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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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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 ⟨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 publick Affairs.
And as his natural Capacity was great, so was the Knowledge that he had acquired, his Understanding being greatly improved by close Application of Mind to those Things he was called to be concerned in, and by a very exact Observation of them, and long Experience in them. He had indeed a great Insight into the Nature of public Societies, the Mysteries of Government, and the Affairs of Peace and War: He had a Discerning that very few have of the Things wherein the public Weal consists, and what those Things are that do expose public Societies, and of the proper Means to avoid the latter and promote the former. He was quick in his Discerning, in that in most Cases, especially such as belonged to his proper Business, he at first Sight would see further than most Men when they had done their best; but yet he had a wonderful Faculty of improving his own Thoughts by Meditation, and carrying his Views a greater and greater Length by long and close Application of Mind. He had an extraordinary Ability to distinguish Right and Wrong, in the Midst of Intricacies, and Circumstances that tended to perplex and darken the Case: He was able to weigh Things as it were in a Balance, and to distinguish those Things that were solid and weighty from those that had only a fair Show without Substance, which he evidently Discovered in his accurate, clear and plain Way of stating and committing Causes to a Jury, from the Bench (as by others hath been observed) he wonderfully distinguished Truth from Falsehood, and the most laboured Cases, seemed always to lie