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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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Those that are by divine Providence set in Place of Public Authority and Rule are called Gods, and Sons of the most High, Psal. lxxxii. 6. And therefore 'tis peculiarly unbecoming them to be of a mean Spirit, a Disposition that will admit of their doing those Things that are sordid and vile; as when they are Persons of a narrow, private Spirit, that may be found in little Tricks and Intrigues to promote their private Interest, will shamefully defile their Hands, to gain a few Pounds, are not ashamed to nip and bite others, grind the Faces of the Poor, and screw upon their Neighbours; and will take Advantage of their Authority or Commission to line their own Pockets with what is fraudulently taken or withheld from others. When a Man in Authority is of such a mean Spirit, it weakens his Authority, and makes him justly contemptible in the Eyes of Men, ⟨p. 10⟩and is utterly inconsistent with his being a strong Rod.
Those that are by divine Providence set in Place of Publick Authority and Rule are called Gods, and Sons of the most High, Psal. lxxxii. 6. And therefore 'tis peculiarly unbecoming them to be of a mean Spirit, a Disposition that will admit of their doing those Things that are sordid and vile; as when they are Persons of a narrow, private Spirit, that may be found in little Tricks and Intrigues to promote their private Interest, will shamefully defile their Hands, to gain a few Pounds, are not ashamed to nip and bite others, grind the Faces of the Poor, and screw upon their Neighbours; and will take Advantage of their Authority or Commission to line their own Pockets with what is fraudulently taken or withheld from others. When a Man in Authority is of such a mean Spirit, it weakens his Authority, and makes him justly contemptible in the Eyes of Men, ⟨p. 10⟩and is utterly inconsistent with his being a strong Rod.