Excerpt from Memoir of the Rev. Samuel Davies: Formerly President of the College of New Jersey During the first part of the eighteenth cen tury, religion was, perhaps, in a lower state of declension, throughout the British dominions, than at any other period since the reformation. The concurrent testimony of churchmen and dissenters establishes this fact. Many clergy men of'various denominations had become very lukewarm, and in many instances exceedingly corrupt; and the people were ready enough to follow the steps of ...
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Excerpt from Memoir of the Rev. Samuel Davies: Formerly President of the College of New Jersey During the first part of the eighteenth cen tury, religion was, perhaps, in a lower state of declension, throughout the British dominions, than at any other period since the reformation. The concurrent testimony of churchmen and dissenters establishes this fact. Many clergy men of'various denominations had become very lukewarm, and in many instances exceedingly corrupt; and the people were ready enough to follow the steps of their spiritual guides. It was in this season of darkness that several men were born, who, afterwards, were burning and shining lights in the world. The names of Ten nent, Blair, Edwards, Davies, and Whitefield. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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