Item #41969 A PUBLICK SPIRIT, AS EXPRESS'D IN PRAYING FOR THE PEACE AND SEEKING THE GOOD OF JERUSALEM, RECOMMENDED TO RULERS AND PEOPLE. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ; THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND MAY 31. 1749. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTING HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR SAID PROVINCE. William Balch.
A PUBLICK SPIRIT, AS EXPRESS'D IN PRAYING FOR THE PEACE AND SEEKING THE GOOD OF JERUSALEM, RECOMMENDED TO RULERS AND PEOPLE. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ; THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND MAY 31. 1749. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTING HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR SAID PROVINCE.

A PUBLICK SPIRIT, AS EXPRESS'D IN PRAYING FOR THE PEACE AND SEEKING THE GOOD OF JERUSALEM, RECOMMENDED TO RULERS AND PEOPLE. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ; THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND MAY 31. 1749. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTING HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR SAID PROVINCE.

Boston: Printed by Order of the Honourable House of Representatives, 1749. [4], 28 pp, with the half title. Disbound, else Very Good. With the slightly clipped signature "George Leonard."

"The Happiness of a People has so great a Dependance upon God... God has given us Laws, for our own Sake, for our own Advantage." Rulers' duty is to protect "All in their Rights, by the Suppression of Vice and Immorality, being a Terror to the Evil, and not bearing the Sword in vain."
Evans 6280. ESTC W28015. Item #41969

Price: $500.00

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