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o the influence of the Catholic relig^ion upon tho character of it« votanca. af the utroosl ticepticiain with reapect to the inHucnce of religioti altogetlter, nnd a rooted error that religion hath no ri;^t to intemieddle with, or to be reco^ized by, poUttcal mcafiurea ; memsurca which aro tliea beat when they treat all religions alike ; that it ia an unfair udvontagc to take of the infiuit mind to (xwaesft it with any particular inctinations tn oiie or tu another; and the more it t-raii Ive avoided^ from the education of childrej] and the govem<- ment of tnen^ so much tho better. In short, the strong stream of the cultivated mind of this land is to diridc and separate itself from the mind of (iod, and ta carry with it all over which it halki an influence. And it ia too late in the day tol resist it with eflect; it will hare, and it wi0i obtain its way. It will force all the barncrv o(\ the constitution, which ore every one of budded on a rehgious basi&, and it will things with one general deluge of loose lilNrralitfj anil licentiQunnesft. Vut ii uannoC be expected bi that God will give it way : he will not always stgt : few are tliose of his servants who do now redst; The moat stcdfost of his scrranta are a little slack tol the work ; and the greater part of them are aappei at the fouudatiimn. It is not )cm>wa how :dl tlial barriers of faith ai« even now corrupted, and hci^ near to giving w-ay and breaking up ibcy God, I say, will gire us np to their violence ^ VllJ IKKI^ND's EVII. COflDlTIOK* 1236 he will help th«aii; lie will turn and help them^ becall^« we are a worldly, ino[:ey*woralii|>ping people, nnd a aelf-ma^ifyini^ churcli ; hare Chridl ill our mouth, but our own wondrous exploits in our hearL And God in not acknow- |«d^d in the cniitiKeU ofoiir iiatiuu; uml the name of Ills smitU Imtb b^comu a byc-AVord of »coni : and we are grown to be a poor, ignorant, sin-ladoD, eell'-flufficiont people. The Lord will pre occa- Mon. and the enemy "(vitl Eicrrc himself of it ; and tixc saiiiU shali be tncd aa Mirer is tried. 1 judge, therdorc, the time of remedy by cminsel to be paat, and the time of remedy by judgment to beat hand ; and, therefore, what I now speak is rather a voice of warning to tho«c who are in like manner diBposed to stand forth and war. For wc are not now dallyintr inthc pleaauTe-prouDds of ease, or IQ the high-way ol safety ; hut we are eome nnar tlftto the brink, ami alann w the fi-eling prupcr to bim who would himself be saved, or who would save otberc . No re