The Virginia Gazette

To the great Satisfaction of the Master Mechanicks about Town, many of whose giddy brain'd Workfolks, Male and Female, have neglected their Business to follow Mr. Whitfield, ('til they have wanted a Sunday's Dinner,) that Gentleman embark'd this Week on board the Elizabeth, Capt. Hall, now lying at Rotherhithe, bound for South-Carolina: She touches at Philadelphia, where the Preacher, no doubt, will to a great Advantage dispose of his valuable Cargo, purchas'd with the Fool's Pence he has talk'd out of the Pockets of his Lunatick Audience.

In the new Journal wrote by the Rev. Mr. Whitfield, among other curious Relations, we have this remarkable Account of Dr. Trapp and his Sermon, just printed. The Words are these:

'Sunday, April 29, 1739, at Ten went to Christ Church, and heard Dr. Trapp preach most vehemently against me and my Friends, upon these Words, Be not righteous over much, why shouldst thou destroy thy Self? God gave me great Serenity of Mind. But alas! the Preacher was not so calm as I wish'd him. His Sermon was founded upon wrong Suppositions, (the necessary Consequence of hearing with other Mens Ears) nor so as there were many direct Untruths in it; and he argued so strenuously against all inward Feelings, that he plainly proved, that with all his Learning, he knew nothing yet as he ought to know. I pray God rebuke his Spirit, and grant that that Sermon may never rise up in Judgment against him.'