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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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9 There are other distinctions of actual sin. For in respect of the object; some are said to be done against God; others against men: And in regard of the ends, some reach unto the soul only; others unto the body also.
9 There are other distinctions of actuall sinne. For in respect of the object; some are said to be done against God; others against men: And in regard of the ends, some reach vnto the soule onelie; others vnto the body also.
Unto the first sort, of the latter division, do appertain all inordinate motions, whatsoever they are; and even all the evil cogitations, even the beginnings of them before they be fully framed, and though the will doth not assent unto them: and those in like sort, that the will (which especially maketh the form and giveth being unto sin) doth allow and strengthen: Unto the latter member, are all those referred, which are brought unto action, by the outward service of some part of the body.
Vnto the first sort, of the latter diuision, do appertaine all inordinate motions, whatsoeuer they are; and euen all the euill cogitations, euen the beginnings of them before they be fully framed, and though the will doth not assent vnto them: and those in like sort, that the will (which especiallie maketh the forme and giueth being vnto sinne) doth allow and strengthen: Vnto the latter member, are all those referred, which are brought vnto action, by the outward seruice of some part of the bodie.
The Papists therefore do err, in denying concupiscence, and those first inordinate motions to be sins; most absurdly affirming, that concupiscence is given to man, to the end, that wrestling with it, he should be more and more whetted on, to embrace virtue, and so should bind God so much the more unto him, by his merit.