Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730–1805: In Two Volumes

Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgments Contents VOLUME 1 Editor's Note to the 1998 Edition Editor's Note Bibliographic Note Chronology 1688-1773 1 GOVERNMENT THE PILLAR OF THE EARTH [173o] Benjamin Colman 2 NINEVEH'S REPENTANCE AND DELIVERANCE [1740] Joseph Sewall 3 THE ESSENTIAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF PROTESTANTS [1744] Elisha Williams 4 BRITAIN'S MERCIES, AND BRITAIN'S DUTIES [1746] George Whitefield 5 CIVIL MAGISTRATES MUST BEJUST, RULING IN THE FEAR OF GOD [1747] Charles Chauncy 6 THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM AND GLORIES OF JESUS CHRIST [1756] Samuel Davies 7 THE PRESENCE OF GOD WITH HIS PEOPLE [176o] Samuel Dunbar 8 THE SNARE BROKEN [1766] Jonathan Mayhew 9 AN HUMBLE ENQUIRY [1769] JohnJoachim Zubly 10 AN ORATION UPON THE BEAUTIES OF LIBERTY [1773] John Allen 11 AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY [1773] Isaac Backus XI XXlll XXV XXVll XXXlll 7 25 51 179 327 Vlll CONTENTS Chronology I774-I78I I2 SCRIPTURAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CIVIL RULERS [1774] Samuel Sherwood 373 I3 A CALM ADDRESS TO OUR AMERICAN COLONIES (1775] John Wesley 409 14 A CONSTITUTIONAL ANSWER TO WESLEY'S CALM ADDRESS [1775] Anonymous 42I IS AMERICA'S APPEAL TO THE IMPARTIAL WORLD [1775] Moses Mather 439 I6 THE CHURCH'S FLIGHT INTO THE WILDERNESS [1776] Samuel Sherwood 493 I7 THE DOMINION OF PROVIDENCE OVER THE PASSIONS OF MEN [1776] John Witherspoon 529 I8 THE BIBLE AND THE SWORD [1776] John Fletcher 559 I9 GOD ARISING AND PLEADING HIS PEOPLE'S CAUSE [1777] Abraham Keteltas 579 20 DIVINEJUDGMENTS UPON TYRANTS [1778] Jacob Cushing 6o7 2I A SERMON ON THE DAY OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (I78o] Samuel Cooper 22 A SERMON PREACHED AT LEXINGTON ON THE 19TH OF APRIL [I781] Henry Cumings 23 A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE DEVIL, AND GEORGE III, TYRANT OF BRITAIN [178z] Anonymous 687 24 DEFENSIVE ARMS VINDICATED [1783] A Moderate Whig [Stephen Case?] 711 25 A SERMON PREACHED ON A DAY OF THANKSGIVING [1784] George Duffield 77I CONTENTS 26 A SERMON ON OCCASION OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE CONSTITUTION [1784] lX Samuel McClintock 789 2 7 A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE A CONVENTION OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH [1784] William Smith 815 28 THE DANGERS OF OUR NATIONAL PROSPERITY; AND THE WAY TO AVOID THEM [1785] Samuel Wales 835 29 A SERMON ON A DAY APPOINTED FOR PUBLICK THANKSGIVING [1787] Joseph Lathrop 865 30 THE DIGNITY OF MAN [1787] Nathanael Emmons 883 31 THE PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL UNION AND HAPPINESS CONSIDERED AND RECOMMENDED [1787] Elizur Goodrich 909 32 THE REPUBLIC OF THE ISRAELITES AN EXAMPLE TO THE AMERICAN STATES [1788] Samuel Langdon 941 33 A CENTURY SERMON ON THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION [1788] Elhanan Winchester Chronology 1789-1794 Sermons 1790-1794 Chronology 1795-18o5 Sermons 1795-1805 Indexes VOLUME 2 1001 1005 1597 ...