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Often appears with: will, choice, and freedom · warning against sloth · sin, guilt, and repentance · freedom of will · duty, conscience, and obligation · augustine quotations
Usually: argument (1) · temptation (1) · exhortation (1) · indignation (1)
“Therefore, to avoid striking on either of these rocks, this will be the course to be pursued—that man, being taught that he has nothing good left in his possession, and being surrounded on every side with the most miserable necessity, should, nevertheless, be instructed to aspire to the good of which he is destitute, and to the liberty of which he is deprived; and should be roused from indolence with more earnestness, than if he were supposed to be possessed of the greatest strength.” Jean Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) · precept
Calvin transitions to freedom of will, stating that sin’s domination over humanity should drive people away from sloth and from self-boasting, humbling them to seek God’s help.
Subjected To A Miserable Slavery. Since we have seen that the domination of sin, from the time of its subjugation of the first man, not only extends over the whole race, but also exclusively possesses every soul, it now remains to be more closely investigated, whether we are despoiled of all freedom, and, if any particle of it yet remain, how far its power extends. But, that we may the more easily discover the truth…