...come now to Mr. Harvey's direct arguments to prove t !i;ii sin exists previous to moral agency. 1. Infants die. The answer has been given a thousand...government to do with those who are not moral agents ? But Mr. Harvey instantly shifts his ground. " Before, then, the objection esn have any weight, it...

...enemies reply, — ' Infants previous to moral agency are not subjects of the moral government of God ; for what has moral government to do with those who are not moral agents ? We can predicate moral character of nothing but moral acts. Sin in every form and instance is reducible...

...all specific voluntary action, the happiness of the agent, in some form, is the ultimate end." Again, "Infants die. The answer has been given a thousand...with those who are not moral agents'! Animals, and infantsprevious to moral agency, do therefore stand on precisely the same ground in reference to this...

...form, is the ultimate end." Again, "Infants die. The answer has been given a thousand times, brute* die also. But Mr. Harvey replies, 'animals are not...with those who are not moral agents? Animals, and infantsprevious to moral agency, do therefore stand on precisely the same ground in reference to this...

...the union of representation." Work oh Regeneration, p. 389. Professor Goodrich, of New Haven. — " Infants die. The answer has been given a thousand times; brutes die also. But, .... " animals are not subjects of the moral government of God. Neither are infants previous to moral...

...propensity, some fountain of iniquity, in the breast of the child previous to moral action ? . . . . Infants die. The answer has been given a thousand times, brutes die also Animals and infants, previous to moral agency, do therefore stand on precisely the same ground, in...

...government of God ; they die by the same law by which a brate dies, and perish as the brutes perish. "Animals are not subjects of the moral government...precisely the same ground in reference to this subject." (See Christian Spectator for 1829, p. 173.) The above reasoning is conclusive, if the premises are...

...union of representation." — Duffield on Regeneration, p. 389. Professor Goodrich, of New Haven. — "Infants die. The answer has been given a thousand times ; brutes die also. But, .... "animals are not subjects of the moral government of God. Neither are infants previous to moral...

...evil propensity, some fountain of iniquity in the breast of the child previous to moral action?"§ "Animals and infants previous to moral agency, do therefore stand on precisely the same ground in * Sermons on Important Subjects, p. 25. t Sermon on the Native Character of Man. t Regeneration, p....

...answer has been given a thousand times, brutes also die. But Mr. Harvey replies, 'animals are not the subjects of the moral government of God.' Neither...precisely the same ground in reference to this subject." 2. A second argument, " Why are infants baptized ? Because God has permitted believing parents to put...