THE CHARACTER AND BLESSEDNESS OF A DILIGENT AND FAITHFUL SERVANT: A SERMON DELIVERED AT BROOKFIELD, OCTOBER 19, 1779, AT THE FUNERAL OF THE HONORABLE JEDEDIAH FOSTER, ESQUIRE, ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS; WHO DIED OCTOBER 17, 1779, AETAT 53. BY...PASTOR OF THE THIRD CHURCH IN BROOKFIELD.
Providence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler, [1779? 1785?]. 30, [2 blanks], [7], [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Occasional minor tanning. Very Good. Bound, in modern blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine title ['Brookfield Sermons'].
1785 "Date of publication suggested by Alden on evidence of watermarks in the thick paper copies of this edition. Dated 1779 by Evans" [NAIP]. With a detailed assessment of his sterling character, Foster is eulogized as a staunch advocate of American liberty and a foe of the hated royal Governor Hutchinson.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 16273. Alden 1007. NAIP w003735.
[bound with] Backus, Charles: THE BENEVOLENT SPIRIT OF CHRISTIANITY ILLUSTRATED; IN A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. THOMAS SNELL, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE SECOND CHURCH IN BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, JUNE 27TH, 1798. Worcester: Leonard Worcester. 1798. 39, [1 blank] pp. Moderately foxed, Good+.
Evans 33352.
[and] FIVE OTHER SERMONS PREACHED IN BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 1804-1848. Scattered foxing, Good+. Item #20529
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