Secondly, Although man hath lost the Image of God, and be thus all over polluted, Yet he hath not lest, neither his soul, or the faculties thereof with some inbred principles both speculative and practical, which can no more be separated from the soul, then the beams from the Sun. Hence that habit of practical principles, such as, that there is a God, that he is to be worshipped, that Parents are to be honoured, is called [Greek or Hebrew], à conservando, because these are kept and preserved still, or rather as Martinius in his Lexicon out of Hierom, because these do instigate and incline to keep us from sin in our actions. The Schoolmen commonly call it Synderisis, and say, It is as much as con-electio, but this is, because of their ignorance of the Greek tongue. These Relics of Gods Image are lest in us still, even as after some great fire of a stately Palace, there remain some sparks long after; or in the demolishing of glorious Towns, there will some rudera, some remnants appear of such a building. It is true, This is questioned by some, Illyricus out of his vehement desire to aggravate sin, denieth there is any sense or knowledge of a God left in a man more then in a brute, and endeavoureth to answer those places of Scripture, which are brought to prove those common principles, or implanted knowledge in a man by nature. The Socinians also, (though ploughing with another heifer) do deny any implanted knowledge by a God, but that it comes by same and tradition: On the other side Pelagians, Arminians, and some Papists fall into another extreme, for they hold such principles about God, and what is good, that they may be light enough to guide us to salvation. It is not my work now to examine either of these, for the truth is between these two. There are some implanted practical notions in us about God, and what is good, against those that err in the defect, and yet they are no ways able to conduct to eternal happiness against those that err in the excess. To prove this will be to anticipate my self in the protract of this Discourse about original sin; Therefore here only we take it for granted, That there are such principles, as also a conscience to discern between good and evil, which though it be greatly polluted, Yet this candle of the Lord, (as it is called, Prov 20. 27.
Secondly, Although man hath lost the Image of God, and be thus all over polluted, Yet he hath not lest, neither his soul, or the faculties thereof with some imbred principles both speculative and practical, which can no more be separated from the soul, then the beams from the Sunne. Hence that habit of practical principles, such as, that there is a God, that he is to be worshipped, that Parents are to be honoured, is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, à conservando, because these are kept and preserved still, or rather as Martinius in his Lexicon out of Hierom, because these do instigate and incline to keep us from sinne in our actions. The Scholmen commonly call it Synderisis, and say, It is as much as con-electio, but this is, because of their ignorance of the Greek tongue. These Reliques of Gods Image are lest in us still, even as after some great fire of a stately Pallace, there remain some sparks long after; or in the demolishing of glorious Towns, there will some rudera, some remnants appear of such a building. It is true, This is questioned by some, Illyricus out of his vehement desire to aggravate sinne, denieth there is any sense or knowledge of a God left in a man more then in a bruit, and endeavoureth to answer those places of Scripture, which are brought to prove those common principles, or implanted knowledge in a man by nature. The Socinians also, (though plowing with another heifer) do deny any implanted knowledge by a God, but that it comes by same and tradition: On the other side Pelagians, Arminians, and some Papists fall into another extream, for they hold such principles about God, and what is good, that they may be light enough to guide us to salvation. It is not my work now to examine either of these, for the truth is between these two. There are some implanted practical notions in us about God, and what is good, agaist those that erre in the defect, and yet they are no wayes able to conduct to eternal happiness against those that erre in the excesse. To prove this will be to anticipate my self in the protract of this Discourse about original sinne; Therefore here only we take it for granted, That there are such principles, as also a conscience to discern between good and evil, which though it be greatly polluted, Yet this candle of the Lord, (as it is called, Prov 20. 27.
