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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 8
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In about two Months after they came out of Egypt, they came to Mount Sinai; where God entered into a most solemn Covenant with the People, that they should be an holy People unto him, with such astonishing Manifestations of his Power, Majesty and Holiness, as were altogether unparalleled: As God puts the People in Mind, De•• ▪ iv. 32,—34. For ask now of the Days that are past, which were before thee, since the Day that God created Man upon the Earth; and ask from one Side of Heaven unto the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great Thing is, or hath been heard like it. Did ever People hear the Voice of God speaking out of the Midst of the Fire, as thou hast heard, and live? Or hath God assayed to take him a Nation from the Midst of another Nation, &c? And these great Things were to that End, to impress their Minds with such a Conviction and Sense of divine Truth, and their Obligations to their Duty, that they might never forget them: As God says, Exod. xix. 9. Lo, I come unto thee in a thick Cloud, that the People may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. But what was the Effect of all? Why, it was not more than two or three Months, before that People, there, under that very Mountain, returned to their old Egyptian Idolatry, and were singing and dancing before a golden Calf, which they had set up to worship. And after such awful Manifestations as there were of God's Displeasure for that Sin, and so much done to bring 'em to Repentance, and confirm 'em in Obedience, it was but a few Months before they came to that Violence ⟨p. 88⟩of Spirit, in open Rebellion against God, that with the utmost Vehemence they declared their Resolution to follow God no longer, but to make them a Captain to return into Egypt. And thus they went on in Ways of perverse Opposition to the most High, from Time to Time, repeating their open Acts of Rebellion, in the Midst of continued astonishing Miracles, till that Generation was destroyed. And tho' the following Generation seems to have been the best that ever was in Israel;
In about two Months after they came out of Egypt, they came to Mount Sinai; where God entered into a most solemn Covenant with the People, that they should be an holy People unto him, with such astonishing Manifestations of his Power, Majesty and Holiness, as were altogether unparallel'd: As God puts the People in Mind, De iv. 32,—34. For ask now of the Days that are past, which were before thee, since the Day that God created Man upon the Earth; and ask from one Side of Heaven unto the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great Thing is, or hath been heard like it. Did ever People hear the Voice of God speaking out of the Midst of the Fire, as thou hast heard, and live? Or hath God assayed to take him a Nation from the Midst of another Nation, &c? And these great Things were to that End, to impress their Minds with such a Conviction and Sense of divine Truth, and their Obligations to their Duty, that they might never forget them: As God says,