by_o these_o rule_v we_o see_v there_o be_v no_o kind_n of_o grace_n imaginable_a but_o adam_n soul_n be_v adorn_v with_o it_o one_o way_n or_o other_o oh_o then_o take_v up_o bitter_a lamentation_n and_o like_o rachel_n refuse_v to_o be_v comfort_v because_o our_o loss_n be_v unspeakable_o great_a than_o she_o there_o remain_v not_o one_o grace_n of_o those_o glorious_a one_o mention_v now_o in_o we_o and_o in_o stead_n of_o a_o power_n to_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a we_o have_v a_o utter_a impotency_n thereunto_o and_o a_o proneness_n unto_o evil_n but_o you_o may_v ask_v object_n how_o can_v original_a six_o be_v say_v to_o consist_v in_o this_o privation_n of_o original_a righteousness_n see_v that_o seem_v to_o be_v god_n act_n to_o deprive_v we_o of_o it_o and_o not_o we_o to_o this_o the_o answer_n be_v answ_n that_o we_o be_v not_o to_o conceive_v of_o god_n take_v away_o this_o righteousness_n from_o we_o as_o if_o one_o man_n shall_v spoil_v another_o of_o his_o garment_n but_o man_n by_o sin_v do_v exclude_v and_o shut_v it_o out_o from_o his_o soul_n and_o have_v thus_o provoke_v god_n than_o god_n do_v not_o continue_v and_o vouchsafe_v that_o grace_n to_o he_o which_o adam_n have_v thus_o repel_v so_o that_o god_n be_v not_o as_o a_o efficient_a infuse_v wickedness_n into_o adam_n heart_n but_o he_o deny_v that_o holiness_n to_o he_o which_o by_o sin_n be_v repel_v as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v shut_v out_o the_o light_n from_o he_o and_o keep_v himself_o in_o the_o dark_a but_o i_o have_v speak_v more_o full_o already_o to_o this_o objection_n chap._n xiii_o reason_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o privation_n of_o original_a righteousness_n be_v true_o and_o proper_o a_o sin_n in_o we_o sect_n i._o i_o shall_v add_v that_o there_o be_v four_o reason_n why_o this_o privation_n of_o original_a righteousness_n be_v true_o and_o proper_o a_o sin_n in_o we_o and_o first_o because_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o subject_a fit_a and_o prepare_v for_o to_o receive_v this_o righteousness_n this_o rectitude_n you_o hear_v be_v a_o moral_a perfection_n necessary_o require_v in_o man_n the_o soul_n of_o a_o man_n can_v be_v in_o a_o neutral_a condition_n it_o must_v either_o have_v holiness_n or_o sin_n in_o it_o as_o the_o air_n do_v necessary_o receive_v either_o light_n or_o darkness_n the_o body_n be_v either_o sick_a or_o well_o if_o then_o the_o soul_n be_v such_o a_o fit_a and_o capable_a subject_n of_o holiness_n when_o it_o be_v deprive_v of_o it_o it_o want_v that_o which_o be_v suitable_a and_o connatural_a to_o it_o insomuch_o that_o for_o the_o soul_n to_o be_v without_o this_o holiness_n it_o be_v against_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o why_o shall_v such_o a_o spot_n and_o a_o blemish_n be_v in_o so_o glorious_a a_o creature_n how_o come_v spot_n in_o this_o sun_n as_o idolater_n be_v condemn_v because_o they_o turn_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n into_o the_o image_n of_o a_o beast_n that_o eat_v hay_n no_o less_o be_v do_v by_o adam_n apostasy_n upon_o we_o all_o for_o we_o who_o be_v make_v god_n image_n be_v now_o become_v like_o beast_n without_o understanding_n and_o yet_o this_o consideration_n will_v not_o debase_v and_o humble_v we_o second_o this_o privation_n be_v a_o sin_n because_o it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o god_n which_o require_v habitual_a holiness_n in_o we_o it_o require_v the_o continuance_n in_o that_o state_n which_o god_n create_v we_o in_o this_o definition_n of_o original_a sin_n that_o it_o be_v a_o privation_n of_o that_o rectitude_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v in_o we_o be_v first_o assign_v by_o anselm_n and_o occam_n think_v it_o insufficient_a unless_o there_o be_v add_v 〈◊〉_d the_o description_n a_o privation_n arise_v from_o the_o sin_n of_o another_o because_o say_v he_o adam_n upon_o his_o sin_n lose_v this_o righteousness_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v in_o he_o yet_o we_o can_v say_v he_o have_v original_a sin_n because_o it_o do_v not_o arise_v from_o a_o sin_n of_o another_o but_o from_o his_o own_o transgression_n this_o be_v a_o needless_a subtlety_n for_o it_o be_v original_a sin_n in_o adam_n yea_o and_o in_o eve_n though_o they_o do_v not_o derive_v it_o from_o one_o another_o because_o they_o do_v active_o communicate_v this_o unto_o all_o their_o posterity_n this_o privation_n then_o of_o all_o glorious_a holiness_n be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o god_n as_o we_o have_v former_o show_v therefore_o it_o make_v a_o man_n true_o sinful_a three_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n because_o adam_n our_o head_n and_o common_a trust_n once_o have_v this_o righteousness_n so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o righteousness_n which_o we_o be_v once_o actual_o possess_v of_o in_o our_o head_n god_n do_v not_o only_o say_v let_v we_o make_v man_n after_o our_o image_n but_o he_o do_v put_v it_o into_o execution_n he_o do_v make_v he_o after_o his_o image_n so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o righteousness_n that_o we_o once_o have_v which_o now_o we_o have_v lose_v last_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n because_o by_o adam_n our_o head_n we_o be_v deprive_v of_o it_o the_o apostle_n say_v positive_o rom._n 5_o that_o by_o one_o sin_n come_v upon_o all_o inasmuch_o as_o all_o have_v sin_v viz._n in_o he_o and_o by_o he_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o his_o lose_n of_o this_o image_n be_v our_o lose_n of_o it_o as_o real_o as_o if_o we_o have_v actual_o and_o personal_o deprive_v ourselves_o of_o it_o and_o thus_o much_o shall_v suffice_v for_o the_o doctrinal_a part_n of_o it_o but_o because_o it_o be_v good_a to_o have_v our_o affection_n wrought_v upon_o as_o well_o as_o our_o judgement_n inform_v the_o next_o work_n shall_v be_v to_o give_v the_o aggravation_n of_o this_o loss_n that_o so_o we_o may_v make_v a_o full_a improvement_n of_o this_o truth_n chap._n fourteen_o the_o aggravation_n of_o our_o loss_n of_o god_n image_n sect_n i._o i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o text_n with_o that_o particular_a observation_n about_o it_o that_o relate_v to_o the_o privative_a part_n in_o original_a corruption_n for_o we_o have_v abbreviate_v that_o vast_a and_o large_a subject_n of_o original_a righteousness_n into_o a_o little_a compass_n brief_o inform_v concern_v the_o nature_n of_o it_o for_o howsoever_o epiphanius_n as_o pererius_n and_o suarez_n say_v think_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o any_o to_o determine_v wherein_o the_o image_n of_o god_n do_v consist_v yet_o paul_n do_v sufficient_o explain_v moses_n in_o this_o particular_a so_o that_o we_o need_v not_o run_v to_o those_o force_a exposition_n of_o some_o who_o will_v have_v man_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o bodily_a constitution_n to_o bear_v the_o image_n of_o god_n therefore_o some_o say_v god_n do_v assume_v a_o humane_a shape_n and_o in_o that_o do_v make_v man_n whereby_o man_n in_o a_o bodily_a manner_n be_v make_v after_o his_o image_n other_o that_o it_o be_v so_o say_v let_v we_o make_v man_n after_o our_o own_o image_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n who_o be_v in_o time_n to_o be_v make_v man_n for_o we_o have_v already_o hear_v that_o it_o be_v righteousness_n and_o holiness_n in_o the_o soul_n which_o make_v man_n to_o be_v after_o god_n image_n so_o that_o the_o image_n of_o god_n be_v not_o in_o the_o body_n but_o as_o in_o sign_n a_o sign_n and_o demonstration_n of_o that_o image_n in_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v true_a christ_n
their_o account_n and_o upon_o exact_a consideration_n do_v conclude_v this_o be_v the_o sum_n but_o what_o be_v that_o he_o have_v prove_v even_o that_o all_o be_v under_o sin_n not_o only_o actual_a for_o many_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o those_o actual_a sin_n he_o enumerate_v but_o under_o a_o state_n of_o sin_n they_o can_v not_o avoid_v it_o because_o of_o the_o corrupt_a nature_n they_o bring_v with_o they_o into_o the_o world_n therefore_o contzer_n the_o jesuit_n comment_n in_o rom._n cap._n 3._o quaest_n 3._o make_v this_o question_n how_o the_o apostle_n can_v affirm_v those_o follow_a sin_n reckon_v by_o the_o apostle_n of_o all_o man_n after_o he_o have_v give_v several_a interpretation_n conclude_v that_o that_o be_v the_o best_a exposition_n and_o most_o consonant_a to_o the_o text_n as_o also_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o most_o apt_a to_o resell_v heresy_n which_o understand_v it_o of_o all_o man_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o nature_n and_o original_n and_o by_o their_o work_n be_v make_v more_o sinful_a for_o see_v all_o be_v under_o original_a sin_n and_o by_o nature_n child_n of_o wrath_n when_o by_o age_n they_o can_v actual_o sin_n they_o stir_v up_o this_o hereditary_a evil_n in_o they_o that_o there_o be_v none_o righteous_a neither_o the_o jew_n by_o the_o moysaicall_a law_n nor_o the_o gentile_a by_o the_o heathen_a law_n thus_o even_o a_o jesuit_n which_o may_v exceed_o shame_v our_o britannus_n coluber_fw-la as_o pelagius_n of_o old_a be_v call_v and_o may_v be_v transmit_v to_o such_o who_o be_v guilty_a of_o pelagius_n his_o error_n by_o imitation_n now_o that_o this_o exposition_n give_v be_v most_o consonant_a to_o the_o apostle_n scope_n be_v plain_a because_o if_o he_o do_v not_o so_o conclude_v by_o his_o disputation_n that_o every_o one_o natural_o not_o one_o except_v be_v thus_o under_o sin_n than_o such_o exempt_v one_o will_v not_o need_v justification_n by_o christ_n therefore_o observe_v at_o vers_n 19_o how_o universal_o he_o express_v himself_o that_o every_o mouth_n may_v be_v stop_v it_o be_v take_v from_o a_o guilty_a malefactor_n who_o fault_n be_v so_o evident_o prove_v that_o he_o can_v tell_v what_o to_o say_v he_o be_v condemn_v in_o his_o own_o conscience_n and_o thus_o ought_v every_o one_o to_o be_v partly_o by_o scripture_n and_o partly_o by_o experience_n so_o full_o convince_v of_o his_o native-pollution_n and_o sinfulness_n that_o he_o can_v in_o the_o least_o manner_n boast_v of_o himself_o attribute_v any_o thing_n to_o his_o own_o power_n or_o complain_v of_o god_n the_o metaphor_n be_v either_o from_o a_o beast_n that_o have_v a_o muzzle_n or_o bridle_v put_v in_o his_o mouth_n or_o as_o chrysostom_n from_o the_o torrent_n and_o stream_n of_o water_n which_o run_v violent_o be_v damn_v up_o and_o this_o denote_v how_o ready_o and_o impetuous_o a_o man_n be_v carry_v out_o to_o justify_v himself_o to_o deny_v any_o such_o original_a pollution_n to_o quarrel_v and_o expostulate_v with_o god_n so_o that_o this_o be_v god_n end_n in_o suffer_v mankind_n to_o fall_v into_o this_o condemn_a estate_n even_o to_o stop_v man_n mouth_n to_o convince_v they_o to_o humble_v they_o how_o inexcusable_a be_v those_o who_o from_o this_o very_a dispensation_n do_v take_v occasion_n to_o open_v their_o mouth_n and_o to_o plead_v the_o more_o pertinacious_o for_o themselves_o the_o other_o general_a expression_n be_v no_o less_o observable_a that_o all_o the_o world_n may_v become_v guilty_a before_o god_n oh_o the_o impudence_n of_o those_o forehead_n that_o dare_v plead_v not_o guilty_a as_o to_o a_o considerable_a part_n of_o the_o world_n but_o this_o of_o the_o apostle_n be_v a_o very_a thunderbolt_n for_o the_o expression_n be_v take_v from_o the_o malefactor_n who_o be_v find_v guilty_a and_o so_o lie_v at_o the_o mercy_n of_o the_o judge_n if_o he_o look_v upon_o his_o own_o demerit_n he_o can_v expect_v nothing_o but_o condemnation_n how_o happy_a be_v it_o if_o such_o who_o abound_v in_o disputation_n for_o man_n innocency_n by_o nature_n will_v at_o last_o turn_v it_o into_o holy_a accusation_n confess_v themselves_o guilty_a justify_v god_n and_o go_v out_o of_o themselves_o for_o if_o they_o be_v any_o of_o this_o world_n they_o must_v acknowledge_v themselves_o in_o this_o guilt_n which_o be_v not_o only_o actual_a but_o original_a also_o hence_o at_o vers_n 23._o all_o be_v say_v to_o come_v short_a of_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n by_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n some_o mean_a eternal_a life_n the_o glory_n god_n will_v bestow_v upon_o we_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v from_o those_o who_o run_v in_o a_o race_n and_o fall_v short_a of_o the_o victory_n be_v leave_v behind_o by_o those_o who_o outrun_v they_o and_o this_o word_n signify_v how_o that_o man_n while_o by_o their_o natural_a strength_n they_o labour_v and_o run_v and_o weary_a themselves_o expect_v to_o obtain_v happiness_n all_o be_v but_o in_o 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