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Excerpt from The Triangle: A Series of Numbers Upon Three Theological Points, Enforced From Various Pulpits in the City of New-York Neither Calvin, Luther, nor Melancthon, believed in that doctrine. People of New-York, I desire you to take notice, that these high-toned Calvinists were so enraged at Calvin's own sentiments, that the editor of the Courier was induced not to proceed. For your satisfaction I give you the words of Calvin. He sums up his opinion of original sin in few words: "Vedetur, ergo, peccatum originale haereditare naturae nostrae pravitas et corruptio, in omnes animae partes diffusa." Wherefore, original sin seems to be the hereditary depravity and corruption of our nature diffused into all parts of the soul. "Neque," subjoins Calvin, "ista est alieni delicti obligatio. Non ita est accipiendum, ac si, insontes ipsi et immerentes, culpam delicti ejus sustineremus." Neither is that an obligation or accountableness for another's fault. It is not to be understood as though we, ourselves innocent, should sustain the blame of his (Adam's) transgression. I am aware that most people have not leisure to examine authors. Those, however, that will take that trouble, will perceive that the views of Original Sin, Depravity, and Atonement, advocated in these numbers, are not peculiar to New England, but, on the contrary, have been known and maintained in the church, by many of the ablest divines, since the Reformation, and by a majority in the American churches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."