Following his denunciation of the spiritual apathy and sloth of the senior members of the university in his sermon "Scriptural Christianity" on 24 August 1744, he was never asked to preach there again — "I preached, I suppose, the last time at St Mary's", he wrote in his journal, "Be it so; I have fully delivered my soul."
Following his critique of spiritual apathy and laziness among senior university members in his sermon "Scriptural Christianity" on 24 August 1744, he was never invited to preach there again — "I suppose I preached the last time at St Mary's", he wrote in his journal, "Be it so; I have fully articulated my views."