A15859:426
Speculum Christianum
Speculum Christianum or, A Christian survey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, grave, and learned divine, master Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseverance of the saints. 3. A summary abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.Speculum Christianum or, A Christian suruey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, graue, and learned diuine, maister Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseuerance of the saints. 3. A summarie abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.
London: printed by George Eld, 1614
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19 By the Law sin is augmented, Rom. 7. And God gave this Law: yet cannot God therefore in any sort be accounted the Author of the sin increased; for that to that end he gave not his Law properly, That by it Sin might abound; but rather on the contrary, That by it, it should not only be acknowledged but also restrained. Therefore neither in that he beblindeth and hardeneth, from whence are sins augmented in the wicked, is he, or can he be called the Author of ⟨p. 330⟩sins: because not properly that they may be increased, but rather that sins may be punished, God doth make blind and indurate.
19 By the Law sinne is augmented, Rom. 7. And God gaue this Law: yet cannot God therefore in any sort bee accounted the Author of the sinne increased; for that to that end hee gaue not his Law properly, That by it Sinne might abound; but rather on the contrarie, That by it, it should not onely bee acknowledged but also restrained. Therefore neither in that hee beblindeth and hardeneth, from whence are sinnes augmented in the wicked, is he, or can hee bee called the Author of ⟨p. 330⟩sinnes: because not properly that they may bee increased, but rather that sinnes may bee punished, God doth make blind and indurate.
20 Concupiscence is not only sin, but cause of sin: and this God left in nature; and would have it traduced upon all men. Neither therefore is he called the Author of sin: and that for this reason, for that he would have it derived upon all posterity (not properly as it is sin, and cause of all sins) but only as it is a punishment of the sin of Adam, in whom all have sinned. Therefore neither in that he maketh blind or hardeneth, can he, or ought he to be called the Author of sin▪ for that he doth not beblind or indurate properly, that sin might be committed, but only that sin with sins might be punished.