A30247:1644
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.
SECT. V.
Of the Natural Servitude and Bondage of the Will, with a brief Discussion of the Point of Free-will.
¶. 1.
JOH. 8. 35. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
JOH. 8. 35. If the Sonne therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Hitherto we have been discovering the vast and extensive pollution of the will, in its Originals and Naturals, both in the several operations and affections of it; The next thing in order is, To treat of the will in regard of its state, as in freedom of servitude, about which so many voluminous Controversies have been agitated: And indeed a sound judgement in the point of Free will is of admirable consequence to advance Christ, and the grace of the Gospel; For whosoever do obscure the glory thereof, they lay their foundation here; They praise nature to the dispraise of grace, and exalt God as a Creator, to the prejudice of Christ as a Redeemer.