Original Sin · §13

The same now?

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Such is the authentic account of the whole race of mankind, which he who knows what is in man (John 2:25), who searches the heart and tests the reins (Jeremiah 17:10), has left upon record for our instruction. Such were all men before God brought the Flood upon the earth. We are, second, to inquire whether they are the same now.

1771 text

II. Such is the authentic account of the whole race of mankind, which he who knoweth what is in man, who searcheth the heart and trieth the reins, hath left upon record for our instruction. Such were all men before God brought the flood upon the earth. We are, secondly, to enquire, Whether they are the same now?

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Catalogue & scope

Sermon 44 in the 1771 Works. Genesis 6:5.

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