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My Brethren and Friends, , » •Ji:.^ y i THE Relation I ftand in to you, is a dally Call upon me to confider the fpiritual State of thefe great Cities » and though I doubt not but God has many faithful and cho(en Servants among you, yet the general View of theWic- kedjiefs and Corruption that abound, and are fprcading far and wide, gives me, and muft give to every ferious ChrifUan very painful Reflexions : It is hardly pofTible to think of the Hiftory of Providence, recorded in Holy Writ, and the many Examples of Divine Jufticc exercifed, fometimes in punifliing, fometimes in utterly deftroying wicked Nations, or Cities, without being fenfibly affedted with Apprehenfions for ourfelves : But more efpecially have we Reafon to fear, when we fee the Beginning of Sorrows, and the Difpleafure of the B Almighty 4 To the Clergy and Inhabitants of the Almighty manifefted in the Calamities wc fuffer under, and in the Sigos and Tokens given us to exped a far more dreadful Judgment. It is every Man's Duty, and it is mine to call upon you, to give Attention to all the Warnings which God in his Mercy affords to a finful People : Such Warning we have had, by two great Shocks of an Earthquake j a Warning, which feems to have been imnnediatLly and efpeciaily direfted to thefe great Cities, and the Neigh- bourhood of them ; where the Violence of the Earth- quake was fo fenfible, tho' in diftant Farts hardly felt, that it will be Blindnefs wilful and inexcufable not to ap- ply to ourfelves this ftrong Summons, from God, to Re- pentance. .... Thou ghtless or hardened Sinners may be deaf to thefe Calls -, and Littic Philofophcrs, who fee a little, and but very little into natural Caufes, may think they fee e- nough to account for what happens, without calling in the Aid and Afliftance of a fpecial Providence ; not confider- ing» that God who made all Things, never put any Thing out of his own Power, but has all Nature under Com- mand to ferve his Purpofes in the Government of the World. But be their Imaginations to themfelvcs, the Subjedt is too ferious for trifling j and calls us off to other Views. If Cities of London and Weftminfter. 5 I F we confider the general Government of the World • by God, and upon what Reafons and Motives he adls, when he brings Calamities and Plagues upon any People : Or if we recolledi from Hiftory facrcd and profane, what State and Condition with refpedt to Religion and Mora- lity, the People were in, who have been Examples of Juftice : And th«n compare our own Cafe with the ge- neral Reafon by which Providence ads, and with the Circumftances of thofe by whofe Example we ought to take Warning, we fhall foon difcover whether there be juft Reafon for our Apprehenfions. If thofe who have been deftroycd by Fire from Heaven, or fwallowed up by the Earth were Sinners^ and we are righteous^ let us fear nothing, nor be difmayed tho* the Foundations of the Earth be removed : But if our Confciences tell us, that we have (Inned after their Example, what Confolation is there to be had againft the juft Expedtation of fuffering after their Example alfo ? The fame Conclufion will arife from a Contempla- tion of God's general Providence ; which tho' it is not daily exerted in punifhing all Men, or all Vices that de- fcrvc it ; yet is always armed with Power to ftop out- rageous Wickedncfs ; and he has told us in his holy Word, what we may exped from his Juftice, when we arc grown hardened and obdurate againft his Mercy. B 2 Upon 6 To the Clergy and Inhabitants of the ". Upon thcfc Principles let your own Cafe be exami- ned : But who (hall be your Accufcr ? Shall I ? God forbid, My Heart's Deftre and Prayer to God for you is^ that you may be faved. Hear me then with Patience, not as your Accufer, but as your faithful Servant and Miniftcr in Chrift Jcfus, warning you to flee from the Warth that is to come. ::i I? Had this Part of the World had kfs Knowledge and lefs Light, they might have fome Excufe, and fome Hope that God would wink at the Times of their Ignorance ■ But they have had the Light, and have loved Darknefs : Tlie Gofpel of Chrift in which all the Goodne& and Mercy of God are difplay'd through the Redemption purchafed by the Blood of ChriA ; in which the Aid and Comfort of the Holy Spirit of Goo is offered to all who diligently feek it ; in whkh the Hopes and Fears of Eternity are difplay'd to guard us againft the Temptations of Sin > has been not only re- jected, but treated with a malicious Scorn ; and all our Hopes in Chr id reprefented as Delufions and Impofitions upon the Wcaknefs of Men. How has the Prefs for many Years paft fwarm'd with Books, fome to difpute^ fome to ridicule the great Truths of Religion, both na- tural and revealed. I (hall mention no particular Cafes, there is no need for it j the Thing is notwious. I widi the Guilt in this Inflance was confined to the Authors only, and that no body elfe was anfwerable for it : But the Cities of London and Weftminfter. 7 the Eaincftncfs with which thefe Books were fought after, the Plcafure and Approbation with which they were received, are too ftrong Indicatiors of the general Tafte to be diflembled ; and the Induftry ufed to difperfe thefe Books at home and abroad, and efpeci- ally to our Plantations in America ; to which great Numbers, and at a great Expence have been conveyed j arc Proofs of fuch Malice againft the Gofpel and the Holy Author of it, as would not be born even in a Ma- hemetan Countiy. In this Braflch of Trade, this grcn City beats all the World j it is become even the Mart for Infidelity; It required i!jfo greit SigacUy to forefee what the Confequence would be of the Pains taken to unfcttle all Principles of Religion. Infidelity and Immorality are too nearly allied, to be long leparated ; and though fome have pretended to jyreferve a Senfe of Virtue without the Aid of Religion, yet Experience has fhew- ed that Pfcoplc who have neither Hopes nor Fears with Refpefl to another World, will foon abufe this by in- dulging the worft of their Paflions, and will not regard Man, when once they have Icarn'd to difregard God. J .i..a» W H X T n s R this be our Cafe, let eVtry' Man Judge |iy what he hears and fees ; by v^at, indeed, he muji hear ^nd fee, if he lives amongft us. Blafphemyand horrid Impiecations domin^r ki our Streets, and poor Wretches arc every Hour wantenly and wickedly calling; I • .1 » for ■^^^m 8 'To the Clergy and hihahitants of the for Damnation on ti.emfelves and others, wlkich may be ('tis much to be feared) too near them already. Add to this the Lewdnefs and Debauvhery that prevail amongft the lowed People, which keeps them idle, poor, and miferable, and renders them Incapable of getting an ho- neft Livelihood for themfelves and Families j the Num- ber of lewd Houfes, which trade in their Vices, and which muft at any rate be paid for making Sin conveni- ent to them J and it will account for Villainies of another Kind, which arc growing fo faft as to be infupportablc, and almoft incurable : For, Wliere is the Wonder that Ferfons fo abandoned (hould be ready to commit all Sorts of Outrage and Violence ? — A City without Reli- gion can never be a lafe Place to dv/ell in. ;,. ; Th E unnatural Lewdnefs, of which wc have heard fo much of late, is fomething more than brutlAi, and can hardly be mentioned without offending chafle Ears, and yet cannot be palTcd over entirely in Silence, becaufe of the particular Mark of Divine Vengeance fet upon it in the Deftrudtion of Sodom by Fire from Heaven. Dread- ful Example ! But thefe Vices are fo enormous, that 'tis to be hoped the Generality of our People arc not guilty i I hope in God they are not, I truft they are not. But how unhappy is it for this Country, that there fliould be any Ground even for Sufpicion that thefe Vices are growing to be common! , .. ^ But Cities of London ^W Weftminfter. 9 But to go one Step further — When Men, not content with indulging their own brutilh Paflions, take Pains to corrupt others, they a<5l with fucl'i cool and diaboUcal Malice, as outdoes former Examples, and feems to be a Challenge to the Power and Juftice of God — Have not all the Abominations of the publick Stews been opened to View by lewd Pidures cx- pofed to Sale at Noon-day ? Have not Hiftorics or Ro- mances of the vileft Proftitutes been publifhed, intended merely to difplay the moft execrable Scenes ofLewdnefs > Levvdnefs rcprefented without Dlfguife, and nothing omit- ted that might inflame the corrupt Paffions of the Youth i)f the Nation ! What was the Encouragement for Men to dare giving fuch an Affront not only to the common Scnfe, but to the common Law of the Country ? Was it not the quick Sale thefe Pidurcs and thefe Books had ? And is not this a deplorable Circiimftance, and fad In- fl.ince of tlie corrupt DIfpofition of many among us ? I s it to be wondered at, after fo much Pains ta- ken to corrupt the Religion and Morals of the People, that they ftiould be indifpofed to attend to any thing feri- ous, or that they grow fick of Religion, which has no Comforts for themj that tliey fly from the Church and crowd to the Playhcufc : That they are tired of them- lelves, and their own Thoughts^ and want to lofe them- fcJves in Company from Morning to Night? It is this- unhappy, unfettled State of Mind that has introduced. a Kind to To the Clergy and Inhabitants of the a Kind of general Idlcnefs among the People, and gi- ven Rife to almoft infinite Places of Diverfion in and about this Town j it were well if they were Places of Diverfion only; but they are often Places for .carrying on worfe Bufinefs, and give Opportunities to the Profli- gate to feduce the Innocent, who often meet their Ru- in, where they only came for Pleafure — ^While I was writing this I caft my Eye upon a News-Paper of the Day, and counted no Icfs than fifteen Advertifements for Plays^ OperaSy Mu/ick, and Dancings for Meetings at Gardens , for Cock-Jigktingy Prize-fight tngy &c ? Should this Paper, (as many of our News-Papers do) go abroad, what an Idea muft it give to all the Church- es abroad, of the Manner in which Lent is kept in this Proteftant Country ? What our Saviour faid to the Jews upon another Occafion, Ton have turned the Houfe of Prayer into a Den of thieves, may with a little Va- riation, be applied to Ourfelves, We have turned this Seafon appointed for ferious Reflexions, and Humilia- tion of Body and Spirit, into a Time of Mirth and Jol- lity, of Mufick, Dancing, and riotpus Living. How far this Spirit of Indolence and Idlenefs has gone, and to what Excefs, may be fcen in all Orders among us j friendly Yifits for Convcrfation are become infipid Thing?, and are degenerated into fvlectings for Gaming, where People hardly known to each other, arc invited by one Tye only, the Love of Play : Which fbems now to be, not an Amufement or Diverfion, but a ferious Cries of London and Weftminfter. 1 1 ferious Buiinefs of Life, and one would think a nccejjary one, by feeing how fome Children arc trained up to it. There is a great and a grievous Evil among up, which naturally fprings from the Diforders Before mentioned : I mean the great Increafe of Popery in this Kingdom. When Men have loft all Principles of Religion, and are loft to all Senfe of Morality, they are prepared to receive any Supcrftitlon, whenever the De- cay of Health, or the crofs Accidents of Liic levive the Fears of Futuri'y ; which may be ftifitd, but cannot be extinguiftied j Inch Pcrfons not able to digcft the wholc- fome Food of Repentance, by which their fpiritual Con- dition might be gradually mended, greedily Iwallow the high Cordial of Abfolution, which like other Cordials gives fome prefent Eafe, but works no Cure. And with refpeift to People of a ferious and religious Turn of Mind, the maniftft and almoft general Contempt, or at leaft Ncgle<3:, of the Duties of Religion gives a great Advan- tage to the Emiftaries of Rome to impofe on their Weak- nefs, and to pcrfuade them that they can have no Hopes in the Religion of a Church, where Religion itfelf i« hardly to be found. , Lay thcfe Things together ; and what more your own Obfervatlon and Reflexion may furnifti, and much more they may furnifli j and then aik your Heart, whe- ther you have not Rcafon to fear, that Gfod will vifit for thcfe Things. If your Heart mifgivcs you, and -,-'pu..i»i ■ ^ forebodes 12 To the Clergy and Inhabitants of the forebodes the Time of taking Vengeance for thefe Ini- quities to be drawing near, coniider further, how gra- cioufly you have been dealt with by having had Warning of your Danger j and remember that the long Sufferance cfGod is a Call ts Repentance, I T is purely for the Sake of this Reflexion, tliat I now addrefs myfelf to you : I have no Pleafurc in lay- ing open the Shame of my Country, or in expoHng its Nakednefs either to Friends or to Foes ; and when I coniider my own Situation, 'tis a Profped void of all Comfort to mt to fee the Condition of the People, over whom I have a Charge ; and, God knows my Heart, thefe Confiderations are a Pain and Grief to my Mind. But, let us not defpair; there is ftill one Remedy left, and whatever Rcafon we have to condemn our- felves, yet of this we may be fure, that God has not forgotten to be gracious. To him then let us turn, with, hearty Repentance for OBr Sins -, and with a Rcfo- lution to do, each of us in his proper Station, what lies in our Power to ftem the Torrent of Iniquity which^ threatens our Ruin. liV- As to You iny Brethren of the Clergy, who ihare with me the Care of the Souls in thefe populous Cides, let me exhort You, (though I truft you want not to be exhorted) to awaken the People^ to call them from the Lethargy Cities of London and Weftminftcf . t J Lethargy in which they have too long lived, and make them fee their own Danger. Speak to them, perfwade them as knowing the Terrors of the Lc^//.— Speak to their Hearts and Confciences with fuch Plainnefs as becomes the Miniftcrs of the Gofpel ; tell them in Seafin and out of Scajhn, that un/efs they repent^ they mufi perifl). If the Warnings wc have had are a Call on the People to Repentance, remember they are ftill (Ironger Calls on us, to preach Repentance, and to difcharge the Duty We owe to God and his Church, and to the Flock of Chrift, over whom we arc placed. May this Work of God profper in our Hands ! I (hould be wanting to the Duty I owe to the high- eft as well as the lowed, (hould I omit on this Occafion to remind thofe who are entruftcd by their Country, with the Government of thefc populous Cities, how much the Welfare of the People depends upon the faith- ful Execution of the Law. I pretend not to accufe them particularly of Negle^ , i If a Regard for the Publick is not a Motive ftrong enough in this Cafe, let every Magiftrate confider that there is another of infinite Importance to himfelf j. for if all Power be the Ordinance of God, He will undoubt- edly I Cities of London and Weftminfter. 1 5 cdly demand rn Account of the Excrcife of it : And who is he, that has fo little to anfwer for on his own Account, as willingly to lubjed: hiinTelf to bs anfwerabic for the Sins of others, which either by his Encourage- ment, or his Conniven'''^ he makes his own ? Pardon the Freedom of this Addrefs ; I honour and reverence your Office, and I hope I give you no Occafion to defpifc mine. '\:.. ul !. '. . I ■ • Next to thofe in publick Offices of Power and Truft, the Happinefs of the Publick depends upon thofe who have the Government in private Families. Here it ib that the Youtli of the Nation muft be formed, and if they are lutfeied to be corrupted in their Religion or Morals before they come into the Worlds , there is little Hope that the World will reform them. All wife Men, Lcgiflators, and Princes, have acknowledged, not only the Ufe, but the Neccffity of an early Education to form the Mind, whilfl tender,^ to the Principles of Honour and Virtue; and what is more, the wifcft of all, the. Writers infpired by the Holy Spirit, have required it. as a Duty fiom Parents, and as Part of the Obedience they owe to God: Even our Unbelievers have feen how fi:r Religion depended on this Care ;, and under a Pre- tence of maintaining the Liberty of the human Mind, and guarding it againft early Prejudices, , they ha,ve en- deavoured to perfuade the World,, that Children (hould. be taught nothing of Religion, but be left to form Notions for themCelves. They have had but too great Succefs, 1 6 lo the Clergy andlnhabitants of the Succefs, and wc begin to fee the Fruits of it. The Children of this Age, grow foon to be Men and Wo- men, and are admitted to be Partners, and WitnelTes to the Follies and Vices of their Parents. Thus trained and educated, when they come to be Mafters and Mi« ftrelTes of Families, they anfwer fully what was to be expc you fee the EfFeds of this Education in all Orders among us, look into the many Publick AfTem- blies } fometimes you may fee Old Age affedting the Follies o/ Youth, and counterfeiting the Airs of Gaiety j fometimes Men lying in wait to feduce Women, and Women to feduce Men j aod even Children (cri- oufly employed at the Gaming Table, as if their Parents were concerned to form them early to the Tafte of the Age, and were afraid that they fhould not foon enough, of themfelves, find the Way to thdr Ruin. Look near Home : See the Temptations of this Sort which furround thefc Cities, and are indeed fo many Snares to catch your Sons and Daughters and Appren- tices. Can you look on, and be unconcerned ? For God's Sake, and for the Sake of your Children and your Country take the Courage to zOl like Parents and Mafters of Families : Reformation muft begin in private Families -, Cities of London and Wcftminfter. 1 7 Families ; the Law and the Magiftrate can punifh your Children when they become wicked ; but it is you, who muft make them good, by proper Inftrudtion and proper Government. If you fuffcr them to meet Temp- tation, where Temptation is fure to meet them, never complain of him who corrupts your Child, you are the Corrupter yourfcif ; to you he owes it, that he is un- done. And perhaps there is not a moie provoking Cir- cumilance, nor a greater Call for Divine Vengeance on a wicked Nation, than this ; that the Youth are prepared and brought up to inherit all the Vices of their Fathers, which cuts off all Profpedl of Reformation ; and (lands as a Bar between us and Mercy. O N you therefore. Fathers and Mothers, your Coun- try, and tlic Chorch of God call for AiHilance } your Endeavours may go a great Way towards faving us, and this wicked Generation may be ^arcd^ for the Hope of feeing the next better. -. ;*; In a word, let every Man, ^nrlkatever his Station is, do his Part towards avcrcisg tht JMgPMCits of God : Let every Man ^ifi^m hiisM^, AO^ «|tiers as iix as his Influence goes : This it our* «i|y pt*^ Remedy ; for the diflblute Wicke^M^ ^'•'^■i^iM» more dread- ful Sign and Progn^Cjitipa df'tfoNilj^nger, than even the Trembling of the k^.«Mif| us. To twM>' 'iiiii ■. t^: %i ■'-" ',' ■ A 1' 1 8 'To the Clergy and I^, habitants^ &c. T o our own Endeavours, let us add continual and fervent Supplications to the Almighty, that he wouUl /pare us, and mt deal with us according to thi Multitude of our Sins i that he would give us the Grace of Re- pentance, and oppn our Eyes to fee, before it 19 too late, the Things ivhicb belong to our Salvation, ^j^ "t^, ui^kr^c ♦ • •' '. f • . » ' * May the God of all Mercy hear you, in this Day of your Diftrefs ! To his Protedtion, and the Grace of our Lord Jcfus I earqcftly reccMiimend you. I am, « i 1 I-.. . i > Tour JffeStionate Brttber^ and ^ t r Servant in Chrijl Jefus, J ...->» Jil! ..i.lA ,f' i:.liA '. .4 t T H d. L O N D 6 N. rr , .i . i .'i i..n.. r:^^ lit i--. ' • ' ' I , ' ' (