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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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We have a remarkable Instance and Evidence of the happy and great Influence of such a strong Rod as has been described, to promote the universal Prosperity of a People, in the History of the Reign of Solomon, though many of the People were uneasy under his Government, and thought him too rigorous in his Administrations: (See I Kings xii. 4.) Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every Man under his Vine and under his Fig-Tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the Days of Solomon. (I Kings iv. 25) And he made Silver to be among them as Stones for Abundance. (Chap. x. 27) And Judah and Israel were many, eating and drinking and making merry. The Queen of Sheba admired, and was greatly affected with the Happiness of the People, under the Government of such a strong Rod, I Kings x. 8, 9. says she, Happy are thy Men, happy are these thy Servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy Wisdom! Blessed be the Lord thy GOD, which delighted in thee to set thee on the Throne of Israel: Because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee King, to do Judgment and Justice.
The flourishing State of the Kingdom of Judah, while they had strong Rods for the Sceptres of them that bare Rule, is taken Notice of in our Context; her Stature was exalted among the thick Branches, and she appeared in her Height with the Multitude of her Branches.
The flourishing State of the Kingdom of Judah, while they had strong Rods for the Scepters of them that bare Rule, is taken Notice of in our Context; her Stature was exalted among the thick Branches, and she appear'd in her Height with the Multitude of her Branches.