40. Affected Sanctity, Demureness, Canting, Sourness,
Censoriousness, ignorant and illiterate Preaching,
no marks of a State of Grace, but contribute to
bring the whole Doctrine of Divine Energy into
contempt, and to diffuse Infidelity
41. Bishop Lavington's Opinion, respecting the Extrava-
gancies and Follies of fanatical Preachers, and Pre-
tenders to the Spirit
50. Unbelievers not to be addressed merely with subtle
Reasoning, which they always oppose in its own
way, not to be ridiculed, not to be treated with seve-
rity, but to be tenderly and affectionately exhorted
to prepare their hearts for the reception of the in-
ward Witness, and to relume the Light of Life,
which they have extinguished, or rendered faint,
through Pride, Vice, or total Neglect
51. Of the inadequate idea entertained by many respect-
able persons concerning Christianity; with a sug-
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