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Eliphalet Adams
Eliphalet Adams (1672–1753) was a prominent Congregationalist minister and theologian of colonial New England whose pastoral and intellectual work exemplified the evolving concerns of early eighteenth-century Protestantism. His sermon The Necessity of Judgment and Righteousness in a Land articulated the Puritan jeremiad tradition while addressing contemporary anxieties about moral declension and social order in the American colonies. Adams's theological writings and ministerial career significantly influenced the religious and ethical discourse of his era, bridging the intellectual frameworks of seventeenth-century Puritanism and the emerging evangelical movements of the Great Awakening.
From The Necessity of Judgment and Righteousness in a Land
No. 24 Eliphalet Adams The Necessity of Judgment. New London, 1710 Copies located: Connecticut Historical Society Massachusetts Historical Society From the original in the Massachusetts Historical Society December, 1936 See: R. W. G. Vail, A Check List of New England Election Sermons, in American Antiquarian Society Proceedings for October, 1935. i The necesity of Judgment, and Righteousness in a Land. A Sermon, Preached at the General Court of Election, at Hartford in the Colony of CONNECTICUT, on May 11th. 1710. By Eliphalet Adams, Pastor of the Church in New London. Žeph 2. 3. Seek Righteousness, Seek Meek ness, it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lords, Anger. NEWLONDON in N. E. Printed by Thomas Short, Printer to the Governour and Council. 1710. The necessity of Judgment and Righteousness in a Land. AMOS. V. XXIV. But let Judgment rus down as Waters, and Righteousness as a…
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