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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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In which she tells Aeneas, that not a Goddess was his Mother, nor Anchises his Father; but that he had been brought forth by a horrid rocky Mountain, and nursed at the Dugs of Tigers, to represent the Greatness of his Cruelty to her. But how unlike and unparallel is this: Nothing could be more natural, than for a Woman overpowered with the Passion of Love, and distracted with raging Jealousy and Disappointment, thinking herself treated with brutish Perfidy and Cruelty, by a Lover whose highest Fame had been his being the Son of a Goddess, to aggravate his Inhumanity and Hard-heartedness with this, That his Behaviour was not worthy the Son of a Goddess, nor becoming one whose Father was an illustrious Prince; and that he acted more as if he had been brought forth by hard unrelenting Rocks, and had sucked the Dugs of Tigers. But what is there in the Case of David, parallel, or at all in like Manner leading him to speak of himself as born in Sin, in any such Sense? He is not speaking himself, nor any one else speaking to him, of any excellent and divine Father and Mother, that he was born of: Nor is there any Appearance of his aggravating his Sin, by its being unworthy of his high Birth. There is nothing else visible in David's Case, to lead him to take Notice of his being born in Sin, but only his having such Experience of the Continuance and Power of indwelling Sin, after so long a Time, and so many and great Means to engage him to Holiness; which showed, that Sin was inbred, and in his very Nature.
In which she tells AEneas, that not a Goddess was his Mother, nor Anchises his Father; but that he had been bro't forth by a horrid rocky Mountain, and nursed at the Dugs of Tygers, to represent the Greatness of his Cruelty to her. But how unlike and unparallel is this: Nothing could be more natural, than for a Woman overpower'd with the Passion of Love, and distracted with raging Jealousy and Disappointment, thinking herself treated with brutish Perfidy and Cruelty, by a Lover whose highest Fame had been his being the Son of a Goddness, to aggravate his Inhumanity and Hard-heartedness with this, That his Behaviour was not worthy the Son of a Goddess, nor becoming one whose Father was an illustrious Prince; and that he acted more as if he had been brought forth by hard unrelenting Rocks, and had sucked the Dugs of Tyg•rs. But what is there in the Case of David, parallel, or at all in like Manner leading him to speak of himself as born in Sin, in any such Sense? He is not speaking himself, nor any one else speaking to him, of any excellent and divine Father and Mother, that he was born of: Nor is there any Appearance of his aggravating his Sin, by its being unworthy of his high Birth. There is nothing else visible in David's Case, to lead him to take Notice of his being born in Sin, but only his having such Experience of the Continuance and Power of indwelling Sin, after so long a Time, and so many and great Means to engage him to Holiness; which shew'd, that Sin was inbred, and in his very Nature.