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William Perkins

5 quotations · Works cited: A Reformed Catholic; An Advertisement to all Favorers of the Roman Religion

Man & Sin

Fifth, the last commandment of lust forbids the first motions to sin that are before consent. … Again, the philosophers knew that lust with consent was evil, even by the light of nature. But Paul, a learned Pharisee, and therefore more than a philosopher, knew not lust to be sin that is forbidden in this commandment [Rom. 7:7]. Lust therefore that is forbidden here, is without consent.

— William Perkins, An Advertisement to all Favorers of the Roman Religion

Indeed it remains till death, and it is sin considered in itself, so long as it remains, but it is not imputed unto the person: and in that respect is as though it were not; it being pardoned.

— William Perkins, A Reformed Catholic, Of Original Sin

That which lusts against the spirit, and by lusting tempts, and in tempting entices and draws the heart to sin, is for nature sin itself: but concupiscence in the regenerate lusts against the spirit, Gal. 5. 17. … And therefore it is sin properly: such as the fruit is, such is the tree.

— William Perkins, A Reformed Catholic, Of Original Sin

Christ

Yes, they transform some of them into detestable idols, making them in truth mediators of redemption, especially the virgin Mary, whom they call "a Lady, a Goddess, a Queen, whom Christ her Son obeys in heaven, a mediatress: or life, hope, the medicine of the diseased."

— William Perkins, A Reformed Catholic, An Advertisement to all Favorers of the Roman Religion

The Virgin Mary and the rest of the Saints being sinners, could not satisfy so much as for them selves.

— William Perkins, A Reformed Catholic, Of the Worshipping of Saints, Specially of the Invocation of Saints