T. What truth have they received?
C. They have received the truth of the Bible.
T. What truth of the Bible have they received?
C. They have received the truth of wisdom, which teaches them that a mind in a state of nature can not receive the things of God, because it is prone to evil continually.
T. Is that a truth revealed in the Bible?
C. It is a truth which no reader of the Bible can deny. It is a truth which God has revealed to mind.
T. Will you read the truth to me from that Book?
C. I will show you a passage. It reads, “The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”
T. Does that passage say, that mind in a state of nature can not receive the things of God, or that it is prone to evil continually?
C. It says, that the children were affected by the conduct of the father.