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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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And when God executed Vengeance on the ancient Inhabitants of Canaan, not only did he not spare their Cities and Families for the sake of the Infants that were therein, nor take any Care that they should not be involved in the Destruction; but often with particular Care repeated his express Commands, that their Infants should not be spared, but should be utterly destroyed, without any Pity; while Rahab the Harlot (who had been far from Innocence, tho' she expressed her Faith in entertaining, and safely dismissing the Spies) was preserved, and all her Friends for her sake. And when God executed his Wrath on the Egyptians by slaying their first born, tho' the Children of Israel, who were most of 'em wicked Men, as was before shown, were wonderfully spared by the destroying Angel, yet such first born of the Egyptians as were Infants, were not spared. They not only were not rescued by the Angel, and no Miracle wrought to save 'em (as was observed in the Case of the Infants of Sodom) but the Angel destroyed 'em by his own immediate Hand, and a Miracle was wrought to kill them.
And when God executed Vengeance on the antient Inhabitants of Canaan, not only did he not spare their Cities and Families for the sake of the Infants that were therein, nor take any Care that they should not be involved in the Destruction; but often with particular Care repeated his express Commands, that their Infants should not be spared, but should be utterly destroyed, without any Pity; while Rahab the Harlot (who had been far from Innocence, tho' she expressed her Faith in entertaining, and safely dismissing the Spies) was preserved, and all her Friends for her sake. And when God executed his Wrath on the Egyptians by slaying their first born, tho' the Children of Israel, who were most of 'em wicked Men, as was before shewn, were wonderfully spared by the destroying Angel, yet such first born of the Egyptians as were Infants, were not spared. They not only were not rescued by the Angel, and no Miracle wrought to save 'em (as was observed in the Case of the Infants of Sodom) but the Angel destroy'd 'em by his own immediate Hand, and a Miracle was wro't to kill them.
Here not to stay to be particular concerning the Command by Moses, concerning the Destruction of the Infants of the Midianites,