The great Christian doctrine of original sin defended

'Tis particularly unnatural and unreasonable, to understand the Phrase, [Greek or Hebrew] in this Place, any otherwise than in the proper Sense, on the following Accounts. 1. It may be observed, that both the Words, [Greek or Hebrew] & [Greek or Hebrew] in their original Signification, have Reference to the Birth or Generation. So the Word. [Greek or Hebrew] which comes from [Greek or Hebrew] which signifies to beget or bring forth Young, or to put forth, or bud forth as a Plant, that brings forth young Buds and Branches. And so the Word [Greek or Hebrew] comes from [Greek or Hebrew] which signifies to bring forth Children.—2. As tho' the Apostle took Care by the Word used here, to signify what we are by Birth, he changes the Word he used before for Children. In the preceding Verse he used [Greek or Hebrew] speaking of the Children of Disobedience;—but here [Greek or Hebrew] which is a Word derived, as was now observed, from [Greek or Hebrew] to bring forth a Child, and more properly signifies a begotten or born Child.—3. 'Tis natural to suppose that the Apostle here speaks in Opposition to the Pride of some, especially the Jews (for the Church in Ephesus was made up partly of Jews, as well as the Church in Rome) who exalted themselves in the Privileges they had by Birth, because they were born the Children of Abraham, and were Jews by Nature, [Greek or Hebrew] as the Phrase is, Gal. ii. 15. In Opposition to this proud Conceit, he teaches the Jews, that notwithstanding this they were by Nature Children of Wrath, even as others, i. e. as well as the Gentiles, which the Jews had been taught to look upon as Sinners, and out of Favour with God by Nature, and born Children of Wrath.—4. 'Tis more plain, that the Apostle uses the Word Nature in its proper Sense here, because he sets what they were by Nature, in Opposition to what they are ⟨p. 233⟩by Grace. In this Verse, the Apostle shows what they are by Nature, viz. Children of Wrath; and in the following Verses he shows, how very different their State is by Grace; saying, v. 5. By Grace ye are saved; repeating it again v. 8. By Grace ye are saved; But if, by being Children of Wrath by Nature, were meant no more than only their being really and truly Children of Wrath, as Dr. T. supposes, there would be no Opposition in the Signification of these Phrases;

'Tis particularly unnatural and unreasonable, to understand the Phrase, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in this Place, any otherwise than in the proper Sense, on the following Accounts. 1. It may be observed, that both the Words, & in their original Signification, have Reference to the Birth or Generation. So the Word. which comes from which signifies to beget or bring forth Young, or to put forth, or bud forth as a Plant, that brings forth young Buds and Branches. And so the Word comes from which signifies to bring forth Children.—2. As tho' the Apostle took Care by the Word used here, to signify what we are by Birth, he changes the Word he used before for Children. In the preceeding Verse he used speaking of the Children of Disobedience;—but here which is a Word derived, as was now observed, from to bring forth a Child, and more properly signifies a begotten or born Child.—3. 'Tis natural to suppose that the Apostle here speaks in Opposition to the Pride of some, especially the Jews (for the Church in Ephesus was made up partly of Jews, as well as the Church in Rome) who exalted themselves in the Privileges they had by Birth, because they were born the Children of Abraham, and were Jews by Nature, as the Phrase is,