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John Codman
John Codman was an eighteenth-century American theologian and minister whose writings on political ethics and moral philosophy reflected the intellectual currents of the early republic. His treatise The Importance of Moderation in Civil Rulers exemplified the Enlightenment-influenced religious thought of his era, arguing for the necessity of temperance and restraint in governance as a moral imperative grounded in Christian principles. Codman's work contributed to the broader discourse on the relationship between religious virtue and civic responsibility that shaped American Protestant thought during the founding period.
From The Importance of Moderation in Civil Rulers
The Importance of Moderation in Civil Rulers. A SERMON DELIVERED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY EDWARD EVERETT, GOVERNOR, THE HONORABLE COUNCIL, AND THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION, JANUARY 1, 1840. BY JOHN CODMAN, D.D. Pastor of the Second Church in Dorchester. Boston: DUTTON AND WENTWORTH, PRINTERS TO THE STATE. 1840. C 648i Commonwealth of Massachusetts. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JAN. 2, 1840. Ordered, That Messrs. GREELE, of Boston, PIERCE, of Stoughton, and BAKER, of Dorchester, be a Committee to present the thanks of the House to the Rev. JOHN CODMAN, D. D. for the able and eloquent discourse, delivered by him yesterday, before the Government of the Commonwealth, and to request a copy thereof for publication. L. S. CUSHING, Clerk. C6481 SERMON. Philippians, iv. 5. LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN UNTO ALL MEN: THE LORD IS AT HAND. THE service of this occasion is consecrated, and rendered venerable, by age.…
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