A PRUDENT MAN FORESEETH THE EVIL AND HIDETH HIMSELF; BUT THE SIMPLE PASS ON, AND ARE PUNISHED. PROVERBS XXII. 3. THE PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE WORLD AND THE CHURCH. BY A CLERGYMAN OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. PUBLISHED BY R. B. SEELEY AND W. BURNSIDE: AND SOLD BY L. AND G. SEELEY, MDCCCXXXVII. Lukewarmness of professing Christians—Spurious liberality- Sabbath desecration-Drunkenness-Swearing-Lying-For- nication--Infidelity-Former unfaithfulness of the churches 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 |