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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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GOD's awful Judgment in the breaking and withering of the STRONG RO… › APPLICATION.
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APPLICATION.
I come now to apply these Things to our own Case, under the late awful Frown of Divine Providence upon us, in removing by Death that honourable Person in public Rule and Authority, an Inhabitant of this Town, and belonging to this Congregation and Church, who died at Boston the last Lord's Day.
I come now to apply these Things to our own Case, under the late awful Frown of Divine Providence upon us, in removing by Death that honourable Person in publick Rule and Authority, an Inhabitant of this Town, and belonging to this Congregation and Church, who died at Boston the last Lord's Day.
He was eminently a strong Rod in the forementioned Respects. As to his natural Abilities, Strength of Reason, Greatness and Clearness of discerning, and Depth of Penetration, he was one of the first Rank: It may be ⟨p. 19⟩doubted whether he has left his Superior in these Respects, in these Parts of the World. He was a Man of a truly great Genius, and his Genius was peculiarly fitted for the understanding and managing of public Affairs.
He was eminently a strong Rod in the foremention'd Respects. As to his natural Abilities, Strength of Reason, Greatness and Clearness of discerning, and Depth of Penetration, he was one of the first Rank: It may be