The Success of the Preached Gospel, matter to faithful ministers of continual thankfulness to God. Illustrated, in a sermon preach'd at Worcester, June 10, 1747
- Boston: D. Henchman, 1747
Boston: D. Henchman, 1747. Good. Boston: D. Henchman, in Cornhil, 1747. First Edition. Octavo; removed, leather remnants to spine; [2],34pp. ([A]3 B-D4 E3, collated and lacking half title and final leaf, otherwise complete); decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces. First and final gatherings separated, small dark dampspot to title page fore-edge, textblock rather foxed, very occasional manuscript corrections made by a contemporary hand throughout text, else a Good copy of an uncommon pamphlet.
The twenty-five-year-old Congregationalist minister's earliest published sermon, delivered upon his installment to the Pastoral Office over the Church of Christ in Worcester. The youthful minister concludes his address by shrewdly reminding his congregants "People should also express their Thankfulness for their faithful Ministers, by supporting them agreable to their Station and Character, not suffer them to be in low and penurious Circumstances" (p. 31).
ESTC 3592; EVANS 5988.
The twenty-five-year-old Congregationalist minister's earliest published sermon, delivered upon his installment to the Pastoral Office over the Church of Christ in Worcester. The youthful minister concludes his address by shrewdly reminding his congregants "People should also express their Thankfulness for their faithful Ministers, by supporting them agreable to their Station and Character, not suffer them to be in low and penurious Circumstances" (p. 31).
ESTC 3592; EVANS 5988.