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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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And without Doubt, David has respect to this same Way of Derivation of Wickedness of Heart, when he says, Psal. li. 5. Behold, I was shapen in Iniquity, and in Sin did my Mother conceive me. It alters not the Case as to the Argument we are upon, whether the Word translated conceive, signify conceive, or nurse; which latter, our Author takes so much Pains to prove: For when he has done all, he speaks of it as a just Translation of the Words to render 'em thus, I was BORN in Iniquity, and in Sin did my Mother nurse me. (P. 135.) If it is owned that Man is born in Sin, 'tis not worth the while to dispute, whether 'tis expressly asserted, that he is conceived in Sin. But Dr. T. after his Manner insists, that such Expressions, as being born in Sin, being Transgressors from the Womb, and the like, are only Phrases figuratively to denote Aggravation, and high Degree of Wickedness. But the contrary has been already demonstrated, from many plain Scripture-Instances.—Nor is one Instance ⟨p. 196⟩produced, in which there is any Evidence that such a Phrase is used in such a Manner. A poetical Sentence out of Virgil's Aen•ids, has here been produced, and made much of by some, as parallel with this, in what Dido says to Aeneas, in these Lines:
And without Doubt, David has respect to this same Way of Derivation of Wickedness of Heart, when he says, Psal. li. 5. Behold, I was shapen in Iniquity, and in Sin did my Mother conceive me. It alters not the Case as to the Argument we are upon, whether the Word translated conceive, signify conceive, or nurse; which latter, our Author takes so much Pains to prove: For when he has done all, he speaks of it as a just Translation of the Words to render 'em thus, I was BORN in Iniquity, and in Sin did my Mother nurse me. (P. 135.) If it is own'd that Man is born in Sin, 'tis not worth the while to dispute, whether 'tis expresly asserted, that he is conceived in Sin. But Dr. T. after his Manner insists, that such Expressions, as being born in Sin, being Transgressors from the Womb, and the like, are only Phrases figuratively to denote Aggravation, and high Degree of Wickedness. But the contrary has been already demonstrated, from many plain Scripture-Instances.—Nor is one Instance ⟨p. 196⟩