THE ONLY METHOD TO PROMOTE THE HAPPINESS OF A PEOPLE AND THEIR POSTERITY. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE HONOURABLE THE LIEUT. GOVERNOUR, THE COUNCIL, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 29TH. 1728. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL. BY... PASTOR OF THE CHURCH IN MARLBOROUGH.
Boston: Printed by B. Green, 1728. [2], 42 pp, lacking the half title. Attractive type ornamentation on first text page, and numerical rubberstamp at bottom margin. Light spotting, Good+ in modern cloth [signs of bookplate removal on the binding's pastedowns and front cover].
An early Massachusetts election sermon, counseling rulers to follow the word of God. Breck was the second minister at the first church of Marlborough. "Happiness is what all Mankind are in an eager pursuit of." Breck says. "This happiness and Blessedness is to be found in GOD alone, agreable to that of the Psalms, Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord." Rulers must set an example of Goodness.
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