104 results filtered with: Draper, John, 1702-1762
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Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, ss. Harrison Gray, Esq; treasurer and receiver-general of His Majesty's said province, To the select-men or assessors of the town or district of [blank] Greeting, &c. In observance of an act ... These are in His Majesty's name to will and require you forthwith to assess the further sum ... Given under my and and seal at Boston, the twelfth day of September, 1755 ...
Massachusetts. Treasury Department.Date: 1755]- Books
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A Conference held at the fort at St. George's in the county of York, the fourth day of August, anno regni Regis Georgii Secundi, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et Hiberniae, &c. decimo sexto, annoq; domini, 1742. Between His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; captain general and governour in chief in and over His Majesty's province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, and the chief sachems & captains of the Penobscott, Norridgewock, Pigwaket or Amiscogging or Saco, St. John's, Bescommonconty or Amerescogging and St. Francis tribes of Indians.
Date: 1742- Books
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The doctrine of the law & grace unfolded: or, a discourse touching the law and grace. The nature of the one, and the nature of the other: shewing what they are, as they are the two covenants; and likewise who they be, and what their conditions are, that be under either o these two covenants. Wherein for the better understanding of the reader, there is several questions answered, touching the law and grace, very easy to be read, and as easy to be understood, by those that are the sons of wisdom, the children of the second covenant. By John Bunyan, author of the Pilgrims progress.
Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.Date: 1742- Books
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Early piety encouraged. A discourse occasion'd by the joyful and triumphant death of a young woman of Malden, who died of the throat-distemper, Sept. 6. 1738. Aetat. 21. With a dedication to the children and youth of said town. By Joseph Emerson, V.D.M. [Three lines of Scripture texts]
Emerson, Joseph, 1700-1767.Date: 1738- Books
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The wither'd hand stretched forth at the command of Christ, and restored. A sermon preach'd at the lecture in Boston, May 17. 1739. By Benjamin Colman, D.D.
Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- Books
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Religion recommended to the soldier. A sermon preach'd to the Ancient and Honourable Artillery-Company, June 4. 1744. Being the day of their election of officers. By Joseph Parsons, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Bradford. [Three lines from Hebrews]
Parsons, Joseph, 1702-1765.Date: 1744- Books
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Youthful pleasures must be accounted for, at the Day of Judgment. A sermon on Ecclesiastes xi. 9. Preached (in part) at the Second Precinct in Wrentham, May 27. 1741. By Elias Haven, M.A. Pastor of the church there. Published at the earnest desire of many of the hearers. [Four lines of Scripture texts]
Haven, Elias, 1714-1754.Date: 1742- Books
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An astronomical diary: or, An almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1758. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston in New England, lat. 42 deg. 25 min. north. By Nathaniel Ames. [Ten lines of verse]
Ames, Nathaniel, 1708-1764.Date: [1757]- Books
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The honours of Christ demanded of the magistrate. A sermon preach'd in the audience of His Excellency the governour, the honourable the Council and Representatives, of the province of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, May 28. 1740. The day for the election of His Majesty's Council there. By William Cooper, A.M. Pastor of a church in Boston. [Two lines from John]
Cooper, William, 1694-1743.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- Books
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A guide to prayer: or, A free and rational account of the gift, grace and spirit of prayer; with plain directions how every Christian may attain them. By I. Watts, D.D.
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.Date: MDCC.XXXIX. [1739]- Books
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A sermon preach'd at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Walter Wilmot at Jamaica on Long-Island. April 12. 1738. By E. Pemberton. To which is added, a brief discourse upon the Divine appointment of the Gospel ministry, and the methods of it's conveyance thro' the successive ages of the church; deliver'd upon the same occasion: with the charge given at the ordination. By the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Dickinson. Published at the request of the hearers.
Pemberton, Ebenezer, 1705-1777.Date: 1738- Books
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A dead faith anatomized. A discourse on the nature, and the danger, with the deadly symptoms, of a dead faith, in those who profess the faith of Christ. By Samuel Mather, Pastor of the church in Windsor, in the colony of Connecticut. [One line epigram in Latin]
Mather, Samuel, 1651-1728.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- Books
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A word to those that are afflicted very much. A sermon preach'd at the lecture in Malden, October 20th 1738. On occasion of the repeated and multiplied deaths of children in many families in said town, by the throat distemper. By Joseph Emerson, M.A. [Three lines from Psalms]
Emerson, Joseph, 1700-1767.Date: 1738- Books
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The soldier exhorted to courage in the service of his king and country, from a sense of God and religion: in a sermon preach'd at Wilmington, April 3. 1755. To Capt. Phinehas Osgood. And his company of soldiers: before their going out into publick service. Published at the desire of the hearers. To whom is it humbly presented. By Isaac Morrill, A.M. Pastor of the church in Wilmington. [Four lines of Scripture texts]
Morrill, Isaac, 1718-1793.Date: 1755- Books
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The duty of survivers to remember and to follow the faith of their godly deceased pastors. A sermon preach'd the Lord's-Day after the death of the Reverend Mr. Peter Thacher. A pastor of the New North Church in Boston. Who deceased Feb. 26. 1738. Aetatis suae 62. By John Webb, A.M. the surviving Pastor of said church.
Webb, John, 1687-1750.Date: 1739- Books
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By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... To [blank]. Sir, As you have receiv'd beating-orders from me to enlist men into his majesty's service for the expedition intended, in the management of that trust, I give you the following directions ... Given under my hand at Boston, the [blank] day of [blank] 1755 ...
Massachusetts. Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley)Date: 1755]- Books
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The final peace, security & happiness of the upright. A sermon deliver'd at Christ-Church in Boston Novemb. 28. 1734. On occasion of the death of John Nelson, Esq; which was on the 15th of that month. And of Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson his consort, which was the 25th of Octobe preceeding. By Timothy Cutler, D.D.
Cutler, Timothy, 1684-1765.Date: 1735- Books
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Gospel ministers exhibited under the notion of stars; and our Lord Jesus Christ as holding these stars in his right hand. In a sermon preach'd at the ordination of Mr. Nathaniel Gookin. To the pastoral office of a church at North-Hill in the town of Hampton, October 31. 1739. By William Shurtleff, A.M. Pastor of a church in Portsmouth.
Shurtleff, William, 1689-1747.Date: 1739- Books
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The advantages of God's presence with his people in an expedition against their enemies. A sermon preached at Newbury, May 22. 1755. At the desire, and in the audience of Colo. Moses Titcomb, and many others inlisted under him, and going with him in an expedition against the French. By John Lowell, A.M. Pastor of a church in Newbury. [One line from Exodus]
Lowell, John, 1704-1767.Date: 1755- Books
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God the strength and portion of His people, under all the exigences of life and death: a funeral sermon on the Honourable Mrs. Katherine Dummer, the lady of His Honour William Dummer, Esq; late lieutenant-governour and commander in chief over this province. Preach'd at Boston, January 9. 1752. The Lord's-Day after her death and burial. By Mr. Byles. [Seven lines of Scripture texts]
Byles, Mather, 1707-1788.Date: 1752- Books
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By His Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; ... A brief. It having pleased Almighty God to permit a fire to break out in the town of Boston, on the 20th instant ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston the twenty-fourth day of March, 1760 ...
Massachusetts. Governor (1757-1760 : Pownall)Date: 1760- Books
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Israel's triumph. It concerns the people of God to celebrate the divine praises, according to all his wonderful works. A sermon preached at Sutton on a publick thanksgiving, October 9th. 1760. For the entire reduction of Canada. Also, delivered afterwards, with some alteration, at Hollis, in New-Hampshire, on a private thanksgiving, observed there November the 20th following, upon the same occasion. And now published at the repeated desire of many of the hearers. By David Hall, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Sutton. [Six lines from Psalms]
Hall, David, 1704-1789.Date: 1761- Books
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A letter to the Reverend Mr. Nathanael Eells, moderator of the late convention of pastors in Boston; containing some remarks on their printed testimony against several errors and disorders in the land. By Joshua Gee, Pastor of the Second Church of Christ in Boston.
Gee, Joshua, 1698-1748.Date: 1743- Books
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By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq; ... A proclamation. Whereas His Majesty has been graciously pleased, for vindicating the honour of His Crown, so much affected by the violation of the convention concluded ... between His Majesty and the King of Spain ... all merchants and others, who shall ... equip and set forth any private ships or vessels of war for apprehending, seizing and taking the vessels and effects belonging to the King of Spain ... shall receive all proper encouragement ... and that lawful commissions or letters of marque and reprisal shall be accordingly granted ... Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, the tenth day of August 1739 ...
Massachusetts. Governor (1730-1741 : Belcher)Date: [1739]- Books
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A defence of the New-England charters. By Jer. Dummer. [Two lines in Latin from Sallust.]
Dummer, Jeremiah, 1681-1739.Date: 1745