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Clark Kendrick
Clark Kendrick was an eighteenth-century American clergyman whose Election Sermon exemplified the theological and political discourse of the Revolutionary era, blending Calvinist doctrine with emerging republican ideals. His work contributed to the broader ministerial tradition of using election sermons as vehicles for articulating the relationship between divine providence and civil governance during a period of significant social and constitutional transformation. Kendrick's theological writings remain significant for understanding how New England clergy negotiated between traditional ecclesiastical authority and the democratic principles that would shape the early American republic.
From Election Sermon
A Lingke t> SERMON, DELIVERED ON THE DAY OF GENERAL ELECTION, AT MONTPELIER, OCTOBER s, 1818. BEFORE THE HONORABLE LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT. BY CLARK KENDRICK, PASTOR OF THE BABTIST GHURCH AND CONGREGATION IN POULTNEY, Published by order of the Legislature. SS MONTPELIER, Vt. PRINTED BY E. P. WALTON, OCTOBER, 1818. Saree ELECTION SERMON. ROMANS, Xiii. 4. . For he is the minister of God, to thee for good. THESE words, which I have chosen as a foundation for a discourse on the present occasion, have special reference to civil magistrates. In discoursing from the same, I propose to attend to three particulars. I. Shall endeavor to shew that civil rulers are God’s ministers. _ Tl. When they may be said, really, to be ministers of good to the people. ' If. Shall consider the duties of the people to their rulers. I proceed to shew, that civil magistrates, are God’s…
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