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, brethren, wherever the fal principle, that tlio pnpe is infallible, wai& blisbed, he did prevail to revolutionize and sul vert all things. But amongst us, who fitilL in oi ordinances and laws mainuin the principle, thi the word of God alone is infallible, he hath nol yet prevailed : but so soon as by any act or aci he shall prevail over the present supincncss church and state, tu respect to this great prii ciple of government, to ei^labliifh that the vujce the people is the voice of God, and the sancUi of all law, and the author of all power, there wil come revolution with all it» headlong violent upon us even upon u& also. And it is my firm belief, that there is nol offeree which ^luelU *o rank 1o Heaven agaioi thisbud.u^ the praciical di»belief and disavowal this great fundamental principle of state^m&nsbi] and the practical rejection, by our great natioi councils, of all appeal to the sacred Scriptures the ground of tin^ monarchy ; and their conlinu; appeal to something else, of which the chief ihe voice of the people, the expediency of ll thing, or, a« it h termedp its working well, ai the pecuniar^' advantage to tbe merchant and the nation. I cannot enlarge upon this fir«t grei cardinal oifenccof the rulers of the state, bavii III.] god's coNTROvrnsr vjth thk land. 905 so much more to baiidle: only plea«t; to reineiri' bcr the name of it, which is Th« Sociniamsm of Government. Next to the great fiins <^ our goYcraors, in ne- glecting to set God before them in all their ways, and worshipping idolfl with all their heart, and mind, and xoiil, and f«treiiglh, I place as a great national offence, the sins of our nobles and men of ancient family, and gentlemen of estate, who arc possessed of the land under CJod, who«e is the earth and the fulness thereof. These are the honourable, right honourable, and wor- shipful classes of the community* whom their countrymen, in remote or prei^ent timeiJ, have de> lighted to honour, and endow, and enrich, because of their own or their fathers' worthy scr^nces to the state, whose pure escutcheons, hcrttldic rights, armorial bearings, and sacred mnttoa, do signify the high emprize and noble deeds for wlucb they were advanced to such high estate. While their baronial hiills of judgment, and boards of amplest hospitality, their rich endowments of charity, and their defence of the widow and the orphan, the alms-givings and piety of their wives and daughters, yea, and the very name of Lady, which means a giver of bread, do ull de- clare the spirit in which they occupied