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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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How impertinently therefore does Dr. T. make an inspired Writer argue, when according to him the Apostle would prove, that this Kind of Death did not come by any Law threatening this Kind of Death, because it came before the Existence of a Law threatening another Kind of Death, of a Nature widely different? How is it to the Apostle's Purpose, to fix on that Period, the Time of giving Moses's Law, as if that had been the Period wherein Men began to be threatened with this Punishment, for their personal Sins, when in Truth it was no such Thing? And therefore it was no more to his Purpose, to fix on that Period, from Adam to Moses, than from Adam to David, or any other Period whatsoever. Dr. T. holds, that even now, since the Law of Moses has been given, the Mortality of Mankind, or the Death we now die, don't come by that Law; but that it always comes only by Adam. †And if it never comes by that Law, we may be sure it never was threatened in that Law.
How impertinently therefore does Dr. T. make an inspired Writer argue, when according to him the Apostle would prove, that this Kind of Death did not come by any Law threatening this Kind of Death, because it came before the Existence of a Law threatning another Kind of Death, of a Nature widely different? How is it to the Apostle's Purpose, to fix on that Period, the Time of giving Moses's Law, as if that had been the Period wherein Men began to be threaten'd with this Punishment, for their personal Sins, when in Truth it was no such Thing? And therefore it was no more to his Purpose, to fix on that Period, from Adam to Moses, than from Adam to David, or any other Period whatsoever. Dr. T. holds, that even now, since the Law of Moses has been given, the Mortality of Mankind, or the Death we now die, don't come by that Law; but that it always comes only by Adam. †And if it never comes by that Law, we may be sure it never was threatned in that Law.
- †This is plain by what he says, P. 38, 40, 53, 393.