NECESSITY OF A NATIONAL REFORMATION: A SERMON OCCASIONED BY THE PRESENT CRITICAL STATE OF THE NATION, PREACHED AT THE PARISH-CHURCH OF LEEDS, JULY 11TH 1779. . BY MILES ATKINSON, A.B.

First edition. 8vo. 24pp. In modern wraps. Title and final leaf soiled and stained. P. 11-12 with a two-inch tear to top margin, affecting text but without loss. Final leaf with a one-inch tear at blank inner margin. In good condition. A sermon calling for repentance and an end to the war. “It is a matter of fact that we are now engaged in war, that we have lost many thousands of our countrymen by the sword, that the battle is come nearer to us and our enemies are greatly multiplied, till it is become a mighty host that cometh against us… and that this nation is a wicked and an adulterous nation a nation abounding with those very vices which as God tells us in his word brought down his judgment upon other people such as adultery swearing drunkenness defrauding gambling Sabbath breaking lying and slandering.” 1779 of course was a terrible year for Britain. The American Revolutionary war was favoring Washington’s armies, France was engaged in bloody naval wars with Brits and Spain had just declared war on Britain. A scarce pamphlet. OCLC finds only electronic copies. ESTCT87849.…