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Jeremiah Atwater
Jeremiah Atwater was an eighteenth-century American theologian and ecclesiastical leader whose election sermon exemplified the Calvinist intellectual tradition that shaped early American religious thought. His theological writings engaged with contemporary debates over divine sovereignty and human agency, reflecting the broader intellectual currents of the colonial and early national periods. Atwater's contributions to American Protestant theology remain significant for understanding the development of Reformed thought in the nascent United States.
From President Atwater's Election Sermon
' 4 Prefident Atwater’s i lection mmm mmmiimmm v\'iA’’ 'AjM&Wk ssflwJB A SERMO N, PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY ISAAC TICHENOR, Es ^ Governour, THE HONORABLE THE COUNCIL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STATE OF VERMONT, BURLINGTON, ANNIVERSARY ELECTION, October 14, 1802. -- - By JEREMIAH ATWATER, PRESIDENT OF MIDDLEBCRY COLLEGE. THE natural place of Virtue is near to Liberty t but it is not nearer to extreme liberty than to servitude. MID D L E BURY.- A By HUNTINGTON W FITCH, ANTHONY °H A S W E L L, PRINTER TO THE STATE. 1802. &rr in * ' IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OCTOBER IS, 1802. RESOLVED , That a committee of three Members be appointed to wait upon the Reverend Mr. Atwater, return him the thanks of the House, for his Election Sermon, and requefi a copy thereof for the prefs. Members chofen—Mr. Lyon, Mr. Leland, Mr. Niles , Attejl. SERMON, &c. 1st…
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