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The Wall and the Garden : Selected Massachusetts Election Sermons, 1670-1775
The election day sermon in colonial New England was an annual, formal address by a minister of the gospel to the newly assembled legislature of the colony. The tradition began in the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1634, and it continued, in Boston, for 250 y.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
1968.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY; ON EDITING THE TEXT; I: SAMUEL DANFORTH: Errand into the Wilderness 1670; II: SAMUEL WILLARD: The Only Sure Way 1682; III: COTTON MATHER: The Way to Prosperity 1689; IV: SAMUEL DANFORTH: An Exhortation to All 1714; V: THOMAS PRINCE: The People of New England 1730; VI: JOHN BARNARD: The Throne Established by Righteousness 1734; VII: JONATHAN MAYHEW: A Sermon 1754; VIII: SAMUEL COOKE: A Sermon 1770; IX: SAMUEL LANGDON: Government Corrupted by Vice 1775; TEXTUAL NOTES; INDEX.