The great Christian doctrine of original sin defended

1. According to this, the Universality of the Terms that are found in these Places, which the Apostle cites from the old Testament, to prove that all the World, both Jews and Gentiles, are under Sin, is nothing to his Purpose. The Apostle uses universal Terms in his Proposition, and in his Conclusion, that ALL are under Sin, that EVERY MOUTH is stopped, ALL THE WORLD guilty,—[…] by the Deeds of the Law NO FLESH can be justified. And he chooses out a Number of universal Sayings or Clauses out of the Old Testament, to confirm this Universality; as, There is none righteous; no, not one: They are all gone out of the Way; There is none that understandeth, &c. But yet the Universality of these Expressions is nothing to his Purpose; because the universal Terms found in 'em have indeed no Reference to any such Universality, as this the Apostle speaks of, nor any thing a-kin to it; they mean no Universality, either in the collective Sense, or personal Sense; no Universality of the Nations of the World, or of particular Persons in those Nations, or in any one Nation in the World: But only of those of whom they are true. That is, There is none of them righteous, of whom it is true, that they are not righteous; no, not one: There is none that understand, of whom it is true, that they understand not: They are all gone out of the Way, of whom it is true, that they are gone out of the Way, &c.—Or these Expressions are to be understood concerning that strong Party in Israel, in David's and Solomon's Days and in the Prophets Days: they are to be understood of them universally. And what is that to the Apostle's Purpose? How does such an Universality of Wickedness, as this,—that all were wicked in Israel, who were wicked,—or, that there was a particular evil Party, all ⟨p. 213⟩of which were wicked,—confirm that Universality which the Apostle would prove, viz. That all Jews and Gentiles, and the whole World were wicked, and every Mouth stopped, and that no Flesh could be justified by their own Righteousness.

1. According to this, the Universality of the Terms that are found in these Places, which the Apostle cites from the old Testament, to prove that all the World, both Jews and Gentiles, are under Sin, is nothing to his Purpose. The Apostle uses universal Terms in his Proposition, and in his Conclusion, that ALL are under Sin, that EVERY MOUTH is stopped, ALL THE WORLD guilty,—〈…〉 by the Deeds of the Law NO FLESH can be justified. And he chuses out a Number of universal Sayings or Clauses out of the Old Testament, to confirm this Universality; as, There is none righteous; no, not one: They are all gone out of the Way; There is none that understandeth, &c. But yet the Universality of these Expressions is nothing to his Purpose; because the universal Terms found in 'em have indeed no Reference to any such Universality, as this the Apostle speaks of, nor any thing a-kin to it; they mean no Universality, either in the collective Sense, or personal Sense; no Universality of the Nations of the World, or of particular Persons in those Nations, or in any one Nation in the World: But only of those of whom they are true. That is, There is none of them righteous, of whom it is true, that they are not righteous; no, not one: There is none that understand, of whom it is true, that they understand not: They are all gone out of the Way, of whom it is true, that they are gone out of the Way, &c.—Or these Expressions are to be understood concerning that strong Party in Israel, in David's and Solomon's Days and in the Prophets Days: they are to be understood of them universally. And what is that to the Apostle's Purpose? How does such an Universality of Wickedness, as this,—that all were wicked in Israel, who were wicked,—or, that there was a particular evil Party, all