Preface.
it may be uſeful hereafter: and to ſhow the true cauſe of this ſenſeleſs terror; the want of a true ſenſe of religion; and an univerſal degeneracy, and corruption of manners: begun by the great ones, and now propagated thro’ all degrees to the loweſt: begun in, this great city; and now advancing apace to every great town in the kingdom.
’T is from the great ones alone, that we can hope for a reformation: and that by a ſtrict obſervance of the ſabbatical duty, Example, we know, governs the actions of mankind. That muſt reſtore the practice, and the influence of religion: which alone can prevent the dangers that infeſt every corner of our ſtreets; every road in the kingdom. We miſtake the pointy and betray our ignorance in human nature, when we think, acts of parliament, laws, and executions will do it. They are very weak in compariſon of the impreſſons of religion, and conſcience: as all philoſophy both natural and religious, has hitherto thought, and known.
