Exposition of the Canons, Third and Fourth Heads of Doctrine, Of the Corruption of Man, His Conversion to God, and the Manner Thereof: Rejection of Errors, Article 4

The meaning of the Arminian doctrine that is here opposed is in itself quite clear, and is in need of little exposition. It is a plain and simple contradiction of the Scriptural and Reformed truth concerning man's total depravity: "The unregenerate man is not really nor utterly dead in sin, nor destitute of all powers unto spiritual good." This is the main proposition here, the key to the Arminian thought. The meaning of the Arminian doctrine that is here opposed is in itself quite clear, and...