A30247:1537
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. There is a yielding unto and embracing of such a mean propounded to that end; and this act in the will is called consent, for the understanding that doth properly assent, and the will consent. This act of the will to consent unto a thing is of great importance in Casuistical Divinity, for there may be suggestions and fiery injections of diabolical temptations, but if the will doth not consent, as you see Christs holy will did not in his combat with the Devil, they do not become our sins. Of this consent more in its time.
1. There is a yeelding unto and imbracing of such a mean propounded to that end; and this act in the will is called consent, for the understanding that doth properly assent, and the will consent. This act of the will to consent unto a thing is of great importance in Casnistical Divinity, for there may be suggestions and fiery injections of diabolical temptations, but if the will doth not consent, as you see Christs holy will did not in his combate with the Devil, they do not become our sins. Of this consent more in its time.
2. If there be several means conducible to such an end, then cometh another act of the will, called Election, or a choosing of one thing rather than another, that which consultation is in the understanding, Election is in the will.
2. If there be several means conducible to such an end, then cometh another act of the will, called Election, or a choosing of one thing rather than another, that which consulation is in the understanding, Election is in the will.
Lastly, When the Will hath thus intended the end, and chosen efficaciously its means, then is there the last act of the will, which is called usus the use or the application of all the other powers of the soul, to bring this end about. It useth the understanding, it useth the affections, it useth the whole body to accomplish it.