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3. What grounds there are to fear lest corruption in Doctrine and Manners should come upon us a a flood. […] avert the Omen: but methinks there are sad symptoms of it. They are the last and perilous times, in which we are told that such things shall […], 1 Tim. 3. begin. The woeful ignorance of fundamental Truths that many labour of, and the •oo general neglect of instructing Children in Gospel principles; the giddy spirit that many are infected withal, that love to run after novelties; that awful contempt of the Gospel Ministry, attended with the little regard in many, whether they enjoy it or no, looking upon it as a burden; the little apparent success of the Gospel, and how fearful a threatening is out against such? 2 Thes. 2. 9, 10. Add to this the unsuccessfulness of Gods other Judgments, which hath a moral tendency hereto; for if God strives in Judgment, and men will not be persuaded, he is wont to ⟨p. 350⟩give them up, Hos. 4. 17. All these things speak sadly to considerate Souls.

3. What grounds there are to fear lest corruption in Doctrine and Manners should come upon us a a flood. 〈…〉 avert the Omen: but methinks there are sad symptoms of it. They are the last and perillous times, in which we are told that such things shall 〈…〉, 1 Tim. 3. begin. The woful ignorance of fundamental Truths that many labour of, and the •oo general neglect of instructing Children in Gospel principles; the giddy spirit that many are infected withal, that love to run after novelties; that awful contempt of the Gospel Ministry, attended with the little regard in many, whether they enjoy it or no, looking upon it as a burden; the little apparent success of the Gospel, and how fearful a threatning is out against such?