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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.
And it received by Adams fall an inward Rebellion, whereby it doth utterly abhor that which is good; and will, and desire only that which is evil.
And it received by Adams fall an inward Rebellion, whereby it doth utterly abhor that which is good; and will, and desire onely that which is evil.
The will in the first Act of conversion to God is not an agent, ⟨p. 33⟩but a patient, as it doth appear by this. For,
The affections have by Adams fall received a disorder, and by reason of this disorder they do eschew good; and pursue that which is evil; Rom. 1. 26. 1 Kings 21. 4.
The body by Adam's fall hath received a fitness to begin sin, for it bringeth in all objects and occasions of sin to the Soul;