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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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I am sensible, Dr.T. don't run into all this Inconsistence, only through' Oversight and Blundering; but that he is driven to it, to make out his Matters in his Evasion of that noted Paragraph in the fifth Chapter of Romans; especially those three Sentences, v. 16. The Judgment was by one to Condemnation. v. 18. By the Offence of one, Judgment came upon all Men to Condemnation. and v. 19. By one Man's Disobedience many were made Sinners. And I am also sensible of what he offers to salve the Inconvenience, viz. […] if the Threatening had immediately been executed on Adam, he would have had no Posterity; and that so far the possible Existence of Adam's Posterity fell under the Threatening of the Law, and into the Hands of the Judge, to be disposed of as he should think fit: And that this is the Ground of the Judgment to Condemnation, coming upon all Men. *But this is trifling, to a great Degree: For,
I am sensible, Dr.T. don't run into all this Inconsistence, only thro' Oversight and Blundering; but that he is driven to it, to make out his Matters in his Evasion of that noted Paragraph in the fifth Chapter of Romans; especially those three Sentences, v. 16. The Judgment was by one to Condemnation. v. 18. By the Offence of one, Judgment came upon all Men to Condemnation. and v. 19. By one Man's Disobedience many were made Sinners. And I am also sensible of what he offers to salve the Inconvenience, viz. 〈…〉 if the Threatning had immediately been executed on Adam, he would have had no Posterity; and that so far the possible Existence of Adam's Posterity fell under the Threatning of the Law, and into the Hands of the Judge, to be disposed of as he should think fit: And that this is the Ground of the Judgment to Condemnation, coming upon all Men. *But this is trifling, to a great Degree: For,
- *P. 95. 366, 367.