The virtuous Romans
But how easily may we know the cause from its effects? These are sometimes gross and palpable. So they were in the most refined of the heathen nations. Go no farther than the admired, the virtuous Romans, and you will find these, when at the height of their learning and glory, filled with all unrighteousness: fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, spiteful, proud boasters, disobedient to parents; covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful (Romans 1:29-31).
1771 text
7. But how easily may we know the cause from its effects? These are sometimes gross and palpable. So they were in the most refined of the Heathen nations. Go no farther than the admired, the virtuous Romans. And you will find these, when at the height of their learning and glory, filled with all unrighteousness; fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity: whisperers, backbiters, despiteful, proud boasters, disobedient to parents: covenant-breakers, without natural affection; implacable, unmerciful.
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Sermon 38 in the 1771 Works. Mark 9:38-39.
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