Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805: In Two Volumes

by Ellis Sandoz (Editor)

Overview

The early political culture of the American republic was so deeply influenced by the religious consciousness of the New England preachers that it was often through the political sermon that the political rhetoric of the period was formed, refined, and transmitted. Political sermons such as the fifty-five collected in this work are unique to America, in both kind and significance. Political Sermons of the American Founding Era thus fills an important need if the American founding period is to be adequately understood.

Ellis Sandoz is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Eric Voegelin Institute at Louisiana State University.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614871361
Publisher:	Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/01/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1779
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii Acknowledgments xxv Editor’s Note xxvii Bibliographic Note xxxiii Chronology 1688–1773 3
1 GOVERNMENT THE PILLAR OF THE EARTH [1730]
Benjamin Colman 7
2 NINEVEH’S REPENTANCE AND DELIVERANCE [1740]
Joseph Sewall 25
3 THE ESSENTIAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF PROTEST-ANTS [1744]
Elisha Williams 51
4 BRITAIN’S MERCIES, AND BRITAIN’S DUTIES [1746]
George Whitefield 119
5 CIVIL MAGISTRATES MUST BE JUST, RULING IN THE FEAR OF GOD [1747]
Charles Chauncy 137
6 THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM AND GLORIES OF JESUS CHRIST [1756]
Samuel Davies 179
7 THE PRESENCE OF GOD WITH HIS PEOPLE [1760]
Samuel Dunbar 207
8 THE SNARE BROKEN [1766]
Jonathan Mayhew 231
9 AN HUMBLE ENQUIRY [1769]
John Joachim Zubly 265
10 AN ORATION UPON THE BEAUTIES OF LIBERTY [1773]
John Allen 301
11 AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY [1773]
Isaac Backus 327
Chronology 1774–1781 369
12 SCRIPTURAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CIVIL RULERS [1774]
Samuel Sherwood 373
13 A CALM ADDRESS TO OUR AMERICAN COLONIES [1775]
John Wesley 409
14 A CONSTITUTIONAL ANSWER TO WESLEY’S CALM AD-DRESS [1775]
Anonymous 421
15 AMERICA’S APPEAL TO THE IMPARTIAL WORLD [1775]
Moses Mather 439
16 THE CHURCH’S FLIGHT INTO THE WILDERNESS [1776]
Samuel Sherwood 493
17 THE DOMINION OF PROVIDENCE OVER THE PASSIONS OF MEN [1776]
John Witherspoon 529
18 THE BIBLE AND THE SWORD [1776]
John Fletcher 559
19 GOD ARISING AND PLEADING HIS PEOPLE’S CAUSE [1777]
Abraham Keteltas 579
20 DIVINE JUDGMENTS UPON TYRANTS [1778]
Jacob Cushing 607
21 A SERMON ON THE DAY OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION [1780]
Samuel Cooper 627
22 A SERMON PREACHED AT LEXINGTON ON THE 19TH OF APRIL [1781]
Henry Cumings 657
Chronology 1782–1788 683
23 A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE DEVIL, AND GEORGE III, TY-RANT OF BRITAIN [1782]
Anonymous 687
24 DEFENSIVE ARMS VINDICATED [1783]
A Moderate Whig [Stephen Case?] 711
25 A SERMON PREACHED ON A DAY OF THANKSGIVING [1784]
George Duffield 771
26 A SERMON ON OCCASION OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW?HAMPSHIRE CONSTITUTION [1784]
Samuel McClintock 789
27 A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE A CONVENTION OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH [1784]
William Smith 815
28 THE DANGERS OF OUR NATIONAL PROSPERITY; AND THE WAY TO AVOID THEM [1785]
Samuel Wales 835
29 A SERMON ON A DAY APPOINTED FOR PUBLICK THANKS-GIVING [1787]
Joseph Lathrop 865
30 THE DIGNITY OF MAN [1787]
Nathanael Emmons 883
31 THE PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL UNION AND HAPPINESS CONSID-ERED AND RECOMMENDED [1787]
Elizur Goodrich 909
32 THE REPUBLIC OF THE ISRAELITES AN EXAMPLE TO THE AMERICAN STATES [1788]
Samuel Langdon 941
33 A CENTURY SERMON ON THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION [1788]
Elhanan Winchester 969
Chronology 1789–1794 1001
34 A DISCOURSE ON THE LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY [1790]
Richard Price 1005
35 THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE [1791]
James Dana 1029
36 A SERMON DELIVERED AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION [1791]
Israel Evans 1057
37 THE RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE INALIENABLE [1791]
John Leland 1079
38 A SERMON FOR THE DAY OF GENERAL ELECTION [1792]
David Tappan 1101
39 A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE ARTILLERY COMPANY [1793]
Peter Thacher 1129
40 A SERMON ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA [1793]
Samuel Miller 1149
41 AN ORATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [1793]
Enos Hitchcock 1169
42 THE NECESSITY OF THE BELIEF OF CHRISTIANITY [1794]
Jonathan Edwards, Jr. 1185
43 THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD ARE TO BE REMEMBERED [1794]
David Osgood 1217
44 THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE [1794]
Noah Webster 1235
Chronology 1795–1805 1301
45 MANIFESTATIONS OF THE BENEFICENCE OF DIVINE PROVI-DENCE TOWARDS AMERICA [1795]
Bishop James Madison 1305
46 SERMON BEFORE THE GENERAL COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION [1797]
Stephen Peabody 1321
47 A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BOSTON [1798]
John Thayer 1339
48 THE DUTY OF AMERICANS, AT THE PRESENT CRISIS [1798]
Timothy Dwight 1363
49 A SERMON OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF WASHINGTON [1800]
Henry Holcombe 1395
50 ON THE EVILS OF A WEAK GOVERNMENT [1800]
John Smalley 1415
51 THE VOICE OF WARNING TO CHRISTIANS [1800]
John Mitchell Mason 1447
52 A SOLEMN ADDRESS TO CHRISTIANS AND PATRIOTS [1800]
Tunis Wortman 1477
53 OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD [1801]
Stanley Griswold 1529
54 AN ORATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE [1802]
William Emerson 1555
55 A SERMON, ON THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST 1805
John Hargrove 1571