God's terrible voice in the city

Now all these persons have been slighters of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Ignorant, the Profane, the Hypocrite, and the Erroneous; and if you place them all in one company, how few will there remain in London, that have sincerely and heartily embraced the truth as it is in Jesus, and upon whom the Gospel hath made a powerful and saving impression? And even amongst those that have been affected and converted by the preaching of the Gospel, and had it greatly ⟨p. 96⟩in esteem at first hearing and believing; how was their esteem of the Gospel fallen, and their affection cooled? did not Gospel-ordinances begin to loose their worth and excellency, and grow tedious and wearisome unto them? O how generally unthankful was London for the Gospel privileges and liberties! yea, many began to be very nice and wanton, & the Gospel was not relished, unless it were served up with such neatnesses & dressings, in which some Ministers possibly did too much endeavour to please themselves and the people, and then the sauce was more relished than the food it self; and the appetite of many was so spoiled, that plain wholesome soul-saving truths would not down with them. Londoners began to be glutted with the Gospel, and like the Israelites in the Wilderness, their souls began to loathe the Manna which came down from Heaven; a strange curiosity there was in spiritual palates, which in many turned to a loathing of the food, in so much that the Gospel became a burden unto them, and thence it was that many turned away their ears from the truth, and were turned unto errors, and they could not endure to hear sound doctrine, but having itching ears, heaped up unto themselves teachers according to their lusts. 2 Tim. 4. 3, 4.

Now all these persons have been slighters of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Ignorant, the Profane, the Hypocrite, and the Erroneous; and if you place them all in one company, how few will there remain in London, that have sincerely and heartily imbraced the truth as it is in Jesus, and upon whom the Gospel hath made a powerful and saving impression? And even amongst those that have been affected and converted by the preaching of the Gospel, and had it greatly ⟨p. 96⟩in esteem at first hearing and believing; how was their esteem of the Gospel fallen, and their affection cooled? did not Gospel-ordinances begin to loose their worth and excellency, and grow tedious and wearisome unto them? O how generally unthankful was London for the Gospel priviledges and liberties! yea, many began to be very nice and wanton, & the Gospel was not relished, unless it were served up with such neatnesses & dressings, in which some Ministers possibly did too much endeavour to please themselves and the people, and then the sauce was more relished than the food it selfe; and the appetite of many was so spoiled, that plain wholsome soul-saving truths would not down with them. Londoners began to be glutted with the Gospel, and like the Israelites in the Wilderness, their souls began to loathe the Mannah which came down from Heaven; a strange curiosity there was in spiritual pallates, which in many turned to a loathing of the food, in so much that the Gospel became a burden unto them, and thence it was that many turned away their ears from the truth, and were turned unto errours, and they could not indure to hear sound doctrine, but having itching ears, heaped up unto themselves teachers according to their lusts.