![Item #81830 THE DUTY OF MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL TO GUARD AGAINST THE PHARISAISM AND SADDUCISM, OF THE PRESENT DAY. SHEWED IN A SERMON PREACH'D TO THE CONVENTION OF MINISTERS OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, N.E. AT BOSTON, ON THURSDAY, MAY 28. 1741. [Nine lines of Scripture texts.]. Edward Holyoke.](https://aardvarkrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/81830.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1609539207)
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THE DUTY OF MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL TO GUARD AGAINST THE PHARISAISM AND SADDUCISM, OF THE PRESENT DAY. SHEWED IN A SERMON PREACH'D TO THE CONVENTION OF MINISTERS OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, N.E. AT BOSTON, ON THURSDAY, MAY 28. 1741. [Nine lines of Scripture texts.]
Boston, Mass: T. Fleet, for D. Henchman in Cornhill, and J. Elliot at the South End, 1741. 1741. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8" x 5." pp. 39. Pamphlet rebound in modern paper boards. Missing half-title. Untrimmed edges. Two faint dampstains throughout. Pages minimally foxed and lightly tanned. Small open tear on bottom edge of last leaf. Small rub-through, approx. 1/4" last leaf; Text unaffected. Sharp print on thick paper. (ESTC W20264) (Sabin, 32667) (Evans, 4730). Good. Item #81830
The clergyman and scholar Edward Holyoke (1689-1769) was the ninth President of Harvard College. In the early 1740s, he became embroiled in a dispute with the prominent itinerant preacher of the Great Awakening, George Whitefield.
In this early American sermon, Holyoke preaches against hypocrisy.
Price: $400.00