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1552.

1562, 1571.

Title. Of Sin against the Of Sin after Baptism.
HOLY GHOST.
Every deadly sin willingly
committed after baptism is

not sin against the HOLY
GHOST.

the place for penitents

rise again

the place for penitents

as truly repent and amend

their lives.

Not every deadly sin willingly committed after baptism is sin against the HOLY GHOST.

the grant of repentance. arise again.

the place of forgiveness. as truly repent.

2. When the Latin and English are compared together.

mortale

a baptismo

locus pœnitentiæ

resipiscere
resipiscentibus

Four PROPOSITIONS.

deadly.
after baptism.

grant of repentance.

amend our lives.

to such as truly repent.

I. Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin against the HOLY GHOST and unpardonable.

II. The grant of repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after Baptism.

III. After we have received the HOLY GHOST, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of GoD we may arise again and amend our lives.

IV. They are to be condemned which say, they can no more sin as long as they live here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent.

PROP. I. Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin against the HOLY GHOST and unpardonable.

1. The Testimony of Reason.

Because of the truth of what is asserted in Articles IX., XV. 2. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. 2 Sam. xii. 13, "And David said unto
Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan

said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die."-See also 2 Chron. xxxiii. 12, 13. Jer. iii. 1. Ezek. xvi. 60-63.

B. New Testament. Rev. ii. 5, "Remember from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works."-See also John xxi. 15. 1 John i. 9.

3. Human Testimony.

A. Fathers. August. Expos. Epist. ad Rom. inchoat. 16, par. II. vol. iii. Hieron. ad Marcell. Op. tom. iii.

p. 141.

B. Confessions. 2 Helvetic, c. viii. Saxon, Art. x. Bohemian, c. iv.

PROP. II. The grant of repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after Baptism.

1. Divine Testimony.

:

A. Old Testament. Hos. xiv. 4, "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely for Mine anger is turned away from him."-See also Jer. xiii. 9. Dan. iv. 27. Hos. ii. 14.

B. New Testament. Acts. viii. 22, "Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee."-See also Matt. xviii. 17. 2 Cor. ii. 7. Gal. vi. 1. 2 Tim. ii. 25. 1 John ii. 1.

2. Human Testimony.

A. Fathers. Cyprian, Epist. lib. v. ad Antonian, "Moreover I wonder that some are so obstinate as not to think that repentance ought to be given to such as are fallen, or suppose that pardon should be denied to penitents, when it is written (Rev. ii. 5), Remember from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works."-See also Clement of Rome, Epist. ad Corinth. c. vii. Ignat. Epist. ad Philadelph. c. viii. Clem. Alex. Quis Dives salvetur, c. xxxvii. Cyprian, Epist. iii.

B. Confession. Augsburg, Art. xi.

PROP. III. After we have received the HOLY GHOST, we may depart from

grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of GOD we may arise again and amend our lives.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Prov. xxiv. 16, "For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief." Examples-David, 2 Sam. xi. 4, comp. xii. 13; and Manasseh, 2 Chron. xxxiii. 12. -See also Exod. xxxiv. 12. Deut. iv. 9; vi. 12; viii. 11. 1 Kings xi. 4. Ps. iv. 4; xxxvii. 24; xxxix. 1; cxix. 9. Prov. iv. 23; xxviii. 14. Micah vii. 8. Mal. ii. 16.

B. New Testament. Gal. vi. 1, "Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted." Example - St. Peter, Luke xxii. 55, comp. Acts ii. 23.-See also Matt. xxiv. 4; xxvi. 41. Luke xi. 35; xvii. 31-33; xxi. 34, 36; Rom. xi. 18-22. 1 Cor. x. 12. 2 Cor. xi. 3. Ephes. vi. 21, 22; v. 6, 15. Col. ii. 8. 1 Thess. v. 5, 6. 2 Thess. ii. 1-3. 1 Tim. iv. 3. 2 Tim. 1, 19; iv. 2, 4, 5. Tit. i. 13. Heb. ii. 1; iii. 12, 13; iv. 1-11. 1 Pet. ii. 10. 2 Pet. iii. 17. 1 John i. 9. 2 John 8. Rev. iii. 2, 3; xvi. 15.

John v. 14.

2. Human Testimony.

Confessions. 2 Helvetic, c. vii. Wirtemberg, Art. xxiii.
Bohemian, c. lviii. Saxon, Art. x. xi. Sueveland, Art. xv.
Westminster, c. xvii. §. 3.

PROP. IV. They are to be condemned which say, they can no more sin as long as they live here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Ps. li. 12, "Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, and uphold me with Thy free Spirit." -See also 1 Kings viii. 46. Job ix. 20. Ps. xxvi. 1; cxix. 117; cxliii. 2. Prov. xx. 9. Isa. i. 18. Eccles. vii. 20.

B. New Testament. Gal. vi. 1, "Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted."-See also Matt. xi. 28; xviii. 23-26. Luke v. 7; xv. 20; xix. 41, 42. John v. 14; viii. 11. Rom. vii. 18, 19, 21-23. 1 Cor. v. 5.

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iii. 8. 1 Tim.

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ii. 4; iv. 3. 2 Tim. i. 10. Philemon,

12. James iii. 2; v. 20. 1 Pet. ii. 10. 2 Pet. iii. 9.

1 John i. 8, 10. Rev. ii. 5, 16.

2. Human Testimony.

A. Fathers. August. de Peccat. merit. et rem. lib. II. cc. vi. vii. xvii. xx.-See also Ambros. or August. de

Pœnit. lib. iii.

B. Councils.

Two councils at Rome

Two councils at Carthage
One council in Italy

A.D. 254.*

C. Confessions. Augsburg, Art. xi. Saxon, Arts. iii. xvi. 2 Helvetic, c. xiv. Bohemian, c. v. Wirtemburg, Art. xii. Westminster, c. xiii. § 1.

1 See Euseb. Hist. lib. vI. c. xliii.

ARTICLE XVII.

ARTICULUS XVII.

De Prædestinatione et Electione.

ARTICLE XVII.

Of Predestination and Election. PREDESTINATION to life is the everlasting purpose of GOD, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) He hath constantly decreed by His counsel, secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom He hath chosen in CHRIST out of mankind, and to bring them by CHRIST to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, be called according to God's purpose by His SPIRIT working in due season: they through grace obey the calling: they be justified freely: they be made sons of GOD by adoption: they be made like the image of His only-begotten SON JESUS CHRIST: they walk religiously in good works, and Quemadmodum prædestina- at length, by God's mercy

PREDESTINATIO ad vitam est æternum DEI propositum, quo ante jacta mundi fundamenta, suo consilio, nobis quidem occulto, constanter decrevit, eos quos in CHRISTO elegit ex hominum genere, a maledicto et exitio liberare, atque (ut vasa in honorem efficta) per CHRISTUM, ad æternam salutem adducere. Unde qui tam præclaro DEI beneficio sunt donati, illi, Spiritu ejus opportuno tempore operante, secundum propositum ejus vocantur, vocationi per gratiam parent, justificantur gratis, adoptantur in filios DEI, unigeniti ejus JESU CHRISTI imagini efficiuntur conformes, in bonis operibus sancte ambulant, et demum ex DEI misericordia pertingunt ad sempiternam felicitatem.

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