INTEGRITY AND RELIGION TO BE PRINCIPALLY REGARDED, BY SUCH AS DESIGN OTHERS TO STATIONS OF PUBLICK TRUST. A SERMON PREACH'D BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY, JONATHAN BELCHER, ESQ; HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL, AND THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND, ON THE ANNIVERSARY FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNSELLORS FOR SAID PROVINCE, MAY 26. 1736. BY EDWARD HOLYOKE, M. A. PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN MARBLEHEAD.
Boston, in New-England: Printed by J. Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council, for J. Eliot, 1736. [2], 51, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound. Attractive typographic ornaments. Several fox spots to first two leaves. Good plus.
In selecting people "to Stations of publick Trust," electors "should have a principal Regard to their Integrity and Religion. . . All forms of Government originate from the People."
In the next year Holyoke became president of Harvard, and occupied that position from 1737 until his death in 1769. "At the first visit of George Whitefield to the college, Dr. Holyoke commended him" [Appleton's]. Later, after Whitefield criticized the college, Holyoke turned against him and decided he was an itinerant enthusiast.
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