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slauf^hter willingly, yea bast- ing to itfi destruction. And here I must conclude this second head, without having brought the subject tn a conclu* mon: for I hav<^ not H|H»keii niiHigh iif the con* dition of the )K)pulatioii of uur cities, and of the manufacturing and operative classes, among whom the ignorance of the true principle of subjection and of alt spiritual principles, has taken the dis- tinct form of disaffection and inaubordinatjon to goTOfaors and maftters; and of infidelity to* wards tlte whole subject of religion. TIiia is too ^^^HS CONTHOVt:RAT VltH THK LXlfD. [DtS* kfe ft subject for me to enler upon zi present ; tnd I know not whether the Lord will giv^ me ^b(dcln€«K to enter ui>oii it at alt. But surely some %ne of his servaots will be found to ^t the pre* "«ent iniquity and infidclitj" of these clafleca before hfteireyea, for they arc ripe for visitatiou; &nd the ;lj)rd doth never viRit with final find cnnclD»rTt? Jwralh, but he tustiBes it beforehand by the mouth ^oThis serrantft. Enough^ however, dosr brethren, ha« been said to move U5 to humility for the *in» of ihts natioii. The ignorance whieh I have ttliewo you, is ip ' Boranre in matters where to be ignorant is d»tb. It K not the poverty, ard jiaupensm, iind fueaa flpiritedness oflhi-; gruat body of the people, their Immorality and licentiousne&St the decay of do* * mestic feeliag and affection, which 1 call upon you to weep and afHictyoiir Boulsfor: these are but Ihc t^ymptoms ofU^e diacaae which motft be pointed , out to the unspintual befof^ they ^i)l beUefe ' that there ib a disease ; but to you that are «piri* tualp 1 shew the darknese, tho death-like darkne&s, of their ^ula. And tho»e people are alme«t afl baptizedinto the church of Christ, children of tbft ^church, for whom the church in rMponaihle; aad ' all free-born Jiubjects of this Christian oartioa, for whom the nation i« responsible. Tfaey Mu4 'related to God by the «ame national tie or Dfttional covenant with us. We arc bound o^ jointly and severally for one another; atHl ther^ Ifiire we must make common cause with eooh other. flrany of you, therefore, have thin dsy h«en cois rjnced that there Ia amoni^t rulcra and people the uimoiit i^orance existing, and the greatest errors promulgfated abroad ecncerniog the troc " ' principle* of gov<>nmiGiU ; on the one hand, mla without ackDo\vledgnient of ClirUl,— on lU^ oUiCfj ob^icDCC wiUiQut the ackuowtcdgaiCDt of Christ; then 1 call upon you to be hamblcd, and to fifflict your ^ou