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PG-P.750.032
14 Jun 1750:13,21 (1122)
The Bishop of London, in his letter this day addressed to
the clergy and inhabitants of the city of London, takes
notice, that it is every man's duty to give attention to all
the warnings which God in his mercy affords to a sinful
people: such warnings we have had by two great shocks of an
earthquake; tho'tless or hardened sinners may be deaf to
these calls; and little philosophers, who see a little, and
but very little, into natural causes, may think they see
enough to account for what happens, without calling in the
aid of a special providence. But, be their imaginations to
themselves, the subject is too serious for trifling, and
calls us off to other views.
His Lordship, to inforce the serious consideration of
this warning, takes notice of the general corruption of the
times: "While I was writing this, says he, I cast my eye
upon the newspaper of the day, and counted no less than
fifteen advertisements for plays, opera's, musick and
dancing, for meetings at gardens, for cockfighting, prize
fighting, &c. Should this paper go abroad, what an idea
must it give to the churches there, of the manner in which
Lent is kept in this Protestant country? . . . "
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