Note 200 — COMMENCEMENT OF OUTDOOR PREACHING. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Read's Weekly Journal of May 5th, says Whitefield preached from the same text as Dr. Trapp, and adds, "As the people were kept waiting a long time for the preacher, Dr. Rock cunningly took the advantage of his absence, and talked so pathetically to the multitude of the efficacy of his packets, that he disposed of abundance of them; and it is thought the quack for the body made greater profit that afternoon than the quack for the soul."