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The Works of the Learned and Reverend John Scott, D.d., Sometime Rector of St. Giles's in the Fields (5)
The Works of the Learned and Reverend John Scott Dd Sometime Rector of St Giles's in the Fields - 5 Author:John Scott Volume: 5 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1826 Original Publisher: Clarendon Press Subjects: Sermons, English Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic Notes: This is a black and white OCR re... more »print of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: DISCOURSE IX. UPON 1 JOHN III. 9- Whotoeoer is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaincth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. . TOR the right understanding of these words, it will be necessary to inquire, first, What is here meant by sin; secondly, What is meant by being born of God; thirdly, In what sense he that is born of God cannot commit sin. First, What is here meant by committing1 sin ? I answer, that this phrase, in the writings of this our apostle, hath a special energy, and doth not denote the simple doing of any sinful action whatsoever, deliberately, wilfully, and presumptuously. For as for the first, it is not true that he that is born of God doth commit no sin at all, seeing the best of God's children are liable to be surprised into evil actions through their weakness, ignorance, or inadvertency ; of all which there are some remains even in the most purified natures. And as for the second, viz. the habit of sinning wilfully, though that in the apostle's sense is not only to commit sin, but to commit it in the most eminent degree; yet it is plain that it is the deliberate acts of sin that he here primarily intends : for so verse the 4th, He that com- mitteth sin transgresseth the law; for sin is a transgression of the law; which is plainly meant of every single act of wilful sin. So verse 8. He that committeth sin is of the Deri/; t...« less