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Theomachia autexousiastikē
Theomachia autexousiastikē: or, A display of Arminianism. Being a discovery of the old Pelagian idol free-will, with the new goddess contingency, advancing themselves, into the throne of the God of heaven to the prejudice of his grace, providence, and supreme dominion over the children of men. Wherein the main errors of the Arminians are laid open, by which they are fallen off from the received doctrine of all the reformed churches, with their opposition in divers particulars to the doctrine established in the Church of England. Discovered out of their own writings and confessions, and confuted by the Word of God. / By John Owen, Master of Arts of Queens College in Oxon.Theomachia autexousiastikē: or, A display of Arminianisme. Being a discovery of the old Pelagian idol free-will, with the new goddesse contingency, advancing themselves, into the throne of the God of heaven to the prejudice of his grace, providence, and supreme dominion over the children of men. Wherein the maine errors of the Arminians are laid open, by which they are fallen off from the received doctrine of all the reformed churches, with their opposition in divers particulars to the doctrine established in the Church of England. Discovered out of their owne writings and confessions, and confuted by the Word of God. / By Iohn Owen, Master of Arts of Queens Colledge in Oxon.
London: printed by I.L. for Phil. Stephens, 1643
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But let them enjoy their own wisdom, which is earthly, sensual and devilish: the Scripture is clear, that the sin of Adam, is the sin of us all, not only by propagation and communication, (whereby not his singular fault, but something of the same nature, is derived unto us) but also by an imputation of his actual transgression unto us all: his singular disobedience being by this means made ours: the grounds of this imputation I touched before, which may be all reduced to his being a common person and head of all our nature, which investeth us, with a double interest in his demerits, whilst so he was: 1. as we were then in him and parts of him: 2. as he sustained the place of our whole nature, in the Covenant God made with him, both wch even according to the exigence of Gods justice, require that his transgression, be also accounted ours: and Saint Paul is plain not only, that by one mans offence, many were made sinners: Rom. 5. 19. by the derivation of a corrupted nature; but also that by one mans offence judgement came upon all: vers. 18. even for his one sin, all of us, are accounted to have deserved judgement and condemnation; and therefore vers. 12. he affirmeth, that by one man, sin and death entered upon all the world: and that because we have all sinned in him: which we no otherwise do, but that his transgression, in Gods estimation is accounted ours: and the opposition the Apostle there maketh, between Christ and his righteousness, and Adam and his disobedience doth sufficiently evince it:1 as may appear by this figure Sicut sic ex Adamo Christo in omnes [Greek or Hebrew] [Greek or Hebrew] redundavit, eis [Greek or Hebrew] [Greek or Hebrew] per unū [Greek or Hebrew] Adami, [Greek or Hebrew] Christi. the whole similitude chiefly consists, in the imputation of Adams sin, and Christs righteousness, unto the seed of the one by nature, and of the other by grace: but that we are counted righteous, for the righteousness of Christ, is among Protestants, (though ⟨p. 77⟩some differ in the manner of their expressions) as yet without question: and therefore are no less undoubtedly accounted sinners by, or guilty of the first sin of Adam.
But let them enjoy their own wisdome, which is earthly, sensuall and devillish: the Scripture is cleare, that the sinne of Adam, is the sinne of us all, not only by propagation and communication, (whereby not his singular fault, but something of the same nature, is derived unto us) but also by an imputation of his actuall transgression unto us all: his singular disobedience being by this means made ours: the grounds of this imputation I touched before, which may be all reduced to his being a common person and head of all our nature, which investeth us, with a double interest in his demerits, whilest so he was: 1. as we were then in him and parts of him: 2. as he sustained the place of our whole nature, in the Covenant God made with him, both wch even according to the exigence of Gods justice, require that his transgression, be also accounted ours: and Saint Paul is plaine not only, that by one mans offence, many were made sinners: