146 Eight PROPOSITIONS. I. There is original sin. II. Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam, as the III. Original sin is the fault of every man that naturally is in- IV. Original sin is (also) the corruption of the nature of every man that naturally is ingendred of the offspring of Adam. V. As original sin is the fault and corruption of the nature of every VI. Original sin, in every person born into this world, deserveth VII. This infection of nature doth remain, yea, in them that are regenerated, whereby the lusts of the flesh, called in Greek opóvnμa σapkos, which some do expound the wisdom, some sensuality, some the affection, some the desire of the flesh, is not subject to the law of GOD. VIII. Although there is no condemnation to them that believe and are baptized, yet the Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin. PROP. I. There is original sin. 1. The Testimony of Reason. Human laws taint the children of traitors. Im Natural laws. Transmission of disease, mental and bodily; of 2. Divine Testimony. A. Old Testament. Ps. li. 5, "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."-See also Gen. iii. 4, 17; vi. 5; viii. 21. Job ix. 12; xiv. 4; xv. 14; xxv. 4. Ps. xiv. 2, 3; li. 9, 14; lviii. 3; cvi. 6. Isa. xlviii. 8. Jer. xvii. 9. Eccles. ix. 3. B. New Testament. John iii. 6, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh."-See also Rom. v. 12, 15, 16, 19; vii. 18. 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22. Ephes. ii. 1-4. James i. 14. 1 Pet. ii. 11. 3. Human Testimony. A. Heathen.' B. Jews. See 2 Esdras iii. 21; iv. 30; vii. 46. C. Christians. a. Fathers. Tertul. de Anim. c. xl. 66 Carthage, A.D. 412; see August. De Peccat. Orig. c. Confessions. 1 Helvetic, Art. viii. 2 Helvetic, c. viii. Basil, Art. ii. Bohemian, c. iv. Gallican, Arts. v. ix. xi. Belgic, Art. xv. Augsburg, Art. i. Saxon, Art. ii. Wirtemburg, c. iv. Scotland, Art. iii. Westminster, c. vi. PROP. II. Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk). 1 Hesiod. "Epy. 238, ed. Gaisford, 258. πολλάκι καὶ ξύμπασα πόλις κακοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀπηύρα. ὄφρ' ἀποτίσῃ δῆμος ατασθαλίας βασιλέων, οἳ λυγρὰ νοεῦντες ἄλλῃ παρακλίνουσι δίκας, σκολιῶς ἐνέποντες. Hor. Ep. 1. ii. 14, Quicquid delirant reges, plectuntur Archivi. See also Carm. iii. vi. 1, 18, 19, 33, 48. Cic. Tusc. lib. III. c. i. p. 157, ed. Dav, 2 See Stapfer. Theolog. Polem. tom. III. pp. 36, 37. Ainsworth on Gen. viii. 2. Poole's Synops. in Ps. li. 5. 1. Divine Testimony. Rom. v. 14. "Death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression." 2. Human Testimony. Confessions. Gallican, Art. x. Belgic, Art. xv. 2 Helvetic, c. viii. PROP. III. Original sin is the fault of the nature of every man that naturally is ingendred of the offspring of Adam. 1. The Testimony of Reason. Because all mankind were not only represented by Adam but contained in him. Heb. vii. 9, 10. 2. Divine Testimony. Rom. v. 12. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."-See also Rom. v. 14-19; vi. 23. 1 Cor. xv. 22. Heb. vii. 9, 10. 3. Human Testimony. A. Fathers. "An Cyprian. Epist. Ixiv. (Pamel. 59) ad Fidum. infant ought not to be prohibited, who being but just born has committed no sin, but that which he has contracted as born according to Adam. Who himself comes more readily to receive the remission of sins, because not his own, but another's sins are remitted to him."-See also Tertull. de Test. Anim. c. iii.; adv. Marc. lib. I. c. xxii. De Jejun. c. iii. Orig. in Epist. ad Rom. lib. v. cont. Cels. lib. vII. p. 365, ed. Cant. Athan. cont. Arrian. Orat. i. 51. August. lib. iv. ad Bonif. c. v. Vincent. adv. Hæret. c. xxxiv. B. Confessions. Augsburg, Art. ii. Saxon, Art. ii. Wirtemburg, c. iv. Westminster, c. vi. § 3. PROP. IV. Original sin' is also the corruption of the nature of every man that naturally is ingendred of the offspring of Adam. 3 The Council of Basil defined and declared that the blessed Virgin Mary was never really subject to original sin, but was always void of all original and 1. Divine Testimony. Job. xiv. 4, "Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one."-See also Gen. vi. Deut. xxix. 18, 19. 1 Kings viii. 46. 5; viii. 21. 2 Chron. vi. 36. Job ix. 2; xv. 14-16; xxv. 4. Ps. B. New Testament. Ephes. ii. 3, "Among whom also we 2. Human Testimony. A. Heathens.* actual fault. See Concil. Basil. Labb. et Cossart. Sess. xxxvI. tom. xii. Cols. 622, 623. Council of Trent, Sess. v. "However the same holy synod declareth, that it is not its intention to comprehend in this decree, where original sin is treated of, the blessed and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God." 4 Theognis, 615. οὐδένα παμπήδην ἀγαθὸν καὶ μέτριον ἄνδρα τῶν νῦν ἀνθρώπων ἠέλιος καθορᾷ. Simonidis, Fr. V. apud Brunck, Gnom. Poet. p. 137, Hor. Sat. 1. iii. 68. Vitiis nemo sine nascitur; optimus ille est, Qui minimis urgetur. See Epist. 1. x. 24, 25. Ovid. Amor. lib. 111. El. iv. 17. Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata. Idem, Met. iii. 566. Acrior admonitu est, irritaturque retenta Et crescit rabies; remoraminaque ipsa nocebant. Unicuique dedit vitium natura creato.-Propert. 1. xviii. 17. Sed trahit invitam nova vis: aliudque cupido, B. Fathers. Cyprian de Jejun. et Tentat. p. 35, "There were also before CHRIST illustrious men, prophets and priests. But being conceived and born in sins, they wanted neither original nor personal guilt."-See also Test. ad Quirin. lib. III. c. liv. Epist. ad Fidum, p. 161. Tertull. De Exhort. Castit. c. ii. De Pudicit. c. vi. Præscript. Hær. Origen. in Lev. Hom. xii. 4. Basil in Ps. xxxii. c. iii. vol. 1. p. 174. Ambros. in Tob. c. ix. August. cont. Jul. Pelag. vol. x. 1. vi. 79. Serm. 10 de Verbis Apostol. C. Confessions. 2 Helvetic, c. viii. Gallican, Art. x. Bohemian, c. iv. Augsburg, Art. ii. Saxon, Art. ii. Wirtemburg, c. iv. Belgic, Art. xv. Westminster, c. vi. § 3. PROP. V. As original sin is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man that naturally is ingendred of the offspring of Adam, (so) thereby man is very far gone from original righteousness and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit. 1. The Testimony of Reason. Observation and experience that all men sin. Reason infers the existence of a proneness in man's nature to sin. 2. Divine Testimony. A. Old Testament. Eccles. vii. 29, "Lo, this only have I found, that GOD hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions."-See also Gen i. 27; iii. 6, 7. Job xxi. 14; xxii. 17; xxiv. 13. Ps. li. 21; xcv. 10. Isa. i. 3, 4; xliv. 17, 18. Jer. iv. 22; vi. 10. B. New Testament. Gal. v. 17, "For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye Juv. Sat. xiv. 40. Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus. Idem, Sat. xiii. 239, 240. Ad mores natura recurrit Damnatos, fixa et mutari nescia. 5 Original righteousness. Bp. Bull's Serm. vol. III, serm. 5. Golden age of heathen mythology. |