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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 2
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Dr. T. misrepresents the Apostle's Argument in these Verses. (Which, as has been demonstrated, is in his Sense altogether vain and impertinent.) He supposes, the Thing which the Apostle mainly intends to prove, is, that Death or Mortality don't come on Mankind by personal Sin; and that he would prove it by this Medium, that Death reigned when there was no Law in Being, which threatened personal Sin with Death. 'Tis acknowledged, that this is implied, even that Death came into the World by Adam's Sin: yet this is not the main thing the Apostle designs to prove. But his main Point evidently is, that Sin & Guilt and just Exposedness to Death and Ruin came into the World by Adam's Sin; as Righteousness, Justification, and a Title to eternal Life come by Christ. Which Point he confirms by this Consideration. That from the very Time when Adam sinned, these Things namely, Sin, Guilt and Desert of Ruin, became universal in the World, long before the Law given by Moses to the Jewish Nation had any Being.
Dr. T. misrepresents the Apostle's Argument in these Verses. (Which, as has been demonstrated, is in his Sense altogether vain and impertinent.) He supposes, the Thing which the Apostle mainly intends to prove, is, that Death or Mortality don't come on Mankind by personal Sin; and that he would prove it by this Medium, that Death reigned when there was no Law in Being, which threatned personal Sin with Death. 'Tis acknowledged, that this is implied, even that Death came into the World by Adam's Sin: yet this is not the main thing the Apostle designs to prove. But his main Point evidently is, that Sin & Guilt and just Exposedness to Death and Ruin came into the World by Adam's Sin; as Righteousness, Justification, and a Title to eternal Life come by Christ. Which Point he confirms by this Consideration. That from the very Time when Adam sin'd, these Things namely, Sin, Guilt and Desert of Ruin, became universal in the World, long before the Law given by Moses to the Jewish Nation had any Being.
The Apostle's Remark, that Sin entered into the World by one Man, who was the Father of the whole human Race, was an Observation which afforded proper Instruction for the Jews, who looked on themselves an holy People, because they had the Law of Moses, and were the Children of Abraham, an holy Father; while they looked on other Nations as by Nature unholy and Sinners, because they were not Abraham's Children. He leads 'em up to an higher Ancestor than this Patriarch, even to Adam, who being equally the Father of Jews and Gentiles, both alike come from a sinful Father; from whom Guilt and Pollution were derived alike to all Mankind. And this the Apostle proves by an Argument, which of all that could possibly be invented, tended the most briefly and directly to convince the Jews: even by this Reflection, that Death had come equally on all Mankind from Adam's Time, and that the Posterity of Abraham were equally subject to it with the rest of the World. This was apparent in Fact; a Thing they all knew. And the Jews had