A27059:143
Two disputations of original sin I. of original sin as from Adam, II. of…
Two disputations of original sin I. of original sin as from Adam, II. of original sin as from our nearer parents : written long ago for a more private use, and now published (with a preface) upon the invitation of Dr. T. Tully / by Richard Baxter.Two disputations of original sin I. of original sin as from Adam, II. of original sin as from our neerer parents : written long ago for a more private use, and now published (with a preface) upon the invitation of Dr. T. Tullie / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Robert Gibbs, 1675
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Both major and minor I yet further confirm. 1. That it is a condemnation proving the condemned to be sinners by just imputation, is manifest, 1. in that ver. 13, 14. sin is hence said to be imputed to the sufferers: 2. ver. 12. they are said to have sinned: 3. ver. 19. they are said to be made sinners. If any say that this signifieth but metonymically, [to be used as sinners]; I answer, 1. He that would make what his list of God's plain words by pretended unproved metonymies, is not to be believed. 2. If it were true, yet it must mean such a using men as sinners, as implieth them to be justly so reputed, and their being sinners must be connoted as the cause, as it is in all punishment. It is surely a penal evil to the adult, by the adversaries confession: and here's no distinction. 3. To be [made righteous], which is the opposite member, is more than to be [used as righteous, though we have no sin at all inherent or imputed: go. to be [made sinners] is more than to be [used as sinners, though we have no sin at all inherent, or imputed]. 4. That evil interpretation doth but accuse God of injustice, of which anon.
Both major and minor I yet further confirm. 1. That it is a condemnation proving the condemned to be sinners by just imputation, is manifest, 1. in that ver. 13, 14. sin is hence said to be imputed to the sufferers: 2. ver. 12. they are said to have sinned: 3. ver. 19. they are said to be made sinners. If any say that this signifieth but metonymically, [to be used as sinners]; I answer, 1. He that would make what his list of God's plain words by pretended unproved metonymies, is not to be believed. 2. If it were true, yet it must mean such a using men as sinners, as implyeth them to be justly so reputed, and their being sinners must be connoted as the cause, as it is in all punishment. It is surely a penal evil to the adult, by the adversaries confession: and here's no distinction. 3. To be [made righteous], which is the opposite member, is more than to be [used as righteous, though we have no sin at all inherent or imputed: go. to be [made sinners] is more than to be [used as sinners, though we have no sin at all inherent, or imputed]. 4. That evil interpretation doth but accuse God of injustice, of which anon.
2. And for the minor, it is sufficient to