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A59160 Man become guilty, or, The corrruption of nature by sinne, according to St. Augustines sense written originally in French by Iohn-Francis Senault ; and put into English by ... Henry, Earle of Monmouth.; Homme criminel. English Senault, Jean-François, 1601-1672.; Monmouth, Henry Carey, Earl of, 1596-1661. 1650 (1650) Wing S2500; ESTC R16604 405,867 434

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of_o our_o body_n which_o be_v not_o out_o of_o order_n the_o profit_n will_v not_o be_v small_a if_o we_o can_v tell_v how_o to_o husband_n it_o well_o for_o to_o b●ot_v that_o our_o misery_n will_v cause_v confusion_n in_o we_o by_o reason_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o make_v we_o abborre_v it_o it_o will_v lessen_v the_o haughty_a confidence_n which_o we_o have_v in_o our_o freewill_n and_o make_v we_o acknowledge_v the_o need_n we_o have_v to_o be_v assist_v by_o crace_n the_o be_v sensible_a of_o our_o malady_n will_v be_v a_o disposition_n to_o our_o cure_n and_o the_o weight_n of_o our_o iron_n may_v serve_v to_o heighten_v our_o saviour_n merit_n the_o high_a opinion_n we_o have_v of_o our_o own_o strength_n be_v injurious_a to_o his_o glory_n and_o those_o 55._o good_a inclination_n of_o nature_n which_o we_o call_v seed_n of_o virtue_n do_v not_o seem_v to_o lessen_v adam_n sin_n save_v so_o far_o as_o to_o set_v a_o great_a value_n upon_o the_o grace_n of_o jesus_n christ_n but_o the_o perfect_a knowledge_n of_o our_o misery_n can_v but_o produce_v good_a effect_n and_o when_o we_o shall_v be_v full_o persuade_v that_o we_o can_v do_v nothing_o that_o be_v please_v to_o god_n without_o his_o son_n help_n we_o will_v endeavour_v to_o obtain_v that_o assistance_n by_o our_o prayer_n and_o to_o procure_v it_o by_o our_o tear_n follow_v this_o design_n i_o shall_v then_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o there_o mag._n be_v a_o original_a sin_n which_o be_v the_o fruitful_a springhead_n of_o all_o our_o misfortune_n and_o penetrate_v to_o within_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n i_o will_v show_v that_o her_o principal_a faculty_n retain_v no_o long_o their_o first_o purity_n nor_o their_o ancient_a vigour_n and_o that_o all_o the_o virtue_n which_o be_v the_o workmanship_n thereof_o be_v accompany_v with_o so_o many_o defect_n as_o that_o they_o do_v not_o deserve_v the_o glorious_a name_n which_o they_o bear_v from_o thence_o i_o shall_v descend_v to_o man_n body_n the_o constitution_n and_o misery_n whereof_o i_o will_v examine_v then_o quit_v man_n i_o shall_v consider_v all_o the_o object_n which_o do_v environ_v he_o and_o which_o may_v cause_v love_n or_o hatred_n in_o he_o and_o conclude_v final_o by_o the_o disorder_n which_o be_v in_o the_o world_n i_o will_v show_v that_o the_o part_n whereof_o it_o be_v compose_v have_v be_v out_o of_o order_n only_o since_o sin_n i_o will_v prove_v that_o deluge_n and_o devastation_n by_o fire_n be_v punishment_n which_o divine_a justice_n have_v invent_v to_o punish_v guilty_a man_n withal_o and_o will_v make_v it_o clear_o appear_v as_o i_o hope_v that_o there_o be_v no_o monster_n nor_o poison_n in_o the_o state_n of_o innocency_n i_o have_v in_o all_o this_o my_o work_n endeavour_v to_o mingle_v eloquence_n with_o doctrine_n and_o know_v that_o i_o be_v to_o be_v accountable_a t●_n all_o the_o world_n i_o have_v sometime_o suffer_v my_o thought_n to_o fly_v a_o low_a pitch_n that_o they_o may_v be_v the_o more_o intelligible_a i_o have_v be_v of_o officiis_n opinion_n that_o description_n do_v not_o injure_v argumentation_n and_o in_o write_v like_o a_o christian_a philosopher_n i_o may_v b●_n permitt●ed_v to_o play_v the_o orator_n if_o any_o man_n shall_v think_v i_o too_o copious_a i_o be_o of_o his_o opinion_n but_o to_o boot_v that_o this_o fault_n want_v neither_o example_n nor_o excuse_n i_o have_v strive_v to_o use_v no_o manner_n of_o enlargement_n but_o what_o will_v bring_v with_o it_o some_o new_a light_n to_o the_o understanding_n and_o which_o may_v serve_v for_o ornament_n to_o the_o truth_n if_o not_o for_o her_o defence_n a_o table_n of_o the_o several_a treaty_n and_o discourse_n handle_v in_o this_o book_n the_o first_o treatise_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o the_o effect_n thereof_o discourse_n 1_o that_o faith_n acknowledge_v original_a sin_n that_o nature_n have_v a_o feel_n thereof_o and_o that_o philosophy_n suspect_v it_o page_z 1_o 2_o what_o the_o state_n of_o man_n be_v before_o sin_n p_o 8_o 3_o of_o what_o kind_n the_o first_o sin_n which_o adam_n commit_v be_v p._n 12_o 4_o how_o adam_n sin_n do_v communicate_v itself_o to_o those_o that_o be_v descend_v from_o he_o p._n 16_o 5_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o concupiscence_n p._n 20_o 6_o the_o pursuit_n of_o the_o same_o subject_n and_o divers_a description_n of_o concupiscence_n p._n 26_o 7_o that_o self-love_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o concupiscence_n p._n 28_o 8_o that_o concupiscence_n or_o self-love_n divide_v itself_o into_o the_o love_n of_o pleasure_n of_o honour_n and_o of_o knowledge_n p._n 33_o 9_o wherefore_o concupiscence_n remain_v i●_n man_n after_o baptism_n p._n 38_o 10_o that_o god_n justice_n have_v permit_v that_o man_n shall_v be_v divide_v within_o himself_o for_o the_o punishment_n of_o his_o sin_n p._n 42_o the_o second_o treatise_n of_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o soul_n by_o sin_n discourse_n 1_o of_o the_o soul_n excellenc●_n and_o of_o the_o misery_n which_o she_o have_v contract_v by_o sin_n p._n 47_o 2_o that_o the_o sonle_fw-mi be_v become_v a_o slave_n unto_o the_o body_n by_o reason_n of_o sin_n p._n 55_o 3_o of_o the_o weakness_n which_o humane_a understanding_n have_v contract_v by_o sin_n p._n 61_o 4_o that_o there_o be_v no_o error_n into_o which_o human_a understanding_n have_v not_o plunge_v itself_o since_o the_o state_n of_o sin_n p._n 68_o 5_o that_o reason_n in_o man_n be_v become_v blind_a and_o a_o slave_n since_o sin_v p._n 77_o 6_o that_o memory_n have_v lose_v her_o vigour_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o she_o agree_v not_o very_o well_o with_o judgement_n p._n 80_o 7_o that_o concupiscence_n be_v neither_o a_o good_a judge_n nor_o faithful_a witness_n since_o sin_n p._n 86_o 8_o of_o the_o unrulinesse_n of_o the_o will_n and_o of_o its_o inclination_n to_o
their_o malady_n may_v become_v we_o but_o be_v bind_v by_o faith_n to_o believe_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o workmanship_n of_o god_n that_o she_o be_v not_o draw_v from_o forth_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o body_n though_o she_o be_v enclose_v therein_o and_o that_o she_o be_v a_o pure_a spirit_n though_o she_o do_v inanimate_a her_o body_n it_o be_v almost_o impossible_a to_o make_v we_o discern_v how_o she_o become_v criminal_a when_o she_o be_v thereinto_o infuse_v she_o be_v altogether_o pure_a whilst_o in_o her_o author_n hand_n and_o she_o become_v not_o guilty_a till_o she_o become_v the_o body_n form_n i_o very_o well_o know_v that_o she_o be_v infuse_v as_o soon_o as_o create_v and_o that_o the_o same_o hand_n which_o have_v extract_v she_o out_o of_o nothing_o have_v bind_v and_o fasten_v she_o to_o the_o body_n but_o i_o know_v not_o why_o the_o father_n who_o contribute_v nothing_o to_o her_o production_n shall_v contribute_v to_o her_o pollution_n and_o wherefore_o 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