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Abel Flint
Abel Flint (1791–1839) was an American Congregationalist minister and theologian whose pastoral work in Connecticut during the early nineteenth century reflected the theological tensions between traditional Calvinist orthodoxy and emerging evangelical revivalism. His published sermon from the 1816 Hartford Anniversary Election demonstrates his engagement with questions of ecclesiastical governance and moral philosophy during a formative period in American Protestant thought. Flint's ministry contributed to the intellectual landscape of New England Congregationalism as it navigated the religious and social transformations of the early republic.
From A Sermon Preached at the Anniversary Election, Hartford, May 9, 1816
The subject to which we are naturally called to attend, by our text, is the necessity of righteousness among a people to make them happy as a nation. This is a topic worthy of our regard at all times ; and it is particularly suited to the occasion of our meeting this day, the beginning of our civil year, in the sanctuary of the Lord. Permit me to request the serious and candid attention of the respected rulers of the state now present, and of all this audience, while I endeavor, I. To show what that Righteousness is, which is spoken of in the text. II. To point out how Righteousness tends, to exalt a nation. IIL To apply the subject. I. What is that Righteousness, of which king Solomon speaks ? In the sacred volume, the word righteousness is used sometimes in a more restricted, and sometimes in a…
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