Excerpt from Sermons on the Lessons, the Gospel, or the Epistle, Vol. 3: For Week-Day Festivals; And on Other Occassions; Preached in the Parish Church of Hodnet, Salop Enough of mercy for mankind, if the way to salvation, however late, was opened; free and undeserved enough the Grace of God, at what ever time and with whatever limitations given. But it must be observed that this objection of the infidel is without sufficient foundation not only in reason and justice, but in mere matter of fact. The ancient ages of the world were not so entirely deserted by God as to be without some knowledge of His name, some partici patiou of the benefits of redemption. For the same God, who in these last days hath spoken unto us by His Son, did, in former times, besides the dictates of natural religion, the evidence Of creation, and the ordinary blessings of rain and sunshine and fertility - also, Visit mankind by the ministry of angels; and at divers times, and in sundry manners, spake unto our fathers by the prophets. We Shall find, indeed, on an attentive con sideration of the Scriptures, that, wicked and rebellious as the inhabitants of the earth have been, impious to God, and unnatural and unkind to each other, yet God has never ceased to love them nor ever entirely withdrawn from them the light Of His countenance. His voice has still been heard, calling mankind to repentance; and in various manners, either by dreams or visions. 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.