The Doctrine of Sin, The Third Period, 730-1517 A.D. (24): Protestant Doctrine of Sin: The Reformed Symbols

At the conclusion of our preceding article we had quoted Art. IV of the Rejection of Errors of Heads III and IV of the Canons of Dordtrecht. In this article the fathers set forth, clearly and unequivocally, the Arminian conception of the goodness pf the natural man. This error of the Remonstrants is not unknown to us: man can at least desire his own salvation. He can hunger and thirst after righteousness. And therefore he can also long to be delivered out of his misery. And we know how this...