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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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The Prosperity of a People depends more on their Rulers than is commonly imagined. As they have the public Society under their Care and Power, so they have Advantage to promote the public Interest every Way; and if they are such Rulers as have been spoken of, they are some of the greatest Blessings to the Public. Their Influences has a Tendency to promote their Wealth, and cause their temporal Possessions and Blessings to abound: And to promote Virtue amongst them, and so to unite them one to another in Peace and mutual Benevolence, ⟨p. 14⟩and make them happy in Society, each one the Instrument of his Neighbours Quietness, Comfort and Prosperity; and by these Means to advance their Reputation and Honour in the World; and which is much more, to promote their spiritual and eternal Happiness. Therefore the wise Man says, Eccles. x. 17. Blessed art thou, O Land, when thy King is the Son of Nobles.
The Prosperity of a People depends more on their Rulers than is commonly imagined. As they have the publick Society under their Care and Power, so they have Advantage to promote the publick Interest every Way; and if they are such Rulers as have been spoken of, they are some of the greatest Blessings to the Publick. Their Influences has a Tendency to promote their Wealth, and cause their temporal Possessions and Blessings to abound: And to promote Virtue amongst them, and so to unite them one to another in Peace and mutual Benevolence, ⟨p. 14⟩and make them happy in Society, each one the Instrument of his Neighbours Quietness, Comfort and Prosperity; and by these Means to advance their Reputation and Honour in the World; and which is much more, to promote their spiritual and eternal Happiness. Therefore the wise Man says, Eccles. x. 17. Blessed art thou, O Land, when thy King is the Son of Nobles.