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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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Though he was a Man of a great Spirit, yet he had a remarkable Government of his Spirit; and excelled in the Government of his Tongue. In the midst of all Provocations he met with, with the Multitudes he had to deal with, and the great Multiplicity of perplexing Affairs in which he was concerned, and all the Opposition and Reproaches he was at any Time the Subject of; yet what was there that ever proceeded out of his Mouth ⟨p. 25⟩that his Enemies could lay hold of? No profane Language, no vain, rash, unseemly and unchristian Speeches. If at any Time he expressed himself with great Warmth and Vigour, it seemed to be from Principle and Determination of his Judgment, rather than from Passion: When he expressed himself strongly and with Vehemence, those that were acquainted with him and well observed him from Time to Time, might evidently see it was done in Consequence of Thought and Judgment, weighing the Circumstances and Consequences of Things.
Though he was a Man of a great Spirit, yet he had a remarkable Government of his Spirit; and excelled in the Government of his Tongue. In the midst of all Provocations he met with, with the Multitudes he had to deal with, and the great Multiplicity of perplexing Affairs in which he was concerned, and all the Opposition and Reproaches he was at any Time the Subject of; yet what was there that ever proceeded out of his Mouth ⟨p. 25⟩that his Enemies could lay hold of? No profane Language, no vain, rash, unseemly and unchristian Speeches. If at any Time he expressed himself with great Warmth and Vigour, it seem'd to be from Principle and Determination of his Judgment, rather than from Passion: When he expressed himself strongly and with Vehemence, those that were acquainted with him and well observed him from Time to Time, might evidently see it was done in Consequence of Thought and Judgment, weighing the Circumstances and Consequences of Things.
The Calmness and Steadiness of his Behaviour in private, particularly in his Family, appeared remarkable and exemplary to those who had most Opportunity to observe.