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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.
[Pg v]
INTRODUCTION.
It has been, for several years, the earnest wish of the writer of thefollowing pages to address his countrymen on the important subject ofReligion; but the various duties of his public station, and aconstitution incapable of much labour, have obstructed the execution ofhis purpose. Long has he been looking forward to some vacant season, inwhich he might devote his whole time and attention to this interestingservice, free from the interruption of all other concerns; and he hasthe rather wished for this opportunity of undistracted and maturereflection, from a desire[Pg vi]that what he might send into the world mightthus be rendered less undeserving of the public eye. Meanwhile life iswearing away, and he daily becomes more and more convinced, that hemight wait in vain for this season of complete vacancy. He must,therefore, improve such occasional intervals of leisure as may occur tohim in the course of a busy life, and throw himself on the Reader’sindulgence for the pardon of such imperfections, as the opportunity ofundiverted and more mature attention might have enabled him to discoverand correct.
But the plea here suggested is by no means intended as an excuse for theopinions which he shall express, if they be found mistaken. Here, if hebe in an error, it is however a deliberate err                        
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