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Amos Wood
Amos Wood was an eighteenth-century American clergyman whose Election Sermon exemplifies the theological and political discourse of the Revolutionary era, particularly the intersection of Calvinist theology with emerging concepts of civic virtue and democratic governance. His sermonic work reflects the intellectual currents of New England Congregationalism during a period when ministers played a crucial role in articulating the moral foundations of American independence and constitutional order. Wood's contributions to the genre of election sermons demonstrate how religious authority was mobilized to legitimize political authority in the early American republic.
From Election Sermon
S E R MON PREACHED BEFORE | HIS EXCELLENCY John T. Gilman, EIq. W RN THE HONOURABLE THE „ PRESIDENT or Thü SENATE, 8 E N A P E AND . | Henke of 5 OF THE STATE OF MEV. HAMPSHIRE, At AMHERST, June 5, 1794, BEING THE DAY OF THE GENERAL SLED TION - By AMOS WOOD, A. Minister of the Gospel i in Weare. 0 — PORTSMOUTH: NeEw-HAMPSHIRE, PRINTED BY JOHN MELCHER, PRINTER TO THE STATE, 1794. — =P epi In tht Aron oe th no 234% rer EPI0es qPIn Pages nah n O * — SIE 2 ra 8 3 Nee. 4 A AN Election Sermon. + ISAIAH IX—7. Or TRE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT AND: PEACE, THERE SS BE NO END. P: the volume of 3 which contains the only sure and perfect rules of instruction, we are favoured with truth, exhibited in fair and lively…
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