Sentence: And it is to be feared that many in this day, who profess to be the successors of those primitive sufferers, our worthy predecessors, who stood faithful, and patiently bore the burden and heat of the day, through many years of cruel persecution, are now turning back like a broken bow and through the fear or favour of men, are disregarding the testimonies which their forefathers in the truth purchased at so dear a rate and are ready to account many of them but small, or as indifferent things, which may, or may not, be attended to at their own pleasure.
Combination: a broken bow (root: bow, modifier: break)
Property: ineffective
Property type: emergent