{"product_id":"1785-letters-nature-and-extent-of-sin-and-duty-can-a-sinner-do-any-good","title":"1785 Letters, Nature and Extent of Sin and Duty, Can a Sinner do any Good?","description":"\u003cp\u003eTappan, David. \u003cstrong\u003eTwo Friendly Letters from Toletus to Philalethes, or from the Rev. David Tappan to the Rev. Samuel Spring, containing Remarks on the Sentiments and Reasonings of the Latter, in his Dialogue on the Nature of Duty. \u003c\/strong\u003eNewbury-Port: Printed by John Mycall, 1785. First Edition. [12374]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemoved, closely trimmed with loss of most of the author's inscription, 7 x 4 3\/8 inches, 136 pp., a few corrections in brown ink (probably by the author). Decorative printer's devices on the first page of text and on both of the first Appendix sections. Small errata line on final page. Good. Pamphlet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvans 19270.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA response to the Rev. Samuel Spring's tract criticizing Rev. Tappan's views on sin and depravity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The reader will carefully remember, that the question in debate is precisely this - Whether the unconverted ever do any thing which God has commanded or which is in any sense or degree morally right. - The question is not, Whether any of their actions are good in all respects, or in such a sense as will denominate them evangelically holy, and so rewardable with God's eternal favour. I have expressly granted that the best exercises of sinners essentially short of this description. What I assert and maintain is, that they are not wrong in every respect; but that there is a mixture of what is right and duty in some of their actions, however defective they may be on the whole.\" - pp. 7-8.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRev. Samuel Spring, D.D. (1746-1819), born at Northbridge, Massachusetts, graduated at the College of New Jersey, 1771, served the American Army in the War of the Revolution as Chaplain and marched to Canada with the forces under Colonel Arnold. In 1777 he was ordained at Newburyport, Massachusetts, and served in this church until his death. Dr. Spring was instrumental in the founding of Andover Theological Seminary. \"His personal appearance,\" says Dr. Woods, \"was marked with nobleness; his countenance was indicative of lofty intelligence, and ardent, benevolent feeling; his intellect was clear, active, and penetrating.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRev. David Tappan, D.D. (1753-1803), born at Manchester, Mass. Tappan was admitted to Harvard College at the age of fourteen and received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1771. He was ordained in 1774, and was pastor of the Congregational Church at Newbury, Massachusetts. In 1792 he was inaugurated Professor of Divinity at Harvard College, where he remained until his death. \"He was regarded as possessing all the characteristics of not only an eminently popular, but eminently useful, preacher; and those who knew him then [in college] were not disappointed by the brilliancy of his subsequent career. In 1794 his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity...While he discharged with most scrupulous fidelity his various duties as Professor, he often preached to neighboring congregations; and such was his popularity that he was called more frequently than almost any other minister of his day, to officiate on special and extraordinary occasions.\" - Sprague, \u003cem\u003eAnnals of the American Pulpit\u003c\/em\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45112931123266,"sku":"ABE12374","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC08175.jpg?v=1788032947","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1785-letters-nature-and-extent-of-sin-and-duty-can-a-sinner-do-any-good","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}