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Excerpt from A Funeral Sermon, on the Death of Dr. Norman Barber, of Fairfield, Who Was Accidentally Killed by the Discharge of a Gun: Preached by Request at Alburgh, Vermont, November, 1815
Although the human race, to their grief, lar ely in the dreary oficts of original Sin, and fee in their depraved nature, corrupt affections, unholy desires, and blighted hopes, the entailed consequences of pristine guilt, yet no merit for the righteousness, or responsibility for the dische dience of ancestors can, on any principle of equi. Ty, rest on their posterity; for t e Scriptures as sure us that chri dren shall not bear the iniquity of their parents 5 and the mouth of the 'lord hath said that the soul that sinneth, it shall die. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.