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Five sermons on several subjects. I. A birth-day sermon, preached on the day when…
Five sermons on several subjects. I. A birth-day sermon, preached on the day when the author attained to the eightieth year of his age. II. A dying testimony to the sovereign grace of God in the salvation of his elect, containing three sermons. III. Believers encouraged to pray from the consideration of Christs interceding for them, and with them. / By Increase Mather, D.D ; [Six lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1719
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Ans. 1. Adams Sin is the cause of […] all the Sin, Death, and Misery, that […] been in the World ever since Adam, […] Sin of his has been the Original of […] Rom.5.12. By one man sin entered into […] world and death by sin, and so death […] upon all men for that all have sinned, 1 […]. 15.22. In Adam all die: If in Adam […] die, then in Adam all have Sinned. […] Sin is the cause, the original, […] ⟨p. 13⟩that Inherent Sin, that corruption which is in the hearts of Men. Rom. 5. 19. By one mans disobedience many were made sinners. Truly as many as ever shall be in the World, as many Men, Women and Children as ever were born into the World, by the disobedience of Adam are made Sinners and guilty before GOD. Some may be apt to think this is hard, Is this reasonable, why should we be punished for Adams Sin? We could not help what he did in eating the forbidding fruit. But it should be considered that Adam was not a particular but universal Person, the Representative of all Man-kind: now the act of a Representative is justly imputed to those he does represent; tho' we did not choose Adam for our Representative, God chose him for us. If Adam had not Sinned, we should all have fared the better for it: Not Original Sin, but Original Righteousness would have been propagated. Men then would have been born with a perfect Image of God upon them; therefore it is just and reasonable that when he sinned they should be deprived of that Image, and be punished with Original Corruption.
Ans. 1. Adams Sin is the cause of 〈…〉 all the Sin, Death, and Misery, that 〈…〉 been in the World ever since Adam, 〈…〉 Sin of his has been the Original of 〈…〉 Rom.5.12. By one man sin entred into 〈…〉 world and death by sin, and so death 〈…〉 upon all men for that all have sinned, 1 〈…〉. 15.22. In Adam all die: If in Adam 〈…〉 die, then in Adam all have Sinned. Sin is the cause, the original,