October 5 1810
   
Distressed as the Christian therefore if sinners & saints are equally distressed & ready to relieve the needy their totally depravity is not true. Affirmative it is argued that the external difference that is apparent a??? mankind does not prove that mankind are not totally depraved. Persons may perform all there externals and yet their motives be totally sinful selfish and consequently they totally sinful in performing them. Psalms 14; 2, 3, The Lord looked down from heaven to see if there were any that did understand and seek God. They are all gone out of the way they are all together become filthy: There is none that doeth??? Good no not one therefore all are totally depraved Romans 3:9. For we have before proceed both Jew and Gentile that they are all under sin. Of course all c??? al??? there us such apparent difference in the character of men. Yet we see all are under sin: all have gone out of the way all by n???? totally depraved. ???? there feelings of sympathy that this argument would be food if the feeling f??? were moral and there feelings moral but as it has been argued that depravity c???? onlu in choice therefore these feelings are not moral with in a saint or sinner & does not prove that all are not tollay depraved decided in the affirmative.
??? L Parsons



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