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Propositions and principles of divinity propounded and disputed in the university of GenevaPropositions and principles of diuinitie propounded and disputed in the vniuersitie of Geneua
Propositions and principles of divinity propounded and disputed in the university of Geneva, by certain students of divinity there, under M. Theod. Beza, and M. Anthony Faius ... Wherein is contained a methodical summary, or epitome of the common places of divinity. Translated out of Latin into English, to the end that the causes, both of the present dangers of that Church, and also of the troubles of those that are hardly dealt with else-where, may appear in the English tongue.Propositions and principles of diuinitie propounded and disputed in the vniuersitie of Geneua, by certaine students of diuinitie there, vnder M. Theod. Beza, and M. Anthonie Faius ... Wherein is contained a methodicall summarie, or epitome of the common places of diuinitie. Translated out of Latine into English, to the end that the causes, both of the present dangers of that Church, and also of the troubles of those that are hardlie dealt vvith els-vvhere, may appeare in the English tongue.
Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegrave, 1591Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegraue, 1591
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Section 17: PRINCIPLES CONCERNING SIN. XVII.Section 17: PRINCIPLES CONCERNING SINNE. XVII.
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2 For whereas the nature of man was then such, as he could have lived, according unto the upright and eternal law, (which is nothing else, but the will of God:) Sin hath brought him now to that pass, that he doth of a set purpose disobey the same.
2 For whereas the nature of man was then such, as hee could haue liued, according vnto the vpright and aeternall law, (which is nothing els, but the will of God:) Sin hath brought him nowe to that passe, that hee doth of a set purpose disobay the same.
3 Sin is not a bare want or privation of good, but a swerving from the will of God.
3 Sinne is not a bare want or priuation of good, but a swaruing from the will of God.
4 And we think, that it may be thus fitly defined: Namely, that it is, whatsoever is against the law and will of God.
4 And wee thinke, that it may bee thus fitlie defined: Namely, that it is, whatsoeuer is against the law and will of God.