Essay on Tolerance
Historic report on post-Restoration persecution of British Presbyterians and an essay arguing true ‘tolerance’ cannot deny divine law; civil authority must uphold God’s rule.
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Essay on Tolerance
Review of McLeod’s Lectures Upon the Principal Prophecies of the Revelation
Survey of post-Restoration persecution of British Presbyterians and a review of Alexander M’Leod’s lectures interpreting Revelation, its seals, and prophetic outline linking Daniel and Roman history.
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Review of Harris on Psalmody
1824 review critiques New England errors—denial of total depravity and Arminian/Socinian trends. It defends use of David’s Psalms in worship against hymns and instruments.
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Dissertation on the Musquitoe, Read in the Newburgh Lyceum
Two pieces: Pareus on the Abrahamic covenant—God‑initiated, sovereign, sealed by circumcision—and a natural‑history dissertation on mosquitoes (genus Culex), their lifecycle and anatomy.
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Political Danger
Two pieces: Pareus on the Abrahamic covenant; a sermon warning that when the vilest men are exalted in government, laws and justice fail and wickedness spreads.
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The American Jubilee
1826 Fourth‑of‑July sermon likens America’s 50th year to Israel’s Jubilee (lev. 25), celebrating liberty, peace, and plenty while lamenting the stain of slavery.
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Travels of Titus in the United States
A traveler’s moral critique of the U.S.: public leaders neglect religion, profane the Sabbath, and mimic courtly pomp; he laments the absence of God in public institutions.
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The Sabbath. A Discourse on the Duty of the Civil Government, in Relation to the Sanctification of the Lord’s Day
1829 discourse arguing civil rulers must promote sanctification of the Lord’s Day. Defends Sabbath observance as God’s moral law and a public, social duty.
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Juries
Urges the congregation to humble, fast, pray and seek a godly pastor. Reviews synodical/judicatory order and argues jury service conflicts with church law and the U.S. Constitution.
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Prince Messiah’s Claims to Dominion Over All Governments
Asserts that Jesus, as Mediator—prophet, priest, and king—has universal authority over all governments and governs creation to advance his covenantal kingdom.
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Tokens of the Divine Displeasure
Sermon claiming New York conflagrations, cholera, and other calamities are divine judgments against public infidelity, especially the abolition of legislative prayer.
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Address, on the Subject of African Slavery
Address delivered in Fayetteville on Sept 14, 1837, discussing African slavery and its moral, social, and religious dimensions.
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An Address, Delivered Before the Newburgh Library Association, on Its First Anniversary
An 1836 address urging support for libraries and reading, tracing Alexandria’s influence and arguing books cultivate taste, curiosity, commerce, and moral improvement.
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