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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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And why does Christ never use such Language in any of his Speeches, tho' he was born and brought up amongst the Jews, and delivered almost all his Speeches only to Jews?—And why do none of the rest of the Writers of the New Testament ever use it, who were all born and educated Jews (at least all excepting Luke) and some of them wrote especially for the Benefit of the Jews?
'Tis worthy to be observed, what Liberty is taken, and Boldness used with this Apostle; such Words as [Greek or Hebrew] and Words of the same Root & Signification, are Words abundantly used by him elsewhere in this and other Epistles, and also when speaking, as he is here, of Christ's Redemption & Atonement, and of the general Sinfulness of Mankind, and of the Condemnation of Sinners, & of Justification by Christ, and of Death as the Consequence of Sin, and of Life and Restoration to Life by Christ, as here; yet no where are any of these Words used, but in a Sense very remote from what is supposed here. However, in this Place these Terms must have a distinguished singular Sense found out for them, and annexed to 'em! A new Language must be coined for the Apostle, which he is evidently quite unused to, and put into his Mouth on this Occasion, for the sake of evading this clear, precise and abundant Testimony of his, to the Doctrine of original Sin.
'Tis worthy to be observed, what Liberty is taken, and Boldness used with this Apostle; such Words as 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and Words of the same Root & Signification, are Words abundantly used by him elsewhere in this and other Epistles, and also when speaking, as he is here, of Christ's Redemption & Atonement, and of the general Sinfulness of Mankind, and of the Condemnation of Sinners, & of Justification by Christ, and of Death as the Consequence of Sin, and of Life and Restoration to Life by Christ, as here; yet no where are any of these Words used, but in a Sense very remote from what is supposed here. However, in this Place these Terms must have a distinguished singular Sense found out for them, and annexed to 'em! A new Language must be coin'd for the Apostle, which he is evidently quite unused to, and put into his Mouth on this Occasion, for the sake of evading this clear, precise and abundant Testimony of his, to the Doctrine of original Sin.