The wall and the garden : selected Massachusetts election sermons, 1670-1775 / edited by A.W. Plumstead.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Plumstead, A. W. (Arthur William), 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Election sermons--Massachusetts.

Election sermons.

Physical Description:

viii, 390 pages : facsimiles

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1968]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The election day sermon in colonial New England was an annual, formal address by a minister of the gospel to the newly assembled legislature of the colony. The tradition began in the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1634, and it continued, in Boston, for 250 y.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY

ON EDITING THE TEXT

I: SAMUEL DANFORTH: Errand into the Wilderness 1670

AN INTRODUCTION

THE SERMON

II: SAMUEL WILLARD: The Only Sure Way 1682

III: COTTON MATHER: The Way to Prosperity 1689

IV: SAMUEL DANFORTH: An Exhortation to All 1714

V: THOMAS PRINCE: The People of New England 1730

VI: JOHN BARNARD: The Throne Established by Righteousness 1734

VII: JONATHAN MAYHEW: A Sermon 1754

VIII: SAMUEL COOKE: A Sermon 1770

IX: SAMUEL LANGDON: Government Corrupted by Vice 1775

TEXTUAL NOTES

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5852-8

OCLC:

899266628