Excerpt from Sermon on the Perfection of God: In the Imperfection of His People I. To show when the people of God may be said to decline from him. Of their declension the words of our text are a striking description. In their declension, they err from the ways of God and harden their hearts from his fear. It may then be observed. 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.