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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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Added to all these Things, that have been mentioned to render him eminently a strong Rod, he was attended with many Circumstances which tended to give him Advantage for the exerting of his Strength for the public Good. He was honourably descended, was a Man of considerable Substance, had been long in Authority, was extensively known and honoured abroad, was high in the Esteem of the many Tribes of Indians in the Neighbourhood ⟨p. 27⟩of the British Colonies, and so had great Influence upon them above any other Man in New-England; GOD had endowed him with a comely Presence, and Majesty of Countenance, becoming the great Qualities of his Mind, and the Place in which GOD had set him.
Added to all these Things, that have been mention'd to render him eminently a strong Rod, he was attended with many Circumstances which tended to give him Advantage for the exerting of his Strength for the publick Good. He was honourably descended, was a Man of considerable Substance, had been long in Authority, was extensively known and honoured abroad, was high in the Esteem of the many Tribes of Indians in the Neighbourhood ⟨p. 27⟩of the British Colonies, and so had great Influence upon them above any other Man in New-England; GOD had endowed him with a comely Presence, and Majesty of Countenance, becoming the great Qualities of his Mind, and the Place in which GOD had set him.
In the Exercise of these Qualities and Endowments, under these Advantages, he has been as it were a Father to this Part of the Land, on whom the whole County had, under GOD, its Dependence in all its public Affairs, and especially since the Beginning of the present War. How much the Weight of all the warlike Concerns of the County (which above any Part of the Land lies exposed to the Enemy) has lain on his Shoulders, and how he has been the Spring of all Motion, and the Doer of every Thing that has been done, and how wisely and faithfully he has conducted these Affairs, I need not inform this Congregation. You well know that he took Care of the County as a Father of a Family of Children, not neglecting Mens Lives, and making light of their Blood; but with great Diligence, Vigilance and Prudence, applying himself continually to the proper Means of our Safety and Welfare. And especially has this his native Town, where he has dwelt from his Infancy, reaped the Benefit of his happy Influence: His Wisdom has been, under GOD, very much our Guide, and his Authority our Support and Strength, and he has been a great Honour to Northampton, and Ornament to our Church.