Lewis, Isaac:

THE POLITICAL ADVANTAGES OF GODLINESS. A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, AND THE HONORABLE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, CONVENED AT HARTFORD ON THE ANNIVERSARY ELECTION. MAY 11, 1797.

Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1797. 31, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Disbound and mildly foxed, Very Good.

"The primary object of civil institutions is to prevent those evils...to which men would unavoidably be exposed, in a state of nature," by reason of the depravity of "fallen man." Such evils are illustrated in the revolution in France: "Law was no longer a restraint, right no longer regarded, property was invaded, virtue insulted, chastity polluted..."
FIRST EDITION. Evans 32377. Trumbull 996. Item #34241

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