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“[A]lthough we do not deny that man acts voluntarily and with free will when he is guided by the Holy Spirit, we nevertheless assert that his whole nature was permeated with that depravity, with the result that it is absolutely useless to do good by himself. Therefore … we only differ from [our opponents] because they neither sufficiently humble man nor extol the benefit of regeneration for its worth.”