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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
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.
But there are cogent Reasons to understand it thus, That Adam's Disobedience makes us sinners by natural Propagation: As
BUt there are cogent Reasons to understand it thus, That Adam's Disobedience makes us sinners by natural Propagation: As
First, Because the Apostle still chargeth our guilt and sinfulness upon Adam only, upon that one man, and upon that one offence, whereas if it were by example and imitation only, it might be upon our parents and others, and upon their transgressions: So that the Apostle might have said, By many men, and many disobediences, we are made sinners; but still he chargeth it on one man, and one offence.
Secondly, If Imitation be taken strictly, then a man must know, and have in his eye that which he doth imitate; but how many thousands are there, that run into all excess of wickedness, and never heard of Adam, much less could not propound his sin for a pattern to follow? So that even in the Pelagian sense, to be sinners by Imitation cannot be properly used in this Controversy.
Secondly, If Imitation be taken strictly, then a man must know, and have in his eye that which he doth imitate; but how many thousands are there, that runne into all excess of wickedness, and never heard of Adam, much less could not propound his sin for a patern to follow? So that even in the Pelagian sense, to be sinners by Imitation cannot be properly used in this Controversie.