Excerpt from A Sermon: Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. William Bates, in Northbridge, Mass., Nov. 5, 1845
For wise reasons God, for a long course of time, suffered the experiment to be repeatedly made, that men might everywhere see the result; and the result has been, everywhere and in all ages, the same. Every where experience has taught the same lesson, that the world by wisdom knew not God that human wisdom and human power could not enlighten and save the world; that without the influence of divine revelation and the interposition of divine grace, men would continue in error and sin; and idolatry and polytheism, with all their cruelty and licentiousness, would continue to o'verspread the earth.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.