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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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As Dr. T. confesses, that a being born again is that wherein are obtained the Habits of Virtue, Religion and true Holiness; so how evidently is the same thing predicated of that Change, which is called putting off the Old Man, and putting on the New Man? Eph. iv. 22, 23, 24. That ye put off the Old Man, which is corrupt, &c.—and put on the New Man, which, after God, is created IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS.
And 'tis most plain, that this putting off the old Man, &c. is the very same thing with making the Heart and Spirit new. 'Tis apparent in it self: the Spirit is called the Man, in the Language of the Apostle; 'tis called the inward Man, and the hidden Man. (Rom. vii. 22. 2 Cor. iv. 16. 1 Pet. iii. 4.) And therefore putting off the old Man, is the same thing with the Removal of the old ⟨p. 307⟩Heart, and the putting on the new Man is the receiving a new Heart and a new Spirit. Yea, putting on the new Man is expressly spoken of as the same Thing with receiving a new Spirit, or being renewed in Spirit. Eph. iv. 22, 23, 24. That ye put off the old Man—and be renewed in the Spirit of your Mind, and that ye put on the new Man.
And 'tis most plain, that this putting off the old Man, &c. is the very same thing with making the Heart and Spirit new. 'Tis apparent in it self: the Spirit is called the Man, in the Language of the Apostle; 'tis called the inward Man, and the hidden Man. (Rom. vii. 22.