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The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended; Evidences of Its Truth Produced, and Arguments to the Contrary Answered
The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended Evidences of Its Truth Produced and Arguments to the Contrary Answered Author:Jonathan Edwards General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1766 Original Publisher: Printed Subjects: Sin, Original Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / Anthropology Religion / Christian Theology / Ethics Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and... more » there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Sea; vii. J " J /J SECT. VII. That Man's Nature is corrupt, appears, in that vaftly the greater Part of Mankind, in all Age:-, have been tvicked Men. Depravity of Man's Nature appears, X not only in its Propenfity to Sin in fomt Degree, which renders a Man an evil or wicked Man in the Eye of the Law, and ftricr. Juftice, as was before fhewn ; but it is fo corrupt, that its Depravity either (hews that Men are, or tends to make them to be, of fuch an evil Character, as fhall denominate them wicked Men, according to the Tenor of the Covenant of Grace. This may be argued from feveral Things which have been already obferved : As from a Tendency to continual Sin ; a Tendency to much greater Degrees of Sin 'than Righteouinefs, and from the general extreme Stupidity, of Mankind. But yet the prefent State of Man's Nature, as implying, or tending to a wicked Charafter, may be worthy to be more particularly confidered, and directly proved. And in general, this appears, in that there have been fo very Few in the World, from Age to Age, ever fince the World has tiood, that have been of any other Character. It is abundantly evident in Scripture, and is what I fuppofe none that call themfelves Chriftians will deny, that the whole World is divided into Good and Bad, and that all Mankind at the Day of Judgment will either be approved as righteous, or condemned as wicked ; either glorified, as Children of the Kingdom, or caft into a Furnac...« less