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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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Some have objected against Adam's Posterity's being included in the Threatening delivered to Adam, that the Th•••t•ing itself was inconsistent with his having any Posterity: It being that he should die •n the Day that •e sinned.
Some have objected against Adam's Posterity's being included in the Threatning delivered to Adam, that the Th•••t•ing itself was inconsistent with his having any Posterity: It being that he should die •n the Day that •e sinned.
To this I answer, that the Threatening was not inconsistent with his having Posterity, on two Accounts:
To this I answer, that the Threatning was not inconsistent with his having Posterity, on two Accounts:
1. Those Words, In the Day thou •atest there of thou shalt surely die, according to the Use of such like Expressions among the Hebrews, don't signify immedi••• Death, or that the Execution shall be within twenty-four Hours from the Commission of the Fact; nor did God by those Words, limit himself as to the Time of executing the threatened Punishment; but that was still left to God's Pleasure. Such a Phrase, according to the Idiom of the Hebrew Tongue, signifies no more than these two Things: