You know, this is the naked truth. But how terrible is the thought to every serious mind! Into what a state is this _Christian_ nation fallen! Nay the men of eminence, of fortune, of education! Would not a thinking foreigner, who should be present at such an interview, be apt to conclude, that the men of quality in _England_ were atheists? That they did not believe there was any God at all; or, at best but an _Epicurean_ God, who sat at ease upon the circle of the heavens, and did not concern himself about us worms of the earth? Nay, but he understands every thought now rising in your heart. And how long can you put him out of your sight? Only till this veil of flesh is rent in sunder. For your _pomp_ will not then _follow you_. Will not your body be mingled with common dust? And your soul stand naked before God? O that you would now _acquaint yourself with_ God, that you may then be cloathed with glory and immortality! 3. Did God complain of the _Jews, Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them_? And how justly may he make the same complaint of us? For how exceeding small a proportion do we find of those in any place who call themselves Christians, that make a conscience of attending them? Does one third of the inhabitants in any one parish throughout this great city, constantly attend _public prayer_ and the _ministry of his word_, as of conscience towards God? Does one tenth of those who acknowledge it is an institution of Christ, duly attend the _Lord’s supper_? Does a fiftieth part of the _nominal_ members of the church of _England_ observe _the fasts_ of the church, or so much as the forty days in _Lent_, and all _Fridays_ in the year? Who of these then can cast the first stone at the _Jews_, for neglecting the ordinances of God? Nay, how many thousands are found among us, who have never partook of the supper of the Lord? How many thousands are there, that live and die in this unrepented disobedience? What multitudes, even in this _Christian_ city, do not attend any _public_ worship at all? No, nor spend a single hour from one year to another in _privately_ pouring out their hearts before God? Whether God _meeteth him that remembereth_ him _in his ways_ or not, is no concern of theirs: so the man eats and drinks, and _dies as a beast dieth_, “Drops into the dark and disappears.” It was not therefore of the children of _Israel_ alone, that the messenger of God might say, _There is none_ (comparatively) _that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth himself up to take hold of thee_.