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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 continued in full Capacity of Usefulness while he lived; he was indeed considerably advanced in Years, but his Powers of Mind were not sensibly abated, […] his Strength of Body was not so impaired, but that ⟨p. 28⟩was able to go long Journeys, in extreme Heat and Cold, and in a short Time.
He continued in full Capacity of Usefulness while he lived; he was indeed considerably advanced in Years, but his Powers of Mind were not sensibly abated, 〈…〉 his Strength of Body was not so impair'd, but that ⟨p. 28⟩was able to go long Journeys, in extream Heat and Cold, and in a short Time.
But now this strong Rod is broken and withered, and surely the Judgment of GOD therein is very awful, and the Dispensation that which may well be for a Lamentation. Probably we shall be more sensible of the Worth and Importance of such a strong Rod by the Want of it. The awful Voice of GOD in this Providence is worthy to be attended to by this whole Province, and especially by the People of this County, but in a more peculiar Manner by us of this Town. We have now this Testimony of the divine Displeasure, added to all the other dark Clouds GOD has lately brought over us, and his awful Frowns upon us. 'Tis a Dispensation, on many Accounts, greatly calling for our Humiliation and Fear before GOD; an awful Manifestation of his supreme, universal and absolute Dominion, calling us to adore the divine Sovereignty, and tremble at the Defence of this great GOD: And it is a lively Instance of human Frailty and Mortality: We see how that none are out of the Reach of Death, that no Greatness, no Authority, no Wisdom and Sagacity, no Honourableness of Person or Station, no Degree of Valuableness and Importance exempts from the Stroke of Death. This is therefore a loud and solemn Warning to all Sorts to prepare for their Departure hence.
But now this strong Rod is broken and withered, and surely the Judgment of GOD therein is very awful, and the Dispensation that which may well be for a Lamentation. Probably we shall be more sensible of the Worth and Importance of such a strong Rod by the Want of it. The awful Voice of GOD in this Providence is worthy to be attended to by this whole Province, and especially by the People of this County, but in a more peculiar Manner by us of this Town. We have now this Testimony of the divine Displeasure, added to all the other dark Clouds GOD has lately brought over us, and his awful Frowns upon us. 'Tis a Dispensation, on many Accounts, greatly calling for our Humiliation and Fear before GOD; an awful Manifestation of his supream, universal and absolute Dominion, calling us to adore the divine Sovereignty, and tremble at the Defence of this great GOD: And it is a lively Instance of human Frailty and Mortality: We see how that none are out of the Reach of Death, that no Greatness, no Authority, no Wisdom and Sagacity, no Honourableness of Person or Station, no Degree of Valuableness and Importance exempts from the Stroke of Death. This is therefore a loud and solemn Warning to all Sorts to prepare for their Departure hence.