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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 2
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We may well argue from these Things, that Infants are not looked upon by God as Sinless, but that they are by Nature Children of Wrath, seeing this terrible Evil comes so heavily on Mankind in Infancy. But-besides these Things, which are observable concerning the Mortality of Infants in general, there are some particular Cases of the Death of Infants, which the Scripture sets before us, that are attended with Circumstances, in a peculiar Manner, giving Evidences of the Sinfulness of such, and their just Exposedness to divine Wrath. As particularly,
The destroying the Infants in Sodom, and the neighbouring Cities: which Cities, destroyed in so extraordinary ⟨p. 134⟩miraculous and awful a Manner, are set forth as a signal example of God's dreadful Vengeance for Sin to the World in all Generations; agreeable to that of the Apostle, Jude v 7. God did not reprove, but manifestly countenanced Abraham, when he said with Respect to the Destruction of Sodom (Gen xviii. 23, 25.) Wilt thou destroy the Righteous with the Wicked?—That be far from thee, to do after this Manner, to slay the Righteous with the Wicked, & that the Righteous should be as the Wicked, that be far from thee. Shall not, the Judge of all the Earth do right? Abraham's Words imply that God would not destroy the innocent with the guilty. We may well understand innocent as included in the Word righteous, according to the Language usual in Scripture, in speaking of such Cases of Judgment & Punishment; as is plain in Gen. xx. 4. Exod. xxiii. 7. Deut. xxv. 1. 2 Sam. iv. 11. 2 Chron. vi. 23. and