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CHAPTER 2 [II.]—THE MISREPRESENTATION OF THE PELAGIANS CONCERNING THE USE OF THE OLD LAW
CHAPTER 3.—SCRIPTURAL CONFIRMATION OF THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE
CHAPTER 4 [III.]—MISREPRESENTATION CONCERNING, THE EFFECT OF BAPTISM
THE UTILITY OF THE LAW; WHAT THEY TEACH OF THE EFFECT AND VIRTUE OF BAPTISM; WHAT OF THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO TESTAMENTS, THE OLD AND THE NEW; WHAT CONCERNING THE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PERFECTION OF THE PROPHETS AND APOSTLES; WHAT OF THE APPELLATION OF SIN IN CHRIST, WHEN HE IS SAID IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH CONCERNING SIN TO HAVE CONDEMNED SIN, OR TO HAVE BECOME SIN; AND FINALLY, WHAT THEY PROFESS CONCERNING THE FULFILMENT OF THE COMMANDMENTS IN THE FUTURE LIFE
UTILITY OF THE LAW
FULFILMENT OF THE COMMANDMENTS IN THE FUTURE LIFE
OR TO HAVE BECOME SIN
INFUL FLESH CONCERNING SIN TO HAVE CONDEMNED SIN
APPELLATION OF SIN IN CHRIST
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PERFECTION OF THE PROPHETS AND APOSTLES
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO TESTAMENTS
UTILITY OF THE LAW
FULFILMENT OF THE COMMANDMENTS IN THE FUTURE LIFE
OR TO HAVE BECOME SIN
INFUL FLESH CONCERNING SIN TO HAVE CONDEMNED SIN
APPELLATION OF SIN IN CHRIST
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PERFECTION OF THE PROPHETS AND APOSTLES
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO TESTAMENTS
that we say that the law of the Old Testament was given not for the end that it might justify the obedient, but rather that it might become the cause of greater sin.
that the law was so given as to be a cause of greater sin
not only sinners, but moreover transgressors
They assert
that baptism, moreover, does not make men new—that is, does not give complete remission of sins; but they contend that they are partly made children of God and partly remain children of the world, that is, of the devil.
all men who are children of the devil are also children of the world; but not that all children of the world are also children of the devil
they in whom there is not faith are the children of the devil, because they have not in the inner man any reason why there should be forgiven them whatever is committed either by human infirmity, or by ignorance, or by any evil will whatever
unbelief makes children of the devil
THE PRAISE, TO WIT, OF THE CREATURE, THE PRAISE OF MARRIAGE, THE PRAISE OF THE LAW, THE PRAISE OF FREE WILL, AND THE PRAISE OF THE SAINTS
THEIR THREE-FOLD ERROR—NAMELY, THE TWO FIRST, THE DENIAL OF ORIGINAL SIN; THE TWO FOLLOWING, THE ASSERTION THAT GRACE IS GIVEN ACCORDING TO MERITS; THE FIFTH, THEIR STATEMENT THAT THE SAINTS HAD NOT SINNED IN THIS LIFE
WIT, OF THE CREATURE
DENIAL OF ORIGINAL SIN
GRACE IS GIVEN ACCORDING TO MERITS
SAINTS HAD NOT SINNED IN THIS LIFE