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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 4 › Chapter 4
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*God deals with the Generality of Mankind, in their present State, for differently, on Occasion of the Redemption by Jesus Christ, from what he otherwise would do: For, being capable Subjects of saving Mercy, they have a Day of Patience and Grace, & innumerable temporal Blessings bestowed on them; which, as the Apostle signifies (Act.xiv. 17.) are Testimonies of God's Reconcilableness to sinful Men, to put 'em upon seeking after God.
- *It may be noted that Dr. T. himself signifies it as his Mind, that these Blessings on Noah were on the Foot of the Covenant of Grace. P. 360, 366, 367, 368.
But beside the Sense in which the Posterity of Noah in general partake of these Blessings of Dominion ever the ⟨p. 359⟩Creatures &c. Noah himself, and all such of his Posterity as have obtained like precious Faith with that exercised by him in offering his Sacrifice, which made it a sweet Savour, and by which it procured these Blessings, have Dominion over the Creatures, through Christ, in a more excellent Sense than Adam in Innocency; as they are made Kings and Priests unto God, and reign with Christ, and all Things are theirs, by a Covenant of Grace. They partake with Christ in that Dominion over the Beasts of the Earth, the Fowls of the Air, and Fishes of the Sea, spoken of in the viiith Psalm; which is by the Apostle interpreted of Christ's Dominion over the World. (1 Cor. xv. 27.) & Heb. ii. 7.) And the Time is coming, when the greater Part of the Posterity of Noah & each of his Sons, shall partake of this more honourable and excellent Dominion over the Creatures, through Him in whom all the Families of the Earth shall be blessed.—Neither is there any Need of supposing, that these Blessings must have their most complete Accomplishment until many Ages after they were granted, any more than the Blessing on Japheth, expressed in those Words, God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the Tents of Shem.