THE

PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS

OF THE

WORLD AND THE CHURCH.

HIMSELF; BUT THE SIMPLE PASS ON, AND ARE PUNISHED.

PROVERBS XXII. 3.

PUBLISHED BY R. B. SEELEY AND W. BURNSIDE:

AND SOLD BY L. AND G. SEELEY,
FLEET STREET, LONDON.

MDCCCXXXVII.

Lukewarmness of professing Christians-Spurious liberality-

Sabbath desecration-Drunkenness-Swearing-Lying-For-

nication—Infidelity-Former unfaithfulness of the churches,

Conduct of Dissenters toward the Establishment-National

Impenitency.

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LECTURE II.

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Luxury–Unprincipled conduct of public men-Disobedience to

Parents—Spirit of equality and sedition—Increased attention

to Prophecy–Revival of Popery-Its causes--Act of Emanci-

pation-Liberalism and Ignorance of professing Protestants—

Protestant Emigration, occasioned by political incendiaries and

oppressive Landlords-Corruption of human heart-Character

of Popery, by Dr. Beecher-Danger of the Empire

Scripture

confirmation of the same point.

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