On Attending the Church Service (1771) [ Practices ]
… The sin of the young men was very great. 1 Samuel 2:17 1. The corruption, not only of the heathen world, but likewise of them that were called Christians, has been matter of sorrow … him, one would be ready to suppose he was giving us a description of the present clergy and laity of Europe. But the corruption which had been creeping in drop by drop, during the second and third century, in the beginning of the fourth, … this separation? The same that might easily be foreseen. It increased and confirmed, in an astonishing degree, the total corruption of the Church. The salt which was thus heaped up in a corner had effectually lost its savour. The light which …
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