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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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But on the contrary, it greatly establishes his Authority, and causes others to stand in Awe of him, when they see him to be a Man of Greatness of Mind, one that abhors those Things that are mean and sordid, and not capable of a Compliance with them; one that is of a public Spirit, and not of a private narrow Disposition; a Man of Honour, and not a Man of mean Artifice and clandestine Management, for filthy Lucre, and one that abhors Trifling and Impertinence, or to waste away his Time, that should be spent in the Service of GOD, his King, or his Country, in vain Amusements and Diversions, and in the Pursuit of the Gratifications of sensual Appetites; as GOD charges the Rulers in Israel, that pretended to be their great and mighty Men, with being mighty to drink Wine, and Men of Strength to mingle strong Drink. There don't seem to be any Reference to their being Men of strong Heads, and able to bear a great deal of strong Drink, as some have supposed: There is a severe Sarcasm in the Words; for the Prophet is speaking of the great Men, Princes and Judges in Israel (as appears by the Verse next following) which should be mighty Men, strong Rods, Men of eminent Qualifications, excelling in Nobleness of Spirit, of glorious Strength and Fortitude of Mind; but instead of that they were mighty or eminent for nothing but Gluttony and Drunkenness.
But on the contrary, it greatly establishes his Authority, and causes others to stand in Awe of him, when they see him to be a Man of Greatness of Mind, one that abhors those Things that are mean and sordid, and not capable of a Compliance with them; one that is of a publick Spirit, and not of a private narrow Disposition; a Man of Honour, and not a Man of mean Artifice and clandestine Management, for filthy Lucre, and one that abhors Trifling and Impertinence, or to waste away his Time, that should be spent in the Service of GOD, his King, or his Country, in vain Amusements and Diversions, and in the Pursuit of the Gratifications of sensual Appetites; as GOD charges the Rulers in Israel, that pretended to be their great and mighty Men, with being mighty to drink Wine, and Men of Strength to mingle strong Drink. There don't seem to be any Reference to their being Men of strong Heads, and able to bear a great deal of strong Drink, as some have supposed: There is a severe Sarcasm in the Words; for the Prophet is speaking of the great Men, Princes and Judges in Israel (as appears by the Verse next following) which should be mighty Men, strong Rods, Men of eminent Qualifications, excelling in Nobleness of Spirit, of glorious Strength and Fortitude of Mind; but instead of that they were mighty or eminent for nothing but Gluttony and Drunkenness.