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Elijah Parish
Elijah Parish (1762–1825) was an American Congregationalist minister and theologian whose Election Sermon exemplified the intersection of religious orthodoxy and civic republicanism in early nineteenth-century New England. His theological writings engaged with questions of divine sovereignty and human agency during a period of significant denominational transition, contributing to the broader intellectual currents that shaped American Protestant thought in the post-Revolutionary era. Parish's work reflected the concerns of establishment clergy navigating the relationship between ecclesiastical authority and democratic governance in the early American republic.
From Election Sermon
is/E^ •'*Z J^jr^-- :t*-j^i ^' ^ ^lij^ THE GIFT OF - crucri^%<:...ezl..^^ A. A'nokcn>_ s:ljJin SERM0N; PREACHED AT^BOSTQN, HIS BiCELLENCY CHRISTOPHER.GORE," GOVER^rOB, HIS HONOR DAVID COBB, ^UT. GOVERJSrOR, TssiljgUNCIIMND i^ia[^i^E^.r : -' ■■■■'.■'»■; THE ANNUAL ELECTION, MAY 30, 1810. BY_ ELIJAH PARISH, D.D. Pasttr of the Church in Byejiekl. IfOSTON, JRINTED BY SCBSOKIPTtON. 1?10. a ULVA I.' .-5=n^5-5^^4 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, HOUSE OF REPSESEJVTATirES,1 Thursday, June 7jl8l0. 3 The ^Committee (Messrs Greene, Phelps,* Snd Moody, of S.) to whom was referred a motion to thank the*Rev. Dt. Par rish for his Sermon, and request a copy for the press, . ■, REPORTED— « " That the discourse alluded to is, in the opinion of your ^^^^ Committee, so replete with unjust accusations against the Government of the United Statqg, and those who administer the same ; and contains sentinaente so disrespectful of those to whom the People of this Commonwealth…
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