Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	good_a	law_n	transgression_n	4,529	5	10.4346	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97227	Vnbeleevers no subjects of iustification, nor of mystical vnion to Christ, being the sum of a sermon preached at New Sarum, with a vindication of it from the objections, and calumniations cast upon it by Mr. William Eyre, in his Vindiciæ justificationis. Together with animadversions upon the said book, and a refutation of that anti-sidian, and anti-evangelical errour asserted therein: viz. the justification of infidels, or the justification of a sinner before, and without faith. Wherein also the conditional necessity, and instrumentality of faith unto justification, together with the consistency of it, with the freness of Gods grace, is explained, confirmed, and vindicated from the exceptions of the said Mr. Eyre, his arguments answertd [sic], his authorities examined, and brought in against himself. By T. Warren minister of the Gospel at Houghton in Hampshire.	Warren, Thomas, 1616 or 17-1694.	1654 (1654)	Wing W980; Thomason E733_10; ESTC R206901	226,180	282

in_o a_o natural_a and_o necessary_a way_n 186._o mr._n burg._n of_o justific_a p._n 180_o 186._o but_o the_o issue_n of_o christ_n death_n do_v come_v in_o a_o supernatural_a way_n this_o i_o acknowledge_v for_o truth_n let_v we_o see_v what_o mr._n eyre_n answer_v to_o it_o 7._o mr._n eyre_n p._n 7._o mr._n eyre_n say_v this_o reason_n be_v of_o no_o validity_n to_o he_o for_o the_o issue_n of_o adam_n disobedience_n come_v not_o upon_o his_o posterity_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o natural_a propagation_n for_o then_o his_o sin_n shall_v be_v impute_v to_o none_o till_o they_o be_v actual_o propagate_v and_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o parent_n shall_v be_v impute_v to_o their_o posterity_n as_o much_o as_o adam_n because_o they_o descend_v as_o natural_o from_o their_o immediate_a parent_n as_o they_o do_v from_o adam_n so_o that_o the_o issue_n of_o adam_n sin_n may_v be_v say_v to_o descend_v to_o his_o posterity_n in_o a_o supernatural_a way_n i._n e._n by_o virtue_n of_o god_n covenant_n which_o be_v make_v with_o he_o as_o a_o common_a person_n in_o behalf_n of_o all_o his_o posterity_n and_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n do_v the_o issue_n of_o christ_n obedience_n descend_v unto_o god_n elect_a by_o virtue_n of_o that_o covenant_n which_o be_v make_v with_o christ_n as_o a_o common_a person_n in_o their_o behalf_n and_o therefore_o unless_o they_o can_v show_v a_o proviso_n or_o restriction_n in_o the_o second_o covenant_n more_o than_o in_o the_o first_o why_o life_n shall_v not_o fl●w_v as_o immediate_o to_o the_o elect_a from_o christ_n obedience_n as_o death_n do_v from_o adam_n disobedience_n the_o argument_n will_v stand_v in_o fore_n but_o this_o answer_n be_v of_o far_o less_o validity_n and_o imply_v much_o unsoundnesse_n as_o i_o shall_v evident_o demonstrate_v for_o the_o right_a understanding_n of_o this_o we_o must_v inquire_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o issue_n of_o adam_n disobedience_n 2._o whether_o this_o become_v we_o by_o imputation_n 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attend_v this_o offence_n 1._o reatus_fw-la culpae_fw-la the_o inward_a guilt_n of_o sin_n or_o desert_n of_o damnation_n which_o be_v a_o inseparable_a adjunct_n and_o consequent_a of_o sin_n 2._o there_o be_v reatus_fw-la redundans_fw-la in_o personam_fw-la or_o reatus_fw-la poenae_fw-la which_o be_v a_o guilt_n of_o punishment_n oblige_v rhe_n sinner_n to_o eternal_a wrath_n which_o be_v separable_a from_o it_o this_o be_v a_o consequent_a of_o sin_n by_o virtue_n of_o god_n law_n adjudge_v punishment_n unto_o sin_n in_o which_o repsect_n as_o it_o be_v from_o god_n as_o a_o punishment_n of_o sin_n it_o be_v good_a and_o god_n may_v separate_v this_o from_o sin_n now_o adam_n when_o he_o commit_v this_o sin_n do_v sustain_v a_o double_a person_n 1._o his_o own_o 2._o the_o person_n of_o all_o his_o posterity_n who_o he_o do_v as_o a_o common_a person_n represent_v hence_o his_o sin_n have_v a_o double_a respect_n 1._o to_o himself_o and_o so_o his_o sin_n be_v his_o personal_a and_o 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relation_n god_n neither_o do_v nor_o can_v in_o justice_n impute_v this_o sin_n as_o far_o as_o i_o yet_o can_v understand_v it_o be_v that_o which_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o god_n impute_v that_o sin_n to_o we_o hence_o augustine_n in_o answer_n to_o the_o pelagian_a argument_n that_o nullâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la concedi_fw-la potest_fw-la 7._o august_n tom._n 7_o de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la merit_n &_o remiss_a lib._n 3._o cap._n 7._o ut_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la propria_fw-la peccata_fw-la nobis_fw-la remittit_fw-la imputet_fw-la aliena_fw-la that_o be_v that_o it_o can_v by_o no_o reason_n be_v grant_v that_o god_n who_o forgive_v we_o our_o own_o sin_n shall_v impute_v another_o to_o we_o say_v deus_fw-la quando_fw-la parvulis_fw-la imputat_fw-la peccatum_fw-la adae_fw-la non_fw-la imputat_fw-la peccatum_fw-la omnino_fw-la alienum_fw-la sed_fw-la suum_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la etiam_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quia_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la in_o adamo_n peccaverunt_fw-la tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la adamus_n totum_fw-la humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la in_o se_fw-la uno_fw-la continebat_fw-la 45_o apud_fw-la zanch._n tom._n 4._o lib._n 1._o de_fw-la peccat_fw-la orig_n p._n 45_o ideò_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la quot_fw-la quot_fw-la ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la futuri_fw-la erant_fw-la per_fw-la ipsius_fw-la seman_n erant_fw-la unus_fw-la homo_fw-la vita_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o anima_fw-la unius_fw-la hominis_fw-la tunc_fw-la quicquid_fw-la futurum_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o futurâ_fw-la propagine_fw-la continebat_fw-la god_n when_o he_o impute_v to_o little_a one_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n do_v not_o impute_v that_o which_o be_v altogether_o another_o man_n but_o their_o own_o sin_n because_o they_o sin_v in_o adam_n for_o then_o adam_n contain_v all_o mankind_n in_o himself_o alone_o therefore_o all_o man_n that_o be_v to_o descend_v from_o he_o by_o his_o seed_n be_v one_o man_n for_o then_o the_o life_n and_o soul_n of_o that_o one_o man_n contain_v whatsoever_o be_v to_o be_v in_o that_o future_a lineage_n and_o zanchy_a to_o the_o five_o argument_n of_o pighius_fw-la which_o be_v this_o 53._o zanch._n tom._n 4._o li●_n de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la orig_n pag._n 53._o pugnat_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la clementiâ_fw-la verùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la justitià_fw-la quòd_fw-la peccatum_fw-la unius_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o universum_fw-la hominibus_fw-la imputet_fw-la ad_fw-la peccatum_fw-la &_o condemnationem_fw-la that_o it_o can_v consist_v with_o the_o clemency_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n that_o the_o sin_n of_o one_o shall_v universal_o be_v impute_v to_o all_o unto_o sin_n &_o condemnation_n to_o which_o he_o answer_v respondeo_fw-la pugnare_fw-la si_fw-la peccatum_fw-la merè_fw-la alienum_fw-la imputaret_fw-la sed_fw-la imputat_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o ipsorum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la totius_fw-la naturae_fw-la in_fw-la ipso_fw-la enim_fw-la adamo_n omne●_n peccaverunt_fw-la that_o be_v it_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o his_o clemency_n and_o justice_n if_o he_o shall_v impute_v that_o that_o be_v pure_o

reprobatio_fw-la neque_fw-la damnationis_fw-la neque_fw-la peccati_fw-la quod_fw-la incretur_fw-la damnationem_fw-la est_fw-la propriè_fw-la causa_fw-la sed_fw-la antecedens_fw-la tantum_fw-la ames_n medul_a c._n 25._o s_o 40._o 1_o john_n 3.4_o rom._n 5.13_o of_o this_o act_n and_o they_o that_o be_v not_o can_v not_o have_v any_o sin_n impute_v yea_o it_o charge_v god_n with_o untruth_n and_o with_o unjustice_n to_o impute_v sin_n before_o commit_v for_o the_o very_a formality_n of_o a_o sin_n consist_v in_o the_o privation_n of_o that_o rectitude_n the_o law_n require_v or_o in_o the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n now_o where_o there_o be_v no_o law_n there_o be_v no_o transgression_n therefore_o the_o apostle_n prove_v that_o before_o the_o law_n be_v promulge_v there_o be_v some_o law_n give_v and_o transgress_v by_o which_o sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n which_o be_v that_o place_n that_o not_o the_o moral_a law_n exist_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n before_o it_o be_v declare_v as_o master_n eyre_n seem_v to_o intimate_v in_o the_o same_o place_n positive_a law_n forbid_v adam_n and_o in_o he_o we_o to_o eat_v of_o the_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a and_o have_v there_o be_v no_o law_n there_o have_v be_v no_o trangression_n but_o now_o from_o eternity_n there_o be_v no_o law_n give_v nor_o any_o person_n to_o who_o it_o shall_v be_v give_v and_o therefore_o from_o eternity_n there_o be_v no_o transgression_n and_o therefore_o to_o make_v god_n impute_v that_o which_o be_v not_o be_v to_o ascribe_v unto_o god_n a_o fallible_a judgement_n and_o to_o make_v god_n to_o esteem_v they_o sinner_n before_o they_o be_v man_n yea_o and_o in_o justice_n too_o will_v it_o charge_v upon_o god_n to_o make_v he_o impute_v sin_n to_o they_o which_o they_o ●●ver_v commit_v and_o for_o this_o to_o hate_v they_o and_o pass_v they_o by_o and_o not_o elect_v they_o here_o be_v a_o complication_n of_o error_n in_o this_o passage_n god_n do_v not_o esteem_v any_o person_n a_o sinner_n till_o by_o 〈◊〉_d act_n that_o he_o be_v guilty_a of_o his_o law_n be_v violate_v nor_o adjudge_v any_o man_n to_o punishment_n nor_o execute_v or_o inflict_v any_o punishment_n until_o sin_n be_v commit_v so_o that_o god_n imputation_n of_o sin_n follow_v that_o act_n of_o sin_n and_o do_v not_o precede_v it_o and_o be_v a_o transient_a not_o a_o immanent_a act_n and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o contradict_v himself_o a_o man_n be_v not_o a_o sinner_n before_o he_o do_v commit_v sin_n either_o by_o himself_o or_o representative_a which_o necessary_o suppose_v a_o law_n for_o sin_n be_v the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n why_o then_o it_o necessary_o follow_v no_o man_n be_v a_o sinner_n from_o eternity_n and_o so_o god_n do_v not_o impute_v it_o but_o let_v it_o go_v for_o one_o of_o his_o paradox_n the_o law_n and_o sin_n have_v a_o coeternall_a existence_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n together_o with_o his_o own_o 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ut_fw-la dit_fw-fr apostolus_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la nos_fw-la ei_fw-la

agnoscat_fw-la caeterùm_fw-la quando_fw-la praecipuus_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la finis_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la debtor_n agnitâ_fw-la sponsoris_fw-la munificentiâ_fw-la in_o illius_fw-la amorem_fw-la rapiatur_fw-la aio_fw-la debitum_fw-la quidem_fw-la solutum_fw-la esse_fw-la debitoris_fw-la nomine_fw-la sed_fw-la solutionem_fw-la tum_fw-la demum_fw-la ratam_fw-la fore_fw-la quum_fw-la debtor_n beneficium_fw-la agnoverit_fw-la and_o according_o we_o find_v in_o scripture_n how_o god_n have_v limit_v the_o benefit_n of_o christ_n death_n unto_o believer_n 3.16_o john_n 3.16_o god_n so_o love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o give_v his_o only_a beget_v son_n that_o whosoever_o believe_v on_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v and_o in_o rom._n 3.25_o 6.40_o rom._n 3.25_o john_n 6.40_o who_o god_n have_v set_v forth_o to_o be_v a_o propitiation_n through_o faith_n in_o his_o blood_n and_o this_o be_v the_o will_n of_o he_o that_o send_v i_o that_o every_o one_o which_o see_v the_o son_n 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such_o a_o act_n to_o make_v the_o creature_n miserable_a mere_o to_o show_v his_o sovereignty_n and_o what_o be_v there_o in_o the_o imputation_n of_o adam_n sin_n if_o this_o imputation_n be_v ground_v upon_o his_o will_n and_o not_o that_o natural_a union_n and_o relation_n between_o adam_n and_o his_o posterity_n to_o free_v it_o from_o such_o a_o act_n of_o pure_a sovereignty_n therefore_o i_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o act_n of_o justice_n as_o well_o as_o prerogative_n the_o equity_n of_o which_o act_n lie_v much_o in_o the_o relation_n of_o adam_n and_o his_o posterity_n to_o one_o another_o 2._o i_o urge_v as_o before_o i_o hint_v if_o death_n enter_v by_o sin_n than_o god_n imputation_n be_v not_o the_o only_a cause_n of_o it_o but_o it_o enter_v by_o sin_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v death_n pass_v upon_o all_o inasmuch_o as_o all_o have_v sin_v 3._o then_o adam_n be_v only_o the_o occasion_n of_o our_o sin_n but_o god_n the_o author_n for_o if_o adam_n have_v sin_v if_o god_n have_v not_o impute_v it_o we_o have_v not_o be_v sinner_n but_o this_o be_v a_o insufferable_a blasphemy_n to_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n therefore_o god_n impute_v it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o justice_n and_o not_o of_o sovereignty_n only_o 4._o this_o overthrow_v the_o community_n of_o his_o person_n for_o if_o it_o be_v mere_o a_o act_n of_o his_o will_n he_o may_v have_v do_v this_o though_o adam_n have_v not_o be_v a_o public_a person_n 5._o this_o ascribe_v to_o god_n a_o fallible_a judgement_n in_o esteem_v he_o a_o sinner_n that_o be_v innocent_a and_o be_v not_o a_o sinner_n but_o by_o his_o imputation_n 6._o this_o ascribe_v injustice_n to_o god_n to_o impute_v sin_n to_o he_o that_o be_v no_o sinner_n but_o by_o his_o imputation_n which_o the_o sinner_n will_v be_v deliver_v from_o and_o consent_v not_o to_o it_o as_o the_o regenerate_a that_o bewail_v it_o and_o earnest_o desire_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o it_o 7._o the_o very_a necessity_n that_o there_o be_v for_o christ_n to_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o virgin_n conceive_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o prevent_v his_o be_v a_o sinner_n confute_v this_o conceit_n for_o if_o adam_n sin_n be_v we_o only_o by_o imputation_n let_v but_o god_n not_o impute_v adam_n sin_n to_o christ_n and_o he_o intend_v not_o so_o miraculous_o to_o be_v bear_v for_o it_o behove_v he_o to_o be_v like_o we_o in_o all_o thing_n and_o why_o not_o by_o the_o help_n of_o man_n to_o be_v bear_v if_o adam_n sin_n be_v we_o by_o imputation_n only_o and_o not_o by_o propagation_n also_o thus_o you_o see_v how_o many_o error_n mr._n eyre_n be_v drive_v unto_o to_o hold_v and_o maintain_v one_o nor_o be_v his_o reason_n of_o any_o weight_n that_o he_o produce_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o issue_n of_o adam_n disobedience_n come_v not_o upon_o his_o posterity_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o natural_a propagation_n for_o then_o his_o sin_n shall_v not_o be_v impute_v until_o they_o be_v actual_o propagate_v if_o he_o mean_v of_o a_o actual_a and_o formal_a imputation_n of_o sin_n it_o be_v grant_v that_o sin_n be_v not_o so_o impute_v till_o a_o actual_a be_v for_o the_o understanding_n of_o this_o we_o must_v know_v what_o imputation_n of_o sin_n be_v it_o impli_v either_o a_o estimation_n and_o judge_v of_o a_o sinner_n to_o be_v a_o sinner_n or_o a_o adjudication_n of_o punishment_n for_o that_o sin_n or_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o punishment_n now_o look_v in_o what_o manner_n we_o be_v sinner_n in_o that_o manner_n be_v the_o imputation_n for_o god_n judgement_n must_v be_v according_a to_o truth_n now_o as_o we_o be_v but_o seminal_o potential_o and_o virtual_o sinner_n because_o we_o have_v but_o a_o virtual_a existence_n in_o adam_n for_o it_o be_v a_o know_a rule_n and_o of_o approve_a verity_n operatio_fw-la rei_fw-la consequitur_fw-la esse_fw-la rei_fw-la the_o act_n and_o operation_n of_o thing_n still_o follow_v the_o be_v of_o thing_n and_o be_v suitable_a and_o proportionable_a thereunto_o so_o we_o be_v repute_v by_o god_n only_o virtual_o sinful_a in_o adam_n and_o so_o not_o actual_a sinner_n nor_o so_o repute_v by_o god_n nor_o formal_o oblige_v to_o punishment_n nor_o any_o punishment_n actual_o or_o formal_o to_o be_v inflict_v till_o we_o have_v a_o actual_a existence_n hence_o by_o virtue_n of_o that_o covenant_n make_v with_o adam_n we_o be_v not_o actual_o and_o formal_o constitute_v sinner_n till_o we_o be_v actual_a member_n and_o so_o his_o argument_n will_v return_v upon_o himself_o for_o if_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n come_v upon_o we_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n to_o justification_n as_o adam_n sin_n to_o condemnation_n then_o as_o we_o be_v not_o actual_o sinner_n till_o we_o have_v a_o actual_a be_v so_o neither_o be_v we_o actual_o justify_v till_o we_o be_v actual_a member_n of_o christ_n by_o faith_n his_o second_o reason_n halt_v right_o down_o and_o be_v pitiful_o inconsequent_a for_o it_o do_v no_o way_n follow_v that_o if_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n be_v we_o by_o propagation_n that_o therefore_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o parent_n shall_v be_v impute_v to_o their_o posterity_n as_o much_o as_o adam_n because_o they_o descend_v as_o natural_o from_o their_o immediate_a parent_n as_o from_o adam_n but_o rather_o the_o consequence_n shall_v be_v therefore_o our_o next_o parent_n do_v as_o true_o transmit_v and_o propagate_v that_o sin_n as_o adam_n to_o their_o child_n and_o this_o be_v true_a and_o will_v advantage_v your_o cause_n nothing_o nor_o hinder_v we_o but_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o their_o personal_a sin_n shall_v be_v impute_v as_o be_v adam_n first_o sin_n for_o if_o no_o more_o of_o adam_n