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infidelity, have clubbed ibcir o^ wits and their own slrcnglb. have combined agaii their masters, have broken loose upon the[iro[)en< of their masters; or, if not |Kihsettsed with all evi are diRpiriied, are broken-hearted, are helpless, wretched, are miserable. Oh, my brethren I and j$ a poor compensation for the blessed pririleges their estate, which should find friends, guardii and brolherft, in tliose for whom they have laboui to bo presented with a piece of money in chnrit] tome pittance with which to keep body and soi together, which verily we refttse not to wet domestic animals. Oh, brethren, that will suffice my God this day 1 As bis minister thiS' not nil I Aflk of you ; I ask that for life and deail b III,] coo's CONTHOVtUSV WlTIt TH t: LAKP. 941 sake; laskitnotforpity'ssake, bjt fornect!ssity*8 f^ake. But I a&k more, far more, of you aia the servants of the true God, and tbc dbciplcs of oar Lord Jc&u» Chnst: which is, Lo maintain these vfrrilies of the Gospel in your contjuuul n-mem* brance, aod to fulfil their cbligations according lo your ability before Uic Lord. What you can do, do for the salvation of your own souls, and for the promotion of Gods glory, and for the charity of theCiospel: and what you caDJiot do, and see undoQC, ob! mount over it, mourn over these great declensions and backsliding^ of the land} mourn ei^eryfuniily tiparl, mourn every >>oul apart. Weep before the Lord for the sins of tliU land, wd for its ignorance of its sine^, and for its im- pcnitcncy, and for its increasing evils. There arc no longer national fastings, nor national thanks- giving*: wc caiincl now assemble nnd offer a national offering of grief; thetie days arc gone, I fear to return no more. But we can, tike Danic) in captivity, mourn in liccrci. and confers the sins of our people and our fathers; and we can^ as on this day, set our souU to &cck the Lord, by Aupplication, and fasting, and piayer. I -have fitHiUed my office in shewing you Rome of the great and heinous sine of all ranks. Your own re- flections will suggest to you inGnitely more : your own conscience will shew you your own sJua; which will interpret to you the »in» of others; and behold huw the land is cvershadowcd with darkness, and how famine bath spread into our cities, and they have been fain to come to thU city for help, and hundreds of thousands are now famishing for bread or living upon your charity; and no one sees the end of the judgment: it ga* 1 944 ooo'a coyTnovEftit witH the ljivd. [i)*^ then more