The Important Objects of the Evangelical Ministry Considered; and Brief Hints suggested for the Improvement of the Christian Preacher, That his Labour may not be in Vain. In a Disoucrse at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Amos Chase, to the gospel Ministry, and pastoral Office, over the second Church in Litchfield, June 27th, 1787 [Half title: Mr. Hart's Sermon at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Chase]

  • Litchfield: Thomas Collier, 1788
By Levi Hart
Litchfield: Thomas Collier, 1788. Very Good. Litchfield, Thomas Collier, 1788. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 26,[2]pp. (collated complete with half title page). Half title spotted and soiled, textblock toned, light wear to margins, else Very Good and sound.

Ordinance sermon full of advice to the rising minister, reminding him that "A severe and overbearing manner of address in preaching, as if the speaker's mind were agitated with personal resentment, against his hearers, is by no means suited to promote their salvation" (p. 9).

ESTC W020496; EVANS 21133; TRUMBULL 802.

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