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The faith of the fathers. Or, The articles of the true religion, all of…
The faith of the fathers. Or, The articles of the true religion, all of them exhibited in the express words of the Old Testament. Partly, to confirm those who do possess that religion of God, and His Messiah. But chiefly, to engage the Jewish nation, unto the religion of their patriarchs; and, bring down the hearts of the fathers into the children, and the disobedient unto the wisdom of the just; and so, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines of quotation]
printed by B. Green, 1699
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. Yes. It is written, Gen. 32.3, 4, 5, 6. The Woman said unto the Serpent, we may Eat of the Fruit of the Trees of the Garden; But of the Fruit of ⟨p. 8⟩the Tree, which is in the midst of the Garden, God hath said, ye shall not Eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye Dy. And the Serpent said, ye shall not surely Die; ye shall be as Gods, knowing Good & Evil. And when the Woman saw, that the Tree was Good for Food, and that it was pleasant unto the Eyes, and a Tree to be desired, to make one wise, she took of the Fruit thereof, and did Eat, and gave also unto her Husband, and he did Eat.
A. Yes. It is written, Gen. 32.3, 4, 5, 6. The Woman said unto the Serpent, we may Eat of the Fruit of the Trees of the Garden; But of the Fruit of ⟨p. 8⟩the Tree, which is in the midst of the Garden, God hath said, ye shall not Eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye Dy. And the Serpent said, ye shall not surely Dy; ye shall be as Gods, knowing Good & Evil. And when the Woman saw, that the Tree was Good for Food, and that it was pleasant unto the Eyes, and a Tree to be desired, to make one wise, she took of the Fruit thereof, and did Eat, and gave also unto her Husband, and he did Eat.
Q. Is the First Sin of the First Man, whom God made our Common Head, now justly Imputed unto all the Children of men?