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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
Of Mans fall.
The fall of Man was his revolting from his obedience to sin.1 Sin was his transgression of Gods Commandment, or
- 1Mans fall.
Mans fall was his disobeying of Gods Commandment, in eating the forbidden fruit, wherein these things are to be considered.
1. The manner of Mans fall.1
- 1The manner of it.
The Devil having immediately before fallen himself, persuaded our first Parents that both the punishment for eating the forbidden fruit was uncertain, and that also God was not true in his word unto them: Having done this he blinds the eyes of their understanding; and they being thus blinded straight began to distrust God, and to doubt of Gods favour; And when he had brought them to a doubting, he moved them to behold the forbidden fruit, which so soon as they