Observations on Capital Punishments
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Discusses modesty, bashfulness, and humility; advocates a federal university to improve the nation; and defends capital punishment as just, scriptural, and necessary.
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Observations on Capital Punishments
The Address and Petition of a Number of the Clergy of Various Denominations in the City of Philadelphia
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Philadelphia clergy (1793) petition the Pennsylvania legislature to pass laws against vice: enforce the Lord’s Day, curb taverns and gaming, and prohibit theatrical exhibitions.
Two Poems
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A Virginia clergyman’s devotional poem urging pastoral zeal and solemn reflection on mortality and lost souls. He fears negligent ministry that may forfeit souls.
The State of Religion Among the Protestant Dissenters in Virginia
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Samuel Davies’ letter describes the depressed state of religion among Virginia Protestant dissenters and the evangelical revival since 1743, influenced by Whitefield and lay preaching.
An Account of a Remarkable Work of Grace, or, The Great Success of the Gospel in Virginia (1751)
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First-person 18th-century account of the Great Awakening in Virginia (1740s): ministers’ labors, conversions, meeting-houses, legal opposition, and growth of dissenting congregations.
A Sermon Preached at Henrico, 29th April, 1753, and at Canonsgate, 26th May, 1753
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A preface urging British Christians to fund foreign missions and found seminaries in the colonies to evangelize natives, appealing to charity, duty, and the gospel’s transforming power.
Verses on Gen. Braddock’s Defeat
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Table of contents from The Scots Magazine (Oct 1755): world and American news, medicine and printing notes, and patriotic poetry on General Braddock’s defeat urging British valor and revenge.
Religion and Patriotism
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Samuel Davies’ 1755 sermon exhorts volunteers to steady, rational courage in defence of country while calling for deep Christian repentance and trust in Christ the Savior.
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