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38 Although they are not under condemnation, they yet need continual forgiveness, even if not guilty of actual sin.

How do you show this?

"The Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin."

What Apostle?

St. Paul, Rom. viii. 7; where after saying, "I had not known sin, but by the law," he brings us an example, "I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet;" thus making "lust," that is, desire of forbidden things, a kind of sin.

What is the subject of the tenth Article?

"Free-Will."

How is the will of man affected by original corruption?

"The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God."

To what cannot man turn and prepare himself?

To faith and calling upon God.

Cannot he do this at all?

Not by his own natural strength and good works.

Why do you say that this is caused by original corruption?