Citation - New York Journal-New York: 1771.02.14

NYJ-N.771.026
14 Feb 1771:41 (1467)
A person who overheard the famous Dr. B---, of Connecticut
and his deacons, talk upon election, reprobation and free-
will, at his departure left the following lines on the
table.
  If all things succeed, as already decreed,
  And immutable impulses rule us,
  To preach and to pray, is but time thrown away,
  And our teachers do nothing but fool us.
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