He would often lament that it was for want of considering this properly, and of applying it skilfully to civil matters, as well as to speculative truths, that so many things in this world were out of joint; ----that the political arch was giving way; ----and that the very foundations of our excellent constitution, in church and state, were so sapped as estimators had reported.

He would often lament that it was due to neglect of this truth, that so many things in this world were out of joint; - and that the foundations of our church and state were weakened.
