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A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is
A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is, by pregnant texts of Scripture vindicated from false glosses / by Anthony Burgess.
London : s.n., 1658
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But whatsoever learned men have thought therein, we may say, That it is against Scripture and true reason, that the soul is either by Eduction or Traduction, but by Introduction, or immediate Infusion, and that by God himself: And I shall instance in some Texts of Scripture, to which, though they give exceptions, yet (I suppose the Truth stands immovable, neither do you think this work needless, for it's worth the while, if there were no other use, but to inform you against a dangerous sect, that are called Mortalists, who hold the soul is nothing but the temperament of the body, and that it is mortal, to which abominable opinion the Socinians also do strongly incline.
BUt whatsoever learned men have thought therein, we may say, That it is against Scripture and true reason, that the soul is either by Eduction or Traduction, but by Introduction, or immediate Infusion, and that by God himself: And I shall instance in some Texts of Scripture, to which, though they give exceptions, yet (I suppose the Truth stands immoveable, neither do you think this work needless, for it's worth the while, if there were no other use, but to informe you against a dangerous sect, that are called Mortalists, who hold the soul is nothing but the temperament of the body, and that it is mortal, to which abominable opinion the Socinians also do strongly incline.
The first Text to prove the Creation of the soul, shall be from Eccl. 12. 7. Then shall dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it. This seemeth to be very clear, for he speaketh of every man that dieth, he considers the two essential parts of man, his body, which he calleth dust, because it was made of dust, and then his soul, which he calls a spirit, because of its simple and incorporeal nature, again, which strengthens the Argument, he compareth these two in their contrary or divers originals, The body returneth to the earth, the Spirit unto God that gave it.
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