JOYFULNESS AND CONSIDERATION; OR, THE DUTIES OF PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. A SERMON PREACHED AT KING'S CHAPEL, IN BOSTON; before his excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Captain-General and Governor in chief. The Honourable his Majesty's Council and Hosue of Representatives, of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, January 1, 1761. Upon the occasion of the Death of our late most gracious Soverign King George the Second

CANER, Henry

Published by Green & Russell and Edes & Gill, Boston: New-England, 1761

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Extracted from a bound volume with its half-title, 8vo, pp. [iv], 31. A nice clean copy. Evans 8811; Sabin 10684n. Henry Caner (c.1700-1792), born near Bristol, soon emigrated with his family to the New England colonies. After graduating from Yale University, Caner was ordained in 1727 in the Church of Engand and appointed as a missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG). He returned to the colonies as a missionary to Connecticut and Massachusetts, becoming a leading Church of England clergyman. In 1747 he was named rector of King's Chapel in Boston, the most important Anglican Church in New England. A staunch Tory Loyalist, Caner criticized the British government for its handling of the colonies. As many Loyalists did, Caner left for London in 1776 during the early part of the War for Independence and remained in England, living in Cardiff, South Wales and Bristol until he died in 1792. Caner praises George the second and wishes George III well. Seller Inventory # 36784

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Title: JOYFULNESS AND CONSIDERATION; OR, THE DUTIES...

Publisher: Green & Russell and Edes & Gill, Boston: New-England

Publication Date: 1761

Edition: First Edition.