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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.
The remnant of God's image1 which remaineth in Man's will since the fall is a free choice, either in Natural Actions, as to Nourish, to engender, to move, to perceive;
- 1The remnant of Gods image in the will.
Or, in humane actions that are common to all men, whither they concern manners, families, or Common-wealths. In all these outward actions Man hath free-will, either to choose, or to refuse them, though it be but weak, as Rom. 2. 14.
By Adams fall the will received impotency, insomuch as it can not will, nor lust after that which is indeed good, and which doth please God, and is acceptable to him, 1 Cor. 2. 14. Rom. 5. 6. Phil. 2. 13.