A FAREWELL SERMON. A SERMON, PREACHED AT ROCHESTER, SECOND PARISH, OCTOBER 15TH 1769. BEING THE DAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DISMISSION OF THE AUTHOR FROM HIS PASTORAL RELATION TO THE CHURCH AND HIS PEOPLE IN SAID PARISH. by Hovey, Ivory: : David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC : Specializing in the social, political, and cultural history of the Americas.

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A FAREWELL SERMON. A SERMON, PREACHED AT ROCHESTER, SECOND PARISH, OCTOBER 15TH 1769. BEING THE DAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DISMISSION OF THE AUTHOR FROM HIS PASTORAL RELATION TO THE CHURCH AND HIS PEOPLE IN SAID PARISH.

Printed by D. Kneeland, for Thomas Leverett, in Corn-hill, Boston: 1770 32pp, stitched, with the half title [as issued]. Untrimmed and generously margined, scattered light foxing, half title and last page toned. Good+ or so. Hovey began his ministry at Rochester, Massachusetts, in 1740. He remained there until 1769, when the "very peculiar situation of affairs in said parish" brought it to an abrupt end. This sermon which, according to NAIP, is held by only four institutions, comprises his parting words to his congregation. He does not dwell on the apparently unhappy circumstances which resulted in his departure, because he wishes to avoid "the least tendency to irretate [sic] the minds of any." He urges his erstwhile flock to "live no longer in strife, contention, and wrath, but let all schisms and breaches be healed among you, and good agreement take place." Evans 11687. NAIP w011288 [AAS, Yale, Lib. Cong., U ME].

Book Id: 28782

Price: $450.00

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