WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND THE FEAR OF GOD RECOMMENDED TO RULERS & PEOPLE. A SERMON PREACH'D IN THE AUDIENCE OF HIS HONOUR SPENCER PHIPS, ESQ; LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOUR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF.OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, IN NEW-ENGLAND. MAY 30TH. 1753. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR THE PROVINCE

Cotton, John

Published by Printed by John Draper. . ., Boston: N. E., 1753

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[4], 42 pp, with half title but lacking the final blank leaf. New stitching, half title toned ["Rev Mr. Rogers" written on half title, corners of half title renewed]. Good plus. Cotton's Election Sermon conveys a vision of a hierarchical, ordered society, with no hint of the winds of protest and revolution about to sweep the Colonies. "True Religion is the best Treasure of any Prince, or People; it denominates them rich." So enriched, Rulers and "Ministers of the everlasting Gospel, to whom God gives the Tongue of the learned," will guide "the common People," assure that they are "well instructed, and evidently under the good Impressions of a religious Education, and desirous of living quiet and peaceable Lives in all Godliness and Honesty." Thus they will "obey the Laws of God, and the Laws of their Rulers, if not repugnant to the Laws of God." Evans 6985. ESTC 29705.

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• Title: WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND THE FEAR OF GOD RECOMMENDED TO RULERS & PEOPLE. A SERMON PREACH'D IN THE AUDIENCE OF HIS HONOUR SPENCER PHIPS, ESQ; LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOUR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF.OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, IN NEW-ENGLAND. MAY 30TH. 1753. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR THE PROVINCE
• Publisher: Printed by John Draper. . ., Boston: N. E.
• Publication Date: 1753
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