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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 4 › Section 1
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First, It is not true. For the Law of Nature, writ••• in Men's Hearts, was then in Being, and was a Law by which Men were exposed to Death for personal Sin. That there was a divine Establishment, fixing the Death and Destruction of the […] as the Consequences of personal Sin, which was well known before the giving of Moses's Law, is plain by many Passages in the Book of Job; as fully and clearly implying a Connection between such Sin and such a Punishment, as any Passage in the Law of Moses: such as that in Job xxiv.19. Drought and Heat consume the Snow-Waters; so d•th the Grave them that have sinned (compare ver. 20 & 24.) Also Chap. xxxvi. 6. He […] not the Life of the Wicked. Chap. xxi. 29,—32. Have ye not asked them that go by the Way? and do ye not know their Tokens? That the Wicked is reserved to the Day of Destruction; They shall be brought forth to the Day of Wrath.—ver. 31. He shall be brought to the Grave.*
First, It is not true. For the Law of Nature, writ••• in Men's Hearts, was then in Being, and was a Law by which Men were exposed to Death for personal Sin. That there was a divine Establishment, fixing the Death and Destruction of the 〈…〉 as the Consequences of personal Sin, which was well known before the giving of Moses's Law, is plain by many Passages in the Book of Job; as fully and clearly implying a Connection between such Sin and such a Punishment, as any Passage in the Law of Moses: such as that in Job xxiv.19. Drought and Heat consume the Snow-Waters; so d•th the Grave them that have sinned (compare ver. 20 & 24.) Also Chap. xxxvi. 6. He 〈…〉 not the Life of the Wicked. Chap. xxi. 29,—32. Have ye not asked them that go by the Way? and do ye not know their Tokens? That the Wicked is reserved to the Day of Destruction; They shall be brought forth to the Day of Wrath.—ver. 31. He shall be brought to the Grave.*