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The excellency of a public spirit discoursedThe excellency of a publick spirit discoursed
The excellency of a public spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]The excellency of a publick spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Masachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]
printed by B. Green for Nicholas Boone, 1702
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Dedication: The Epistle Dedicatory. To His EXCELLENCY, Joseph Dudley, Esqr. Captain General and Gov…
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Epistle Dedicatory. To His EXCELLENCY, Joseph Dudley, Esqr. Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.
The Epistle Dedicatory. To His EXCELLENCY, Joseph Dudley, Esqr. Captain General and Governour in Chief of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.
SIR,
When I was by the Representatives of this Province in the last General Assembly desired to Preach on the Day S•ated for the Election of Counsellors, it was hoped that your Excellency might have been with us before that time. Since you could not hear, I am willing you should see (if you shall think it worth your Perusal) what I then delivered, not doubting but that you will Seek the Wealth of your People, who are dear to Christ, and by the Letters you were pleased to send to me when in England, I perceive that they are so to you.
WHen I was by the Representatives of this Province in the last General Assembly desired to Preach on the Day S•ated for the Election of Counsellors, it was hoped that your Excellency might have been with us before that time. Since you could not hear, I am willing you should see (if you shall think it worth your Perusal) what I then delivered, not doubting but that you will Seek the Wealth of your People, who are dear to Christ, and by the Letters you were pleased to send to me when in England, I perceive that they are so to you.