THE CHARACTER AND WORK OF A GOOD RULER, AND THE DUTY OF AN OBLIGED PEOPLE. A SERMON PREACH'D 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 29TH 1745. BEING THE ANNIVERSARY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR THE PROVINCE.
Boston in New- England: Printed for David Gookin in Marlborough-Street, 1745. [2], 33, [3 blanks] pp. Lacking the half title, disbound. Good plus. Attractive type ornamentation.
ESTC notes: "Two states noted: the first has 'Gooking' in imprint; in the second this error is corrected." Ours is the second state.
Gay was Pastor of the Church in Hingham. His Election Sermon dissects "the character of a good Ruler," who should be "the Light of his People. . . Light is an Emblem of Authority." Gay's model for a good ruler is the Biblical David, "a Man of War, eminently qualified, not only to sit on the Throne, and judge his People, but also to march at the Head of Armies into the Field, and fight their Battles."
ESTC 30283. Evans 5602. Item #42009
Price: $750.00