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A funeral sermon, occasioned by the much lamented death of John Jekyll, Esq; collector of His Majesty's customs for the Port of Boston, &c. Who departed this life December 30. 1732. Aetat. 58. By the Reverend Mr. Roger Price, A.M. commissary of the Episcopal churches in New England, and Rector of the King's Chappel in Boston. [Three lines from Psalms]
Price, Roger, approximately 1696-1762.Date: Printed in the year 1733- Books
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A sermon, preached before the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut, at Hartford, on the day of their anniversary election, May 12th, 1768. By Richard Salter, A.M. Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Mansfield.
Salter, Richard, 1721-1787.Date: M,DCC,LXVIII. [1768]- Books
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A discourse on the nature and reasonableness of fasting, and on the existing causes that call us to that duty. Delivered at Princeton, on Tuesday the 6th January, 1795. Being the day appointed by the Synod of New-York and New-Jersey, to be observed as a general fast, by all the churches of their communion in those states; and now published in compliance with the request of the students of theology and law in Princeton. By Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D. vice-president and professor of moral philosophy and divinity, in the College of New-Jersey.
Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819.Date: M,DCC,XCV. [1795]- Books
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The firm union of a people represented; and a concern for it, urged; upon all orders and degrees of men: in a sermon preached before the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut, at Hartford, May 9. 1717. The day for electing the honourable the governour, the deputy governour, and the worshipful the Assistants there. By Timothy Cutler, M.A. Pastor of the church in Stratford. Published by order of authority.
Cutler, Timothy, 1684-1765.Date: 1717- Books
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A sermon, delivered at Worcester, on the day of public thanksgiving, observed throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, December 15th, MDCCXCVI. By Samuel Austin, A.M.
Austin, Samuel, 1760-1830.Date: MDCCXCVII [1797]- Books
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A philosophical discourse concerning the mutability and changes of the material world; read to the students of Harvard-College, April 7. 1731. upon the news of the death of Thomas Hollis, Esq; of London, the most bountiful benefactor to that society. By Isaac Greenwood, A.M Hollisian professor of philosophy and the mathematicks. made public, at the desire of the reverend the president and fellows of that society.
Greenwood, Isaac, 1702-1745.Date: MDCCXXXI. [1731]- Books
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A sermon at the execution of Moses Paul, an Indian; who had been guilty of murder, preached at New Haven in America. By Samson Occom, a native Indian, and Missionary to the Indians, who was in England in 1766 and 1767, collecting for the Indian Charity Schools. To which is added a short account of the late spread of the Gospel, among the Indians. Also Observations on the language of the Muhhekaneew Indians; Communicated To The Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences, by Jonathan Edwards, D.D.
Occom, Samson, 1723-1792.Date: [1789]- Books
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The true Christian living and dying unto the Lord. A sermon, delivered at Long-Meadow, Massachusetts, January 31, 1798, at the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Storrs, consort of the Reverend Richard Salter Storrs. By Charles Backus, A.M. Pastor of a church in Somers.
Backus, Charles, 1749-1803.Date: MDCCXVIII [i.e., 1798]- Books
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Some facts evincive of the atheistical, anarchical, and in other respects, immoral principles of the French Republicans, stated in a sermon delivered on the 9th of May, 1798, the day recommended by the president of the United States for solemn humiliation, fasting, and prayer. By David Osgood, D.D. Minister of the church in Medford.
Osgood, David, 1747-1822.Date: 1798- Books
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The blessedness of the dead who die in the Lord. A sermon preached at the publick lecture, Tuesday, April 6. 1731. In the hall of Harvard-College, in Cambrige [sic], N.E. Upon the news of the death of Thomas Hollis, Esq;of London, the most bountiful benefactor to that society. By Edward Wigglesworth, D.D. And Hollis-Professor of Divinity. Published at the desire of the president and fellows of Harvard-College.
Wigglesworth, Edward, approximately 1693-1765.Date: 1731- Books
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The character and blessedness of a diligent and faithful servant: a sermon delivered at Brookfield, October 19, 1779, at the funeral of the Honorable Jedidiah Foster, Esquire, on the the justices of the Superior Court in the state of Massachusetts; who died October 17, 1779, aetat. 53. By Nathan Fiske, A.M. Pastor of the Third Church in Brookfield. [Five lines from Matthew]
Fiske, Nathan, 1733-1799.Date: [1785?]- Books
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Sermons, on the following subjects; The manner in which salvation is to be sought. The unreasonableness of indetermination in religion. Unbelievers contemn the glory of Christ. The folly of looking back in fleeing out of Sodom. The warnings of Scripture in the best manner adapted to the awakening and conversion of sinners. Hypocrites deficient in the duty of prayer. The future punishment of the wicked unavoidable and intolerable. The eternity of hell-torments. The peace which Christ gives his true followers. The perpetuity & change of the Sabbath. By the late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New-Jersey.
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.Date: M.DCC.LXXX. [1780]- Books
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A sermon preached before His Honor Thomas Cushing, Esq; lieutenant-governor, the Honorable the Council, and the two branches of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts May 28, 1783. Being the anniversary of general election. By Henry Cumings, A.M. Pastor o the church in Billerica.
Cumings, Henry, 1739-1823.Date: 1783- Books
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A sermon, preached at Taunton, January 15, 1800; at the ordination of Rev. John Pipon. By John Thornton Kirkland, Minister of the New South Church--Boston.
Kirkland, John Thornton, 1770-1840.Date: 1800- Books
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The excellence of the Gospel visible in the wretchedness of paganism. A discourse delivered December 20, 1797, being the tenth anniversary of his ordination, by Elijah Parish, A.M. Minister of the congregation in Byfield.
Parish, Elijah, 1762-1825.Date: Jan. 1798- Books
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A discourse, delivered May 9, 1798, on the importance of special humiliation. By John Wilder, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Attleborough.
Wilder, John, 1758-1836.Date: M,DCC,XCVIII. [1798]- Books
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The distinct claims of government and religion, considered in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Burgesses, at Williamsburg, in Virginia, March 1, 1772. By S. Henley, Professor of Moral Philosophy, in William and Mary College.
Henley, Samuel, 1740-1815.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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A sermon, preached in Hartford, June 10th, 1797, at the execution of Richard Doane. By Nathan Strong, Minister of the North Congregational Church in Hartford. To which is added, a short account of his life, as given by himself: also of the state of his mind during the time of his confinement, and at his death.
Strong, Nathan, 1748-1816.Date: 1797- Books
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Love to our neighbour explained and urged in a sermon, delivered at Concord, Massachusetts, December 26, 1799, being the day on which Samuel Smith was executed for burglary. By Ezra Ripley, A.M. Minister of Concord. Published for the benefit of criminals.
Ripley, Ezra, 1751-1841.Date: 1800- Books
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Piety and arms. A sermon, preached at the request of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company, in Boston, June 3, 1799; the anniversary of their election of officers. By William Emerson.
Emerson, William, 1769-1811.Date: 1799- Books
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A good minister of Jesus Christ. A sermon, preached in Boston, September 15, 1797. At the ordination of the Rev. Mr. Stephen Smith Nelson. By Samuel Stillman, D.D. Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Boston. To which are added, the charge, by the Rev. Mr. Isaac Backus, of Middleborough; and the right hand of fellowship, by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Baldwin, of Boston.
Stillman, Samuel, 1738-1807.Date: 1797- Books
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The old man's calendar. A discourse on Joshua XIV. 10. Delivered in the First Parish of Hingham, on the Lord's-Day, August 26, 1781, the birth-day of the author, Ebenezer Gay. [Nine lines of quotations]
Gay, Ebenezer, 1696-1787.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]- Books
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The Scripture account of the Shechinah. By Stephen Sewall, A.M. A.A.S. [One line from Numbers]
Sewall, Stephen, 1734-1804.Date: --1794- Books
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The political advantages of godliness. A sermon, preached before His Excellency the governor, and the honorable legislature of the state of Connecticut, convened at Hartford on the anniversary election. May 11, 1797. By Isaac Lewis, D.D. Pastor of a church in Greenwich.
Lewis, Isaac, 1746-1840.Date: 1797- Books
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A sermon, preached at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. John Marsh, to the pastoral care of the First Church in Wethersfield, Connecticut, January XII, 1774. By Samuel Woodward, A.M. Pastor of the church in Weston.
Woodward, Samuel, 1727-1782.Date: [1774]