A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN HANCOCK, ESQ. ; GOVERNOR; HIS HONOR THOMAS CUSHING, ESQ; LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR; THE HONORABLE THE COUNCIL, AND THE HONORABLE THE SENATE, AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 26, 1784. BEING THE DAY OF GENERAL ELECTION.
Boston: Benjamin Edes, 1784. 52pp, with the half title. Disbound, occasional light toning. Else Very Good. In this first Massachusetts Election Sermon after the peace with England, Hemmenway counsels that God has ordained human liberty. "God has called us to liberty." The Christian has "a new covenant right to the..... More