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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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2. If it had been so, that from Adam to Moses there had been no Law in Being, of any Kind, revealed or natural by which Men could be properly exposed to temporal Death for personal Sin, yet the Mention of Moses's Law would have been wholly, impertinent, and of no Signification in the Argument, according to our Author's understanding of it. He supposes, what the Apostle would prove, is, that temporal Death, or the Death we now die, comes by Adam; and not by any Law threatening such a Punishment for personal Sin; because this Death prevailed before the Law of Moses was in Being, which is the only Law threatening Death for personal Sin. And yet he himself supposes, that the Law of Moses, when it was in Being, threatened no such Death for personal Sin. For he abundantly asserts, that the Death which the Law of Moses threatened for personal Sin, was eternal Death, as has been already noted: And he says in express Terms, that ⟨p. 252⟩eternal Death is of a Nature widely different from the Death we now die; *as was also observed before.
2. If it had been so, that from Adam to Moses there had been no Law in Being, of any Kind, revealed or natural by which Men could be properly exposed to temporal Death for personal Sin, yet the Mention of Moses's Law would have been wholly, impertinent, and of no Signification in the Argument, according to our Author's understanding of it. He supposes, what the Apostle would prove, is, that temporal Death, or the Death we now die, comes by Adam; and not by any Law threatening such a Punishment for personal Sin; because this Death prevail'd before the Law of Moses was in Being, which is the only Law threatning Death for personal Sin. And yet he himself supposes, that the Law of Moses, when it was in Being, threatened no such Death for personal Sin. For he abundantly asserts, that the Death which the Law of Moses threatned for personal Sin, was eternal Death, as has been already noted: And he says in express Terms, that ⟨p. 252⟩eternal Death is of a Nature widely different from the Death we now die; *as was also observed before.