St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.

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Title: St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.
Author: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Publication: London :: Printed by George Eld,; 1610.
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In what state GOD made Man, and into what state hee feil by his volun∣tary choice. CHAP. 14.

FOr GOD (the Creator of nature and not of vice) made man vpright: who be∣ing willingly depraued and iustly condemned, be got all his progeny vnder the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 deprauation and condemnation: for in him were we all, when as he beeing •…•…ced by the woman, corrupted (a) vs all: by her that before sinne was made of himselfe. VVee had not our perticular formes yet, but there was he seede of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 naturall propagation, which beeing corrupted by sinne must needs produce man of that same nature, the slaue to death & the obiect of iust condēnation: and therefore this came from the bad vsing of (b) free will, thence aro•…•… all this teame of calamity, drawing al men on into misery (excepting Gods Saints) frō their cor∣rupted originall, euen to the beginning of the second death which hath no end.

L. VIVES.

COrrupted (a) vs all] A diuersity of reading. Augustines meaning is that we being all poten∣tially

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in hm, and hee beeing corrupted by sinne, therefore wee, arising all from him as our first fountaine, draw the corruption a long with vs also. (b) Free will] For our first parents abused the freedome of it, hauing power aswell to keepe Gods hests eternally, as to breake them.