Project Gutenberg 2010-05-05 Public domain in the USA. 167 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Modest Remarks upon the Bishop of London's Letter Concerning the Late Earthquakes Also see PG #26204 Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Modest Remarks upon the Bishop of London’s Letter Concerning the Late Earthquakes" by an anonymous author belonging to the Quaker community is a critical pamphlet written in the mid-18th century. It serves as a response to a letter issued by the Bishop of London regarding two recent earthquakes, addressing themes of morality and divine providence. The text contemplates the relationship between natural disasters and the moral state of society, suggesting a rational interpretation of such events rather than attributing them to divine judgment. In this pamphlet, the author critiques the Bishop’s message, arguing that his interpretation of the earthquakes as a form of divine retribution fails to engage with the more significant moral issues of the time. The author laments the state of society, discussing various sins that plague the population, such as the proliferation of bad literature and excessive indulgence in personal pleasures. Rather than focusing on specific events as punishments from God, the author emphasizes that a genuine reformation must begin with the moral conduct of the clergy, whose own actions set the example for the congregation. The pamphlet ultimately calls for a return to true Christian principles and a collective awakening to the virtues of repentance and humility, positing that without such changes, the societal decay will continue unabated. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 52.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Sherlock, Thomas, 1678-1761 BX Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Religion/Spirituality 63444 2025-06-13T08:46:33.512791 text/html 59541 2021-01-06T13:41:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 163064 2021-01-06T13:41:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 306923 2025-06-13T08:46:40.064770 application/epub+zip 305173 2025-06-13T08:46:37.300803 application/epub+zip 76887 2025-06-13T08:46:35.961761 application/epub+zip 510186 2025-06-13T08:46:42.050753 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 499632 2025-06-13T08:46:39.168743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 100190 2022-09-15T03:45:34.181685 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55267 2025-06-13T08:46:33.224781 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 55079 2021-01-06T13:41:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 21688 2021-01-06T13:41:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 55071 2021-01-06T13:41:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21670 2021-01-06T13:41:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20634 2025-06-13T08:46:42.189737 application/rdf+xml 25239 2025-06-13T08:46:36.525763 image/jpeg 4725 2025-06-13T08:46:36.245753 image/jpeg 266237 2025-06-13T08:46:33.527838 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown