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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1850 Subjects: History / General Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christianity / Denominations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ARTICLE IX. Of Original or Birth-sin. Original Sin standeth not in the follow ing of Adam, as the Pelagians do vainly talk ; but it is the fault aud corruption of the nature of ! every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring ' of Adam : whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth al- '- ways contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this worm, it de- serveth God's wrath and ' damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain ' yea in them that are regen- | crated ; whereby the lust of the flesh, called m the Greek ' phronema sarkos, which some do expound the wisdom, some sensuality, some the aft'ec- tion, some the desire, of the flesh, is not subject to the Law of God. And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin. 1. Recapitulate briefly the purport of the Articles already examined ; and point out their connexion with those which immediately follow. The preceding Articles have asserted the great fundamental doctrines of the Christian Faith ; they have taught De Pecvato Orujinali. Peccatum originis non eat, ut fabulantur Pelagiani, in imitatione Adami situm ; sed est vitium et depravatio naturse cujuslibethominis ex Adamo naturaliter propagati: qua fit, ut ab original! justi- tia quam longissime distet, ad malum sua natura propen- deat, et caro semper adver...