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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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3 And it may be thus fitly defined; namely, an infection derived from ADAM unto all mankind.
3 And it may be thus fitlie defined; namely, an infection deriued from ADAM vnto all mankind.
4 The subject whereunto it cleaveth, is not only the body, but even the soul also. For whole man, every part of him is altogether corrupted, and the powers and actions, ⟨p. 40⟩as well the superior, as the inferior, both of body and soul are polluted: whence it cometh, that in the affection and will, all things are depraved and perverted, and in the reason it self, there is nothing but blindness, the ignorance and hatred of God.
4 The subject wherevnto it cleaueth, is not onelie the bodie, but euen the soule also. For whole man, euery part of him is altogether corrupted, and the powers and actions, ⟨p. 40⟩as well the superiour, as the inferiour, both of bodie and soule are polluted: whence it commeth, that in the affection and wil, all things are depraued and peruerted, and in the reason it selfe, there is nothing but blindnes, the ignorance and hatred of God.
5 Now, although the soul which is not taken from Adam, but immediately created by God, may seem to be void of this infection; and that it seemeth not meet, that the sins of the Fathers should be punished in the Children: yet seeing ADAM is considered, not only as some particular man; but as the beginning, whence all mankind did issue, in whom also were all the gifts, that were to be bestowed upon the whole offspring; he by his sin lost them, both to himself, and unto all men, that proceed from him; who are now, in that only respect that they are and do resemble the image of ADAM, hateful unto God.