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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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5. And lastly, It also contributes to that Strength of a Man in Authority, by which he may be denominated a strong Rod, when he is in such Circumstances, as give him Advantage for the Exercise of his Strength for the public Good; as his being a Person of honourable Descent, of a distinguished Education, his being a Man of Estate, one that is advanced in Years, one that has long been in Authority, so that it is become as it were natural for the People to pay him Deference, to reverence him, to be influenced and governed by him, and submit to his Authority; his being extensively known, and much honoured and regarded abroad; his being one of a good Presence, Majesty of Countenance, Decency of Behaviour, becoming one in Authority; of forcible Speech, &c. These Things add to his Strength and increase his Ability and Advantage to serve his Generation in the Place of a Ruler, and therefore in some Respect ⟨p. 13⟩serve to render him one that is the more fitly and eminently called a strong Rod.
5. And lastly, It also contributes to that Strength of a Man in Authority, by which he may be denominated a strong Rod, when he is in such Circumstances, as give him Advantage for the Exercise of his Strength for the publick Good; as his being a Person of honourable Descent, of a distinguish'd Education, his being a Man of Estate, one that is advanced in Years, one that has long been in Authority, so that it is become as it were natural for the People to pay him Deference, to reverence him, to be influenced and governed by him, and submit to his Authority; his being extensively known, and much honoured and regarded abroad; his being one of a good Presence, Majesty of Countenance, Decency of Behaviour, becoming one in Authority; of forceable Speech, &c. These Things add to his Strength and increase his Ability and Advantage to serve his Generation in the Place of a Ruler, and therefore in some Respect ⟨p. 13⟩serve to render him one that is the more fitly and eminently called a strong Rod.