Man become guilty, or, The corrruption of nature by sinne, according to St. Augustines sense written originally in French by Iohn-Francis Senault ; and put into English by ... Henry, Earle of Monmouth.

A Table of the severall Treaties and Dis∣courses handled in this Book.

The first Treatise. Of Originall Sin, and the effects thereof.

• ...Discourse.
• 1 THat Faith acknowledgeth Originall sin: That Nature hath a feeling thereof, and that Philosophy suspects it. Page 1
• 2 What the state of Man was before sin. p 8
• 3 Of what kind the first sin which Adam committed was. p. 12
• 4 How Adam sin did communicate it selfe to those that are descended from him. p. 16
• 5 Of the nature of Concupiscence. p. 20
• 6 The pursute of the same subject, and divers descriptions of Concu∣piscence. p. 26
• 7 That Selfe-love is nothing else but Concupiscence. p. 28
• 8 That Concupiscence, or Selfe-love, divides it selfe into the love of Pleasure, of Honour, and of Knowledge. p. 33
• 9 Wherefore Concupiscence remaines i•• Man after Baptisme. p. 38
• 10 That Gods Iustice hath permitted that man should be divided within himselfe, for the pun••shment of his sin. p. 42

The second Treatise. Of the corruption of the Soule by Sin.

• ...Discourse.
• 1 OF the Souls Excellenc••, and of the miseries which she hath con∣tracted by sin. p. 47
• ...

• 2 That the sonle is become a slave unto the body by reason of sin. p. 55
• 3 Of the weaknesse which humane understanding hath contracted by sinne. p. 61
• 4 That there is no error into which human understanding hath not plun∣ged it selfe since the state of sin. p. 68
• 5 That Reason in Man is become blinde, and a slave since sin p. 77
• 6 That Memory hath lost her vigor by the meanes of sin, and that she a∣grees not very well with Iudgement. p. 80
• 7 That Concupiscence is neither a good Iudge nor faithfull witnesse since sin. p. 86
• 8 Of the unrulinesse of the will and of its inclination to Evill. p. 91
• 9 That the will, to be able to doe good, must be set free from the servitude of sin by the grace of Iesus Christ. p. 97
• 10 That evill habits bereave the will of her liberty, by ingaging her in Evill. p. 103

The third Treatise. Of the corruption of the Vertues.

• ...Discourse.
• 1 APaneggrick of Morall Vertue. p. 109
• 2 That Morall Vertue hath her faults. p. 115
• 3 That vain glory is the soule of the Vertue of Infidels. p 122
• 4 That the Vertue of Infidels cannot be true. p 128
• 5 That Wisdome without Grace, is blinde, weak, and malignant. p. 134
• 6 That there is no true Temperance nor Iustice amongst the Pagans. p. 140
• 7 That the Fortitude of the Pagans is but weaknes or vanity. p. 149
• 8 That friendship without grace is alwayes interested. p. 156
• 9 That the uncertainty and obscurity of Knowledge derives from si••ne. p. ••65
• 10 That Eloquence is an enemy to Reason, Truth, and Religion. p, ••73

The fourth Treatise. Of the corruption of Mans Body by sin.

• ...Discourse.
• 1 OF the Excellencies of Mans Body. p. 182
• 2 Of the Miseries of the Body in generall. p. 190
• 3 Of the Infidelity of the Senses p. 195
• 4 That the Passions are fickle, or wilde. p. 201
• 5 That the health of Man is prejudiced by sicknesse. p. 207
• 6 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Bodies beauty is become perishable and criminall. p. 214
• 7 That the life of man is short and miserable. p. 225
• 8 That Death is the punishment of sin. p. 231
• 9 What advantages we may draw from Death by meanes of Grace. p. 237
• 10 That Sleep is a punishment of sin, as well as the Image of Death; and that it bereaves us of Reason, as Dreames doe of Rest. p. 243

The fifth Treatise. Of the corruption of all exterior Goods, called by the name of FORTUNE

• ...Discourse.
• 1 THat we must feare what we desire, and desire what we feare, p. 249
• 2 That Honour is no longer the rec••mpence of Vertue. p. 255
• 3 That Greatnesse i•• attended by Slave••y and Vanity. p. 261
• 4 That the Birth and Cruelty of Wa••re derives from sin. p. 270
• 5 That Riches render m••n poore and sinfull. p. 278
• 6 That since the losse of Innocency poverty is glorious. p. 284
• 7 That aparrell is a mark of sin. p. 290
• 8 That the shame which 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Nakednesse, is a punishment for our offence. p. 296
• 9 That Build••ngs are the work of necessity, pleasure, or vain. glory. 302
• 10 That the greatest part of our pas••mes are occasions of sin. p. 3••

The sixth and last Treatise. Of the Corruption of all Creatures.

• ...Discourse.
• 1 OF the beauty, greatnesse, and duration of the world. p. 319
• 2 That all creatures have lost some of their perfections. p. 328
• 3 That the Sunne hath lost much of his light and vertue through sin. p. 335
• 4 That there is no creature which men have not adored. p. 341
• 5 That all creatures do either tempt or persecute man. p. 348
• 6 That it is more secure to sequester a mans self from the creatures, than to make use of them. p. 355
• 7 That Deluges and Earth-quakes are the punishments of the world be∣come corrupted. p. 361
• 8 That Thunder, Plagues and Tempests, are the effects of sin. p. 368
• 9 That Monsters and poysons are the workmanship of sin p. 377
• 10 That God will consume the world corrupted by sin, that he may make a new world. p.