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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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The Sentence which is founded on the Threatening, and (as Dr. T. says) according to the Threatening, extends to as many as were included in the Threatening, and to no more. If the Sentence be upon a collective Subject, infinitely (as it were) the greatest Part of which were not included in the Threatening, nor were ever threatened at all by any Threatening whatsoever, then certainly this Sentence is not according to the Threatening, nor built upon it. If the Sentence be according to the Threatening, then ⟨p. 167⟩we may justly explain the Threatening by the Sentence: And if we find the Sentence spoken to the same Person, to whom the Threatening was spoken, and spoken in the second Person singular, in like Manner with the Threatening, and founded on the Threatening, and according to the Threatening; and if we find the Sentence includes Adam's Posterity; then we may certainly infer, that so did the Threatening: And hence, that both the Threatening and Sentence were delivered to Adam as the public Head and Representative of his Posterity.
The Sentence which is founded on the Threatning, and (as Dr. T. says) according to the Threatning, extends to as many as were included in the Threatning, and to no more. If the Sentence be upon a collective Subject, infinitely (as it were) the greatest Part of which were not included in the Threatning, nor were ever threatned at all by any Threatning whatsoever, then certainly this Sentence is not according to the Threatning, nor built upon it. If the Sentence be according to the Threatning, then ⟨p. 167⟩we may justly explain the Threatning by the Sentence: And if we find the Sentence spoken to the same Person, to whom the Threatning was spoken, and spoken in the second Person singular, in like Manner with the Threatning, and founded on the Threatning, and according to the Threatning; and if we find the Sentence includes Adam's Posterity; then we may certainly infer, that so did the Threatning: And hence, that both the Threatning and Sentence were deliver'd to Adam as the publick Head and Representative of his Posterity.