an. l 466 The nature of Y flifcation, as declared Cum iii gu4e font Adami conferantur, cum morbo medicina , cum vulnere emplafirum, cum Peccato juftitia, cum execrati- one benedil io, cum condemnatione remifflo, cum tranf re one obedientia, cum morte vita, cum inferis regnum, chriflus cum Adam, homo cum homine. The differences that are among Interpreters about the Ex- pofition of thefe words, relate unto the ufe of Come Parti- cles, Prepofitions, and the dependance of one paffage upon another; on none of which the confirmation of the truth pleaded for doth depend. But the plain defign of the Apo - file, and his exprefs Propofitions are fuch, as if Men could but acquiefce in them, might put an end unto this contro- verfie. Socinus acknowledgeth that this place of Scripture doth give, as he (peaks the great occafion unto our opinion in . this matter : For he cannot deny, but, at leaft, a great ap- pearance of what we believe, is reprefented in the words of the Apoftle. He doth therefore ufe his utmoft endeavor to . wreft and deprave them : And yet, although molt of his Ar- tifices are f nce traduced into the Annotations of others up- on the place, he himfelf produceth nothing material , but what is taken out of Origen, and the Comment of Pelagius on this Epiffle, which is extant in the Works of Yerome, and was urged before him by Erafmus. The fubftance of what he pleads for is, That the aCtual Iran f ref lion of Adam is not imputed unto his pofterity , nor a depraved nature from thence communicated unto them. Only whereas he had in- curred the penalty of death, all that derive their nature from him in that condition , are rendred fubje61 unto death alto. And as for that corruption of nature which is in us, or a pronenefs unto fin, it is not derived from Adam, but is an habit contraCted by many continued ats of our own. So allo on the other hand, that the Obedience or Righteoufnef of brijt, is not imputed unto us.. Only when,we make our (elves
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