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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 2
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So Wickedness is spoken of in other Places in the Book of Psalms, as a Thing that belongs to Men, as of the human Race, as Sons of Men. Thus, in Psal. iv. 2: O ye Sons of Men, how long will ye turn my Glory into Shame? How long will ye love Vanity &c? Psal. lvii. 4.—I lie among them that are set on Fire, even the Sons of Men, whose Teeth are Spears and Arrows, and their Tongue a sharp Sword. Psal. lviii. 1, 2. Do ye indeed speak ⟨p. 186⟩Righteousness, O Congregation? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye Sons of Men? Yea, in Heart ye work Wickedness; ye weigh out the Violence of your Hands in the Earth. Our Author mentioning these Places, says, There was a strong Party in Israel disaffected to David's Person and Government, and sometimes he chooseth to denote them by the Sons or Children of Men. But it would have been worth his while to have enquired, Why the Psalmist should choose to denote the wickedest and worst Men in Israel by this Name? Why he should choose thus to disgrace the human Race, as if the Compellation of Sons of Men most properly belonged to such as were of the vilest Character, and as if all the Sons of Men, even every one of them, were of such a Character, and none of them did good; no, not one? Is it not strange, that the Righteous should not be thought worthy to be called Sons of Men, and ranked with that noble Race of Beings, who are born into the World wholly right and innocent! It is a good, easy & natural Reason why he chooseth to call the Wicked Sons of Men, as a proper Name for 'em, That by being of the Sons of Men, or of the corrupt ruined Race of Mankind, they come by their Depravity. And the Psalmist himself leads us to this very Reason, Psal. lviii. at the Beginning. Do ye judge uprightly, O ye Sons of Men? yea, in Heart ye work Wickedness, ye weigh out the Violence of your Hands. The Wicked are estranged from the Womb,&c. Of which I would speak more by & by.
So Wickedness is spoken of in other Places in the Book of Psalms, as a Thing that belongs to Men, as of the human Race, as Sons of Men. Thus, in