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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 3
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SECT. III.
Wherein it is enquired, whether there be any thing in the History of the three first Chapters of Genesis, which should lead us to suppose, that God, in his Constitution with Adam, dealt with Mankind in general, as included in their first Father, and that the Threatening of Death, in Case he should eat the forbidden Fruit, had Respect not only to him, but his Posterity?
Wherein it is enquired, whether there be any thing in the History of the three first Chapters of Genesis, which should lead us to suppose, that God, in his Constitution with Adam, dealt with Mankind in general, as included in their first Father, and that the Threatning of Death, in Case he should eat the forbidden Fruit, had Respect not only to him, but his Posterity?
Dr. T. rehearsing that Threatening to Adam, Thou shalt surely die, and giving us his Paraphrase of it, P. 7, 8. concludes thus; "Observe, here is not one Word relating to Adam's Posterity." But it may be observed ⟨p. 165⟩in Opposition to this, that there is scarcely one Word that we have an Account of, which God ever said to Adam or Eve, but what does manifestly include their Posterity in the Meaning and Design of it. There is as much of a Word said about Adam's Posterity in that Threatening, as there is in those Words of God to Adam and Eve,