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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 2 › Chapter 1 › Section 2
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But now, let us consider what that Death is, which the Scripture ever speaks of as the proper Wages of the Sin of Mankind, and is spoken of as such by God's Saints in ⟨p. 158⟩all Ages of the Church, from the first Beginning of a written Revelation, to the Conclusion of it. I'll begin with the New-Testament. When the Apostle Paul says, Rom. vi. 23. The Wages of Sin is Death, Dr. T. tells us, P. 396. that this means eternal Death, the second Death, a Death widely different from the Death we now die. The same Apostle speaks of Death as the proper Punishment due for Sin, in Rom. vii. 5. and Chap. viii. 13, 2 Cor. iii. 7. 1 Cor. xv. 56. In all which Places, Dr. T. himself supposes the Apostle to intend eternal Death. *And when the Apostle James speaks of Death, as the proper Reward, Fruit and End of Sin, Jam. i. 15. Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth Death: 'tis manifest, that our Author supposes eternal Destruction to be meant.‖ And the Apostle John, agreeable to Dr. T—r's Sense, speaks of the second Death, as that which Sin unrepented of will bring all Men to at last. Rev. xx. 6, 14. and xxi. 8. and Chap. ii. 11. In the same Sense the Apostle John uses the Word in his 1st Epistle, Chap. iii. 14. We know, that we have passed from Death to Life, because we love the Brethren: He that •ateth his Brother, abideth in Death. In the same Manner Christ used the Word from Time to Time, when he was on Earth, and spake concerning the Punishment and Issue of Sin. Joh. v. 24. He that heareth my Word, and believeth, &c. hath everlasting Life; and shall not come into Condemnation; but is passed from Death to Life. Where, according to Dr.T—r's own Way of arguing, it can't be the Death which we now die, that Christ speaks of, but eternal Death, because it is set in Opposition to everlasting Life.