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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
We do condemn then the MANICHAEES, the VELENTINIANS, the SELEVTIANS, &c. who affirmed, that sin proceedeth from God.
We do condemne then the MANICHAEES, the VELENTINIANS, the SELEVTIANS, &c. who affirmed, that sinne proceedeth from God.
9 The effect and wages of sin is death, and that eternally; ⟨p. 39⟩because it is committed against him, who is eternal and infinite.
9 The effect and wages of sinne is death, and that aeternally; ⟨p. 39⟩because it is committed against him, who is aeternall and infinite.
That distinction of sin then into mortal and venial, is improper; save only in the diverse respects of the elect and the reprobate. For unto the elect, all sins are venial through Christ: But unto the reprobates, there are no sins but they are mortal. And it is manifest, that the PELAGIANS do err, when they say, that death is natural unto the body.
That distinction of sinne then into mortall and veniall, is improper; saue onelie in the diuerse respects of the elect and the reprobate. For vnto the elect, all sinnes are veniall through Christ: But vnto the reprobates, there are no sins but they are mortall. And it is manifest, that the PELAGIANS doe erre, when they say, that death is natural vnto the bodie.