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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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'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.
3. The putting such a Sense on the Word, Sin, in this Place, is not only to make the Apostle greatly to disagree with himself in the Language he uses every where else, but also to disagree with himself no less in the Language he uses in this very Passage. He often here used the Word Sin, and other Words plainly of the same Design and Import, such as Transgression, Disobedience, Offence. Nothing can be more evident, than that these are here used as several Names of the same Thing; for they are used ine chagebly, and put one for another; as will be manifest only on the Cast of an Eye on the Place. And these Words are used no less than seventeen Times in this one Paragraph. Perhaps we shall find no Place in the whole Bible, in which the Word, Sin, and other Words synonymous, are used so often in so little Compass: and in all the Instances, in the proper Sense, as signifying moral Evil, and even so understood by Dr. T. himself (as appears by his own Exposition) but only in these two Places; where in the Midst of all, to evade a clear Evidence of the Doctrine of Original Sin, another Meaning must be found out, and it must be supposed that the Apostle uses the Word in a Sense irely different, signifying something that neither implies nor supposes any moral Evil at all in the Subject.