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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 3 › Section 1
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•nd to be carnally minded is Death; He don't intend, 'They that are according to the human Constitution and the Powers of a Man, do mind the Things of the human Constitution and Powers; and to mind these, is Death.' And when he says, ver. 7,& 8. The carnal (or fleshly) Mind is Enmity against God, and is not subject to the Law of God, nor indeed can be; So that they that are in the Flesh, cannot please God; He can't mean, that to mind the Thi••• which are agreeable to the Powers and Constitution of a Man (who, as our Author says, is constituted or made right) is Enmity against God; And that a Mind which is ⟨p. 201⟩agreeable to this right human Constitution, as God hath made it, is not subject to the Law of God, nor indeed can be; and that they who are according to such a Constitution, cannot please God. And when it is said, v. 9. Ye are not in the Flesh, but in the Spirit; the Apostle can't mean, Ye are not in the human Nature, as constituted of Body and Soul, and with the Powers of a Man. 'Tis most manifest, that by the Flesh here the Apostle means some Nature that is corrupt, and of an evil Tendency, and directly opposite to the Law, and holy Nature of God; so that to be and walk according to it, and to have a Mind conformed to it, is to be an utter Enemy to God and his Law, in a perfect Inconsistence with being subject to God, and pleasing God; and in a sure infallible Tendency to Death, and utter Destruction. And it is plain, that here by being and walking after, or according to the Flesh, is meant the same thing as being and walking according to a corrupt and sinful Nature; and to be and walk according to the Spirit, is to be and walk according to a holy and divine Nature, or Principle: and to be carnally minded, is the same as being viciously and corruptly minded; to be spiritually minded, is to be of a virtuous and holy Disposition.
•nd to be carnally minded is Death; He don't intend, 'They that are according to the human Constitution and the Powers of a Man, do mind the Things of the human Constitution and Powers; and to mind these, is Death.' And when he says, ver. 7,& 8. The carnal (or fleshly) Mind is Enmity against God, and is not subject to the Law of God, nor indeed can be; So that they that are in the Flesh, cannot please God; He can't mean, that to mind the Thi••• which are agreable to the Powers and Constitution of a Man (who, as our Author says, is constituted or made right) is Enmity against God; And that a Mind which is