Our own church and the ninth article
And here our own church, as indeed in most points, copies the primitive church exactly. In the ninth article she declares: Original sin is the corruption of the nature of every person, by which a person is, in his own nature, inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusts against the Spirit. And this infection of nature remains, yes, even in those who are regenerated. By it the lust of the flesh, called in Greek the mind of the flesh, is not subject to the law of God. And although there is no condemnation for those who believe, yet this lust has in itself the nature of sin.
1771 text
3. And herein our own church, (as indeed in most points) exactly copies after the primitive; declaring (in her ninth article) “Original sin is the corruption of the nature of every man whereby man is in his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth contrary to the Spirit. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea, in them that are regenerated; whereby the lust of the flesh called in greek φρόνημα σαρκὸς, is not subject to the law of God. And altho’ there is no condemnation for them that believe, yet this lust hath of itself the nature of sin.”
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Sermon 13 in the 1771 Works. Second Corinthians 5:17.
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