A SERMON PREACHED IN THE AUDIENCE OF THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL, AND THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW- ENGLAND, MAY 25TH. 1757. BEING THE ANNIVERSARY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR THE PROVINCE.
Boston: John Draper, 1757. 32pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound. Attractive ornamentation. Good+.
Pemberton invokes the aid of God during the French and Indian War, "when the Thunder of the Battle, is heard even in these remote Regions; and our British AMERICA, is threatnd with immediate Destruction."
France is "an insulting Tyrant, whose Ancestors from the Beginning, have been the public Disturbers of the Peace of EUROPE, the common Invaders of the Liberties of Mankind. This is that tyrannical Power, that now surrounds the Continent of NORTH - AMERICA with his mercenary Troops, and employs barbarous Salvages, to execute those inhuman Cruelties, which he is asham'd publicly to authorize-- Already one of our Armies has been defeated-- One of our Forts taken-- Many of our Brethren carried into Captivity, and our Southern Provinces delug'd with Blood.-- The Consequences are too melancholly to be expres'd."
FIRST EDITION. Evans 7991. Sabin 59609. ESTC W29347. Item #37049
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