June 8, 1742

1742 June 8 (Tuesday).  Rain.  Brother Hicks here.  Mr. Wheeler[1] at Evening opposing my late Doctrine from Eph. 5.14 That the Natural Man can do Nothing but what is sinfull.

[1]Joseph Wheeler (1700-1747), listed by Parkman among the first inhabitants of Westborough (WCR flyleaf) and among the men who signed the covenant at the church’s founding (WCR, 379).