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A strong rod broken and withered. A sermon preached at Northampton, on the Lord's…A strong rod broken and withered. A sermon preach'd at Northampton, on the Lord's…
A strong rod broken and withered. A sermon preached at Northampton, on the Lord's Day, June 26. 1748. On the death of the Honourable John Stoddard, Esq; often a member of His Majesty's Council, for many years chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Hampshire, judge of the probate of wills, and chief colonel of the regiment, &c. : Who died at Boston June 19. 1748. in the 67th year of his age. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; [Three lines from Daniel]A strong rod broken and withered. A sermon preach'd at Northampton, on the Lord's Day, June 26. 1748. On the death of the Honourable John Stoddard, Esq; often a member of His Majesty's Council, for many years chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Hampshire, judge of the probate of wills, and chief colonel of the regiment, &c. : Who died at Boston June 19. 1748. in the 67th year of his age. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; [Three lines from Daniel]
Boston: printed by Rogers and Fowle for J. Edwards, 1748
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1. Who she is that is here represented as having had strong Rods, viz. The Jewish Community, here as often elsewhere, is called the People's Mother. She is here compared to a Vine planted in a very fruitful Soil, v. 10. The Jewish Church and State is often elsewhere compared to a Vine; as Psal. lxxx. 8, &c. Isa. v. 2. Jer. ii. 21. Ezek. xv. and Chap. xvii. 6.
2. What is meant by her strong Rods, viz. Her wise, able and well qualified Magistrates or Rulers. That the Rulers or Magistrates are intended is manifest by ver. 11. And she had strong Rods for the Sceptres of them that bear ⟨p. 6⟩Rule. And by Rods that were STRONG must be meant such Rulers as were well qualified for Magistracy, such as had great Abilities and other Qualifications fitting them for the Business of Rule. They were wont to choose a Rod or Staff of the strongest and hardest Sort of Wood that could be found, for the Mace or Sceptre of a Prince; such an one only being counted fit for such an Use; and this generally was overlaid with Gold.
2. What is meant by her strong Rods, viz. Her wise, able and well qualified Magistrates or Rulers. That the Rulers or Magistrates are intended is manifest by ver. 11. And she had strong Rods for the Scepters of them that bear ⟨p. 6⟩Rule. And by Rods that were STRONG must be meant such Rulers as were well qualified for Magistracy, such as had great Abilities and other Qualifications fitting them for the Business of Rule. They were wont to chuse a Rod or Staff of the strongest and hardest Sort of Wood that could be found, for the Mace or Scepter of a Prince; such an one only being counted fit for such an Use; and this generally was overlaid with Gold.