people was then become equally depraved; the nonsense of the one, suited the nonsense of the other; they had an appetite for cant, and they were fed with it most abundantly, THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING." When a divine once came to Archbishop Williams for institution to a living, his Grace thus piously expressed himself: "I have passed through many places of honour and trust both in church and state; [He had been once lord chancellor] more than any of my order in England these several years before. But were I but assured that, by my preaching, I had converted but one soul unto God, I should take therein more spiritual joy and comfort, than in all the honours and offices which have been bestowed on me." London: D. Cartwright, Printer, 91, Bartholomew Close. Witty Perversion............ 45 152 |