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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 1 › Chapter 1 › Section 1
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To the like Purpose is that, Rom. iv. 14. and also 2 Cor. iii. 6, 7, 9. where the Law is called the Letter that: ills, the Ministration of Death, and the Ministration of Condemnation. The Wrath, Condemnation and Death which is threatened in the Law to all its Transgressors, is final Perdition, the second Death, eternal Ruin; as is very plain, and is confessed. And this Punishment which the Law threatens for every Sin, is a just Punishment; being what every Sin truly deserves; God • Law being a righteous Law, and the Sentence of it a righteous Sentence.
To the like Purpose is that, Rom. iv. 14. and also 2 Cor. iii. 6, 7, 9. where the Law is called the Letter that: ills, the Ministration of Death, and the Ministration of Condemnation. The Wrath, Condemnation and Death which is threaten'd in the Law to all its Transgressors, is final Perdition, the second Death, eternal Ruin; as is very plain, and is confess'd. And this Punishment which the Law threatens for every Sin, is a just Punishment; being what every Sin truly deserves; God • Law being a righteous Law, and the Sentence of it a righteous Sentence.
All these Things are what Dr.T. himself confesses and asserts. He says, that the Law of God requires perfect Obedience. (Note on Rom. vii. 6. P. 391, 392.) God can never require imperfect Obedience, or by his holy Law allow us to be guilty of any one Sin, how small soever. And if the Law as a Rule of Duty were in any Respect abolished, then we might in some Respects transgress the Law, and yet not be guilty of Sin. The moral Law, or Law of Nature, is the Truth, everlasting, unchangeable; and therefore, as such, can never be abrogated. On the contrary, our Lord Jesus Christ has promulgated it a new under the Gospel, fuller and clearer than it was in the Mosaical Constitution, or any where else;—having added to its Precepts the Sanction of his own divine Authority. And many Things which he says, imply that all Mankind do in some Degree transgress the Law. In P. 228. speaking of what may be gathered from