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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 3
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It can't justly be alleged in Opposition to this, that the Apostle Peter puts himself with the Heathen. 1 Pet. iv. 3. For the Time past of OUR Life may suffice US to have wrought the Will of the Gentiles; when WE walked in Lasciviousness, Lusts, Excess of Wine, Reviling, Banquetings, & abominable Idolatries. For the Apostle Peter (who by the Way was not an Apostle of the Gentiles) here don't speak of himself as one of the Heathen, but as one of the Church of Christ in general, made up of those that had been Jews, Proselytes and Heathen, who now were all one Body, of which Body he was a Member. 'Tis this Society therefore, and not the Gentiles, that he refers to in the Pronoun US. He is speaking of the Wickedness that the Members of this Body or Society had lived in before their Conversion: not that every Member had lived in all those Vices here mentioned, but some in one, others in another. Very parallel with that of the Apostle Paul to Titus, Chap. iii. 3. For WE our selves (i.e. We ⟨p. 229⟩of the Christian Church) sometimes also were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers Lusts and Pleasures, (some one Lust and Pleasure, others another) living in M• lice, Envy, hateful and hating one another,&c. There is Nothing in this but what is very natural. That the Apostle, speaking to the Christian Church, and of that Church, confessing it's former Sins, should speak of himself as one of that Society, and yet mention some Sins that he personally had not been guilty of, & among others, heathenish Idolatry, is quite a different Thing from what it would have been for the Apostle, expressly distinguishing those of the Christians which had been Heathen, from those which had been Jews, to have ranked himself with the former, tho' he was truly of the latter.
It can't justly be alledged in Opposition to this, that the Apostle Peter puts himself with the Heathen. 1 Pet. iv. 3. For the Time past of OUR Life may suffice US to have wrought the Will of the Gentiles; when WE walked in Lasciviousness, Lusts, Excess of Wine, Reviling, Banquetings, & abominable Idolatries. For the Apostle Peter (who by the Way was not an Apostle of the Gentiles) here don't speak of himself as one of the Heathen, but as one of the Church of Christ in general, made up of those that had been Jews, Proselytes and Heathen, who now were all one Body, of which Body he was a Member. 'Tis this Society therefore, and not the Gentiles, that he refers to in the Pronoun US. He is speaking of the Wickedness that the Members of this Body or Society had lived in before their Conversion: not that every Member had lived in all those Vices here mentioned, but some in one, others in another. Very parallel with that of the Apostle Paul to Titus, Chap. iii. 3. For WE our selves (i.e. We