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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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To this I answer, in the following Observations.
1. This Argument is built on the supposed Truth of a Thing in Dispute; and so is a begging the Question. It is built on this Supposition, That we are not properly looked upon as one with our first Father, in the State wherein God at first created him▪ and in his Fall from that State. If we are so, it becomes the whole Race to acknowledge God's great Goodness to them, in the State wherein Mankind was made at first; in the happy State they were then in, and the fair Opportunity they then had of obtaining confirmed and eternal Happiness; and to acknowledge it as an Aggravation of their Apostasy; and to humble themselves, that they were so ungrateful as to rebel against their good Creator.—Certainly, we may all do this with as much (y••, much more) Reason, as the People of Israel in Daniel's and Nehemiah's Times, did with Thankfulness acknowledge God • great Goodness to their Fathers,many Ages before and in their Confessions bewailed, and took Shame to themselves for, the Sins committed by their Fathers, notwithstanding such great Goodness. See the ixth Chapter of Daniel, and ixth of Nehemiah.
1. This Argument is built on the supposed Truth of a Thing in Dispute; and so is a begging the Question. It is built on this Supposition, That we are not properly look'd upon as one with our first Father, in the State wherein God at first created him▪ and in his Fall from that State. If we are so, it becomes the whole Race to acknowledge God's great Goodness to them, in the State wherein Mankind was made at first; in the happy State they were then in, and the fair Opportunity they then had of obtaining confirmed and eternal Happiness; and to acknowledge it as an Aggravation of their Apostacy; and to humble themselves, that they were so ungrateful as to rebel against their good Cr••tor.—Certainly, we may all do this with as much (y••, much more) Reason, as the People of Israel in Daniel's and Nehemiah's Times, did with Thankfulness acknowledge God great Goodness to their Fathers,many Ages before and in their Confessions bewailed, and took Shame to themselves for, the Sins committed by their Fathers, notwithstanding such great Goodness. See the ixth Chapter of Daniel, and ixth of Nehemiah.