3 5 2 A Sermon on Öccafion of a public Fall. SERM. This fin, the more fhameful in our cafe, be- XIII. caufe we juftly complain that we are a poor -' '-' nation, is attended with grievous oppreßïón ; a guilt that cries loud for vengeance. The poor tenant groans under a grievous burden; for his fweat, and toil, and penurious living, muff fupport the extravagant expence of his voluptuous landlord. And the almoft ftarved manufaaurer complains as piteoufly, being reduced to the utmoft extremity of diftrefs, by the expenfive gaiety of thofe in higher life, which will be fatisfied with nothing but what is foreign and coftly. And to clofe the melancholy fcene, pro- fanenefs is rifen to a great height. What can be imagined more impious, a more daring outrageous indignity to Almighty God, than openly to blafpheme his name by prophane curling and fwearing, which yet is the com- mon language of our ftreets. And here the poor vie with the rich, for their execrable oaths colt them nothing, but the violation of their confciences, which they are as prodigal of as the higheft finner in the land ; and !hew an equal difpofition to imitate their fu- periors in other wickednefs, if their condition would allow. This has been long complained of,
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