A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.

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A
PRACTICAL VIEW
OF THE
PREVAILING RELIGIOUS SYSTEM
OF
PROFESSED CHRISTIANS,
IN THE

HIGHER AND MIDDLE CLASSES
IN THIS
COUNTRY,
CONTRASTED WITH
REAL CHRISTIANITY.
By WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, Esq;
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE COUNTY OF YORK.
Search the Scriptures!——
John, v. 39.
How charming is DIVINE PHILOSOPHY!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull Fools
suppose,
But Musical as is Apollo’s lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectar’d
sweets,
Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Milton.
DUBLIN:
Printed by Robert Dapper,
FOR B. DUGDALE, NO. 6, DAME-STREET.
M.DCC.XCVII.
INTRODUCTION.

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