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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 3 › Chapter 2
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So that I think it is abundantly plain, that the spiritual Resurrection spoken of in Scripture, by which the Saints are brought to a new divine Life, is the same with that being born again, which Christ says is necessary for every one, in order to his seeing the Kingdom of God.
IV. This Change, which Men are the Subjects of, when they are born again, and circumcised in Heart, when they repent, and are converted, and spiritually raised from the Dead, is the same Change which is meant when the Scripture speaks of making the HEART and SPIRIT NEW, or giving a new Heart and Spirit.
'Tis needless here to stand to observe, how evidently this is spoken of as necessary to Salvation, and as the Change in which are attained the Habits of true Virtue and Holiness, and the Character of a true Saint; as has been observed of Regeneration, Conversion, &c. and how apparent it is from thence, that the Change is the same. For it is as it were self-evident: 'Tis apparent by the Phrases themselves, that they are different Expressions of the same Thing. Thus Repentance ([Greek or Hebrew]) or the Change of the Mind is the same as being changed to a ⟨p. 304⟩NEW Mind, or new Heart and Spirit. Conversion is the turning of the Heart; which is the same Thing as changing it so, that there shall be another Heart, or a new Heart, or a new Spirit. To be born again, is to be born A NEW; which implies a becoming NEW, and is represented as a becoming new-born Babes: But none supposes, it is the Body, that is immediately and properly new, but the Mind, Heart, or Spirit. And so a spiritual Resurrection is the Resurrection of the Spirit, or rising to begin a NEW Existence and Life, as to the Mind, Heart or Spirit. So that all these Phrases imply an having a new Heart, and being renewed in the Spirit, according to their plain Signification.