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pertioa^ an tmmOT* tal spirit, redeemed by CJmst, nnd to Chrii^t be- holden for bis powers bodily and mental: and if you regard him in any lower light than els the image of Uod, you do dishonour God. in whojie knagc he ja created, and for whose glory hv in 94ut to adiiiiiii»ter afiairit upon the earth; and the land ir not youiB, but the land is mine, suith the Lord of Hoats ; and every one who dwelkth vpon it is of your estate, and you oi^ht to have ft kindly eye towards himt and be a respectful eye towan^s you ; ** eveai a» every one who dwelieUi in our huu»e i& of oui household, and hath a ri^ht to all the prayers, (kindliness, affec- tion, and Bpiritua) privileges thereof. But our nobles arc ^own vam, and ambitiou:^. and luxu- rious, and profuse ; who count it more honour to occupy a prominent plaL*e in the park |iarade, or to figure at a levee, or to be trumpeted abroad by a morning newspaper, or to sport a superb equipage, or to riot in the night-time at balls, riHites. and asscmbUes, than to sustain the cha- meter of the father of their people, the friend of the oppreztscd, the patron of the deserving, the upholder of tbc church, the exaa^ple of piety, the roaintainer of justice and equity, the vicegerent d K 2 1 SOS Goo'i coyritovKiiitY wiTfi the lavd. [Dt^. of Ohri«t, nnd fttewfinl of God within th^t pn>- vince of his ilomintoti commitled to tlieir tni MTience the Lord i* bringing them into merit disgrace and contempt; the poor and desolntc a %vetghin^ them down, their city cxtnvBgGnce mining' them, the money^lenderi Are ^rindt them ; tliey sireimpnvonshed, under truAlees, and miserable, and often <!eftpi*ied and hated. — Ih whom the Lord intended to be honoured and be- loved, nnd would raise 10 honour and love, ir th would acknowledge him and walk in his ways, The third c\H%i^ ofofTence^i fVir which the nfl is at present judged, and will be more severely judged, if we repent not, is the sins of merchantift, tntdera, and monered people* fitand distinguished from the former in their possessing real landed property, but what t call capital, for cmplo^Hng those who are r* the operative clnmt^s; which cIssh of offencva cannot btit regard as being, above the former, the chief enormity of this land, and most likely to be the menns of its downfal. It is thia which hath accumulated such miiUttudes of people in 6ur targe manutactunng towns, where the great pressure of these our miiierie^ is commonly felt; and iDdee<l I may «ay, which hath changed the very eharacter of all our towns and