Anthony Burgess Treatise on Original Sin Part 3, chapter 3, sections 8-10. SECT. VIII. Wherein the memory of man is polluted. This sure foundation then being said, let us proceed to shew wherein the memory of man is so greatly polluted. Natural Forgetfulness vs. Moral Forgetfulness. First, very remarkably, if you consider all the several… Read More Pollution of the Memory by Original Sin
Anthony Burgess Treatise on Original Sin Part 3, chapter 3, sections 1-7. “Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.” (2 Peter 1:12) The original pollution of the Mind and Conscience hath at large been declared; We… Read More The Nature of Memory and its Weakness
Anthony Burgess Treatise on Original Sin Part 3, chapter 2, section 7. SECT. VII. The Defilement of Conscience when Troubled and Awakened. Hitherto we have been declaring the defilement of conscience naturally by original sin, as it is quiet, stupid, and senseless. The next thing to be done (wherein shall be concluded both this text,… Read More Defilement of a Troubled Conscience
Anthony Burgess Treatise on Original Sin Part 3, chapter 2, section 6. “Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.” (Romans 2:1). SECT. VI. The Pollution of Conscience Discovered in Many More Particulars. Although much hath… Read More Pollution of the Conscience With Original Sin
Anthony Burgess Treatise on Original Sin Part 3, chapter 2, sections 4-5. “…their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another” (Romans 2:15). SECT. IV. The Corruption of Conscience in Accusing and Excusing. The next is that even in those actions of conscience which are said to be accusation and excusing will appear… Read More The Corrupt and Counterfeit Conscience
Anthony Burgess Treatise on Original Sin Part 3, chapter 2, sections 2-3. SECT. II. A Discovery of the Pollution of Every Man’s Conscience by Original Sin. The work next in order is to discover the pollution of every man’s conscience by original sin. 1. A Natural Blindness in the Conscience First, there is naturally a… Read More The Conscience Blinded by Original Sin
Anthony Burgess Treatise on Original Sin Part 3, chapter 2, section 1. “But even their mind, and conscience is defiled.” (Titus 1:15). Hitherto we have been discovering original sin as seated in the understanding, the metropolis (as it were) of the soul. We now proceed to manifest it as polluting the conscience of every man… Read More The Nature of Conscience and its Corruption
Anthony Burgess, Treatise on Original Sin, Part 3, chapter 1, section 4. “And be ye renewed in the spirit of your mind.” (Ephesians 4:23). These things premised, let us consider, wherein original sin hath infected the minds of all men, so that in respect thereof it is to be renewed. 1. Horrible Ignorance of… Read More Pollution of the Mind With Original Sin
Ephesians 4:17-24 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given… Read More The Extent of Original Sin in Every Faculty of the Soul
What is Original Sin? Original sin is both the lack of original righteousness and the inclination or disposition to sin. The imputation of Adam’s guilt can be thought of distinctly from original sin, but the two are integrally related; imputation is forensic, while original sin is habitual and inherent. WCF 6:2. By this sin they… Read More Original Sin: What It Is And How It Is Propagated
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