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The great Christian doctrine of original sin defended
The great Christian doctrine of original sin defended; evidences of it's [sic] truth produced, and arguments to the contrary answered. Containing, in particular, a reply to the objections and arguings of Dr. John Taylor, in his book, entitled, "The Scripture-doctrine of original sin proposed to free and candid examination, &c. / By the late Reverend and learned Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New-Jersey. ; [Thirteen lines of quotations]The great Christian doctrine of original sin defended; evidences of it's [sic] truth produced, and arguments to the contrary answered. Containing, in particular, a reply to the objections and arguings of Dr. John Taylor, in his book, intitled, "The Scripture-doctrine of original sin proposed to free and candid examination, &c. / By the late Reverend and learned Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New-Jersey. ; [Thirteen lines of quotations]
printed by S. Kneeland, 1758
The great Christian Doctrine of ORIGINAL SIN defended. › Part 1 › Chapter 1 › Section 7
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where the World is represented as very much the same, as to the Vanity and Evil it is full of, from Age to Age, making little or no Progress, after all it's Revolutions & restless Motions, Labours and Pursuits, like the Sea, that has all the Rivers constantly emptying themselves into-it, from Age to Age, and yet is never the fuller. As to that Place, Prov. xx. 6. A faithful Man who can find? there is no more Reason to suppose, that the wise Man has respect only to his Time, in these Words, than in those immediately preceding, Counsel in the Heart of a Man is like deep Waters; but a Man of Understanding will draw it out. Or in the Words next following, The just Man walketh in his Integrity: his Children are blessed after him. Or, in any other Proverb in the whole Book. And if it were so, that Solomon in these things meant only to describe his own Times, it would not at all weaken the Argument. For, if we observe the History of the Old Testament, there is Reason to think there never was any Time from Joshua to the Captivity, wherein Wickedness was more restrained, and Virtue and Religion more encouraged and promoted, than in David's ⟨p. 69⟩and Solomon's Times. And if there was so little true Piety in that Nation that was the only People of God under Heaven, even in their very best Times, what may we suppose concerning the World in general, take one Time with another?
where the World is represented as very much the same, as to the Vanity and Evil it is full of, from Age to Age, making little or no Progress, after all it's Revolutions & restless Motions, Labours and Pursuits, like the Sea, that has all the Rivers constantly emptying themselves into-it, from Age to Age, and yet is never the fuller. As to that Place, Prov. xx. 6. A faithful Man who can find? there is no more Reason to suppose, that the wise Man has respect only to his Time, in these Words, than in those immediately preceeding, Counsel in the Heart of a Man is like deep Waters; but a Man of Understanding will draw it out. Or in the Words next following, The just Man walketh in his Integrity: his Children are blessed after him. Or, in any other Proverb in the whole Book. And if it were so, that Solomon in these things meant only to describe his own Times, it would not at all weaken the Argument. For, if we observe the History of the Old Testament, there is Reason to think there never was any Time from Joshua to the Captivity, wherein Wickedness was more restrained, and Virtue and Religion more encouraged and promoted, than in David's