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1781 TIMOTHY DWIGHT. Important Sermon on Separation of Church and State during American Revolution. PresbyterianA wonderful first printed edition of one of the most important sermons preached during the American Revolutionary War. Preached on the heels of the decisive victory of General George Washington over Cornwallis, and with American victory all but eminent, Dwight articulates the true nature of the Battle for America in both religious and political terms. He chooses for his text Isaiah 59. 18, and 19, which he believes to speak of the 1000 year reign of
as also to bring easily the reformed Kirks of the Netherlands to the same desolation
To this foundation principle
bought bonds of Flax Pond land from Stanley for $100
and be contented with it
His Private Library was sold at The Collectors Club in November 1915
To which is Added the Life of the Author
Inscribed by George Washington Moss
a bit tight at hinges
or Welch [Welsh
Keep to it in yr Selves & then although he may be pleased at times to withdraw for a Season & hide his Face for a time which let me tell you for yr Encouragement has been the Experience of many even of the worthy of old as was sett forth by the wisest of Men Respecting the Spouse of old her beloved had withdrawn himself which gave her occasion mournfully to seek & to Enquire of the watchmen of the Night which way her beloved was gone & by them She was upbraided (it is the lot of many Religious minds to meet with the same from those who may well be compared to the watchmen of the Night in that they are walking in Darkness) they were ready to say to her what is thy beloved more than another She had pass’d them but a little way ‘ere she found the Beloved of her soul & then she was made to rejoyce as is every truly Religious Soul whose earnest breathings in a seeking frame is after its Beloved when he may have withdrawn for a Season
professing one Religion
in the view of the Presbyterians anyway