“Original sin is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered in the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil—and this infection of nature doth remain in the regenerated.” “The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he can not turn and prepare himself (by his own natural strength and good works) to faith and calling upon God. Wherefore we have _no power_ to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us; that we may have a good will, and working with us when we have that good will.” The Methodists. In the Methodist Quarterly Review for July, 1857, the editor, in speaking of the works of Arminius, says, p. 345, “Our denomination, _whose creed agrees so completely with the teachings of this learned, accomplished and holy man_, is bound to maintain the freshness of his precious memory.” Arminius. In the same article are the following extracts from the works of Arminius, which, on so good authority, may be received as the views of the Methodist churches on this topic: “The will of man, with respect to true good, is not only wounded, bruised, crooked and attenuated, but is likewise captivated, destroyed and lost, and has _no powers whatever_, except such as are excited by grace. “Adam, by sinning, corrupted himself and all his posterity, and so made them obnoxious to God’s wrath.” “Infants have rejected the grace of the gospel _in their parents and forefathers_, by which act they have deserved to be deserted by God. For I would like to have proof adduced how all posterity could _sin in Adam_ against law, and yet infants, to whom the gospel is offered _in their parents_ and rejected, have not sinned against the grace of the gospel.” “For there is a permanent principle in the covenant of God, that children should be comprehended and adjudged in their parents.” Watson, the leading Arminian theologian, says that in the doctrine of the corruption of our common nature and man’s natural incapacity to do good, the Arminians and Calvinists so well agree, “that it is an entire delusion to represent this doctrine, as is often done, as exclusively Calvinistic.” Various Protestant doctrines. The following extracts from the creeds of various European bodies of Protestant Christians show the same doctrine. The Synod of Dort was a great council of Protestant divines at the period of the Reformation. It contained representatives from most of the large bodies of Protestants in Europe. The following gives their views on this subject: _Synod of Dort._