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[Chapter 3] CANON IV.
‘Tis true that since the Fall there remain in Man some Relics of Natural Light, by means whereof he yet retaineth some Knowledge of God, and of Natural things, he can discern between what is honest and dishonest, and expresseth some kind of Care and Study for Virtue, and Exterior Discipline. But he is so far from being able by this Light of Nature to attain the saving Knowledge of God, and to return unto him, that he doth not so much as make a right use of it in Natural and Civil things, but rather doth in divers ways soil and pollute it, and holds it under Hatches through Unrighteousness, by doing whereof he is left inexcusable before God.
CANON V.
And as it is with the light of Nature, even just so it is with the Decalogue which God particularly gave unto the Jews; for it doth indeed discover the heinousness of Sin, and doth more and more convince the Conscience of it, but not propounding any Remedy, nor imparting any Strength or Power whereby to get rid of this Misery, and being weak as to the Flesh, it leaves the Transgressor under the Curse, so that he cannot possibly obtain any saving Grace. ...
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‘Tis true that since the Fall there remain in Man some Relics of Natural Light, by means whereof he yet retaineth some Knowledge of God, and of Natural things, he can discern between what is honest and dishonest, and expresseth some kind of Care and Study for Virtue, and Exterior Discipline. But he is so far from being able by this Light of Nature to attain the saving Knowledge of God, and to return unto him, that he doth not so much as make a right use of it in Natural and Civil things, but rather doth in divers ways soil and pollute it, and holds it under Hatches through Unrighteousness, by doing whereof he is left inexcusable before God.
CANON V.
And as it is with the light of Nature, even just so it is with the Decalogue which God particularly gave unto the Jews; for it doth indeed discover the heinousness of Sin, and doth more and more convince the Conscience of it, but not propounding any Remedy, nor imparting any Strength or Power whereby to get rid of this Misery, and being weak as to the Flesh, it leaves the Transgressor under the Curse, so that he cannot possibly obtain any saving Grace. ...
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Canons and Decrees of the Synod of Charenton (1623) on the light of nature and the law of God
[Chapter 3] CANON IV. ‘Tis true that since the Fall there remain in Man some Relics of Natural Light, by means whereof he yet retaineth some Knowledge of God, and of Natural things, he can di…
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