Thirdly, There are others, and such are the Remonstrants, who affirm, That upon Adam's fall. God entering into a new Covenant of Grace with fallen mankind, by Christ our Mediator; Therefore it is (they say) that none is damned for original sin, no not Heathens or their children, but that by the second Adam, viz. Christ, there is taken off all that guilt which came by Adam's transgression. So that in this respect, they make the children of Heathens, and believers all alike: ⟨p. 68⟩So that by these mens Positions, though going upon several grounds, we see it affirmed, That original sin is pardoned, and that before there is any confession, humiliation and sorrow for it; Whether indeed, though it be pardoned, some of the fore-mentioned Authors will not hold it necessary to confess it, and to beg for the pardon of it, may well be doubted, (I say, some of them) For how profanely and arrogantly doth a Remonstrant Adolphus Venator, in his Apologia contra Ministros Dordracenos, speak in this matter, as he is cited by Sandaus the Jesuit (for I have not the Book it self) in his Hydrus Hollanda, lib. 2. cap. 20. pag. 268.) where, when from the diversity of opinions about original sin, he concludeth, There is scarce any certainty about it, addeth, Etiam hinc intelligi potest, nihil esse, quia nemo in se reperiat, morsum conscientiae, vel accusationem suiipsius ob peccatum ante quinquies mille, & quingentos annos in Paradiso comissum; Ego saltem non sensi, nec credo Derdracenes fratres propter illud vel ingentem conscientiae stimulum persensisse, vel copiam lachrymarum profudisse: How wretchedly doth this man speak? Certainly David, and Paul had other apprehensions of this original sin, with the immediate effects thereof. For the Orthodox hold against the Antinomians, That though our sins be pardoned, yet we may, yea, ought upon special occasions to confess them, and to renew our humiliation again for them, as David prayeth, God would not remember the sins of his youth; and here in this Psalm, he prayeth to be purged and washed, which relateth to all that uncleanness both original and actual, he had formerly confessed: Thus Paul also doth several times with humiliation and self-debasement make mention of his former persecutions and blasphemies he had been guilty of.
Thirdly, There are others, and such are the Remonstrants, who affirm, That upon Adam's fall. God entring into a new Covenant of Grace with fallen mankind, by Christ our Mediator; Therefore it is (they say) that none is damned for original sinne, no not Heathens or their children, but that by the second Adam, viz. Christ, there is taken off all that guilt which came by Adam's transgression. So that in this respect, they make the children of Heathens, and believers all alike: ⟨p. 68⟩So that by these mens Positions, though going upon several grounds, we see it affirmed, That original sinne is pardoned, and that before there is any confession, humiliation and sorrow for it; Whether indeed, though it be pardoned, some of the fore-mentioned Authors will not hold it necessary to confess it, and to beg for the pardon of it, may well be doubted, (I say, some of them) For how prophanely and arrogantly doth a Remonstrant Adolphus Venator, in his Apologia contra Ministros Dordracenos, speak in this matter, as he is cited by Sandaus the Jesuite (for I have not the Book it self) in his Hydrus Hollanda, lib. 2. cap. 20. pag. 268.) where, when from the diversity of opinions about original sinne, he concludeth, There is scarce any certainty about it, addeth, Etiam hinc intelligi potest, nihil esse, quia nemo in se reperiat, morsum conscientiae, vel accusationem suiipsius ob peccatum ante quinquies mille, & quingentos annos in Paradiso comissum; Ego saltem non sensi, nec credo Derdracenes fratres propter illud vel ingentem conscientiae stimulum persensisse, vel copiam lachrymarum profudisse: How wretchedly doth this man speak? Certainly David, and Paul had other apprehensions of this original sinne, with the immediate effects thereof. For the Orthodox hold against the Antinomians, That though our sins be pardoned, yet we may, yea, ought upon special occasions to confess them, and to renew our humiliation again for them, as David prayeth, God would not remember the sinnes of his youth; and here in this Psalm, he prayeth to be purged and washed, which relateth to all that uncleanness both original and actual, he had formerly confessed: Thus Paul also doth several times with humiliation and self-debasement make mention of his former persecutions and blasphemies he had been guilty of.
