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John Fitch
John Fitch was an eighteenth-century American clergyman whose Election Sermon exemplified the Puritan intellectual tradition's engagement with political theology and the covenant theory of governance. His work reflects the transitional moment in colonial New England when religious authority intersected with emerging concepts of civic responsibility and divine providence in the formation of civil society. Fitch's sermonic output contributed to the broader discourse on the relationship between ecclesiastical and civil authority during the early American period.
From Election Sermon
"sERMON, «1g EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, THE LIEU_ ENANT GOVERNOR, THE COUNCIL, AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF VERMONT, Adte ber At DANVILLE, Novewses 10s, 1805 3 @EING TRE Dar oF GENERAL ELECTION. By JOHN FITCH, a. 2. Paflor of the Congregational Church, in Danville, PEACHAM : Printed by SAMUEL GOSS, 1805. Te) f be 7 J ti In GENERAL ASSEMBLY, O&cber 11th, 18 ia ON motion of Mr. Enos, Re/olved, That a Committee off Ht be appointed to wait on the Rey. Mr. Fircu, present to hi ae | thanks osthis House, for his Eleéion Sermon, delivered y bi: day, and request a Copy for the prefs. Members chofen, Mg ra Cem. | F Lyon, E, Porter, and Hurd. i Extract from the Journals, P Artet— MARTIN POST, Clerk, Py 1 KINGS, iii. 9. Give, therefore, thy servant an understanding heart to _ judge thy people, that I may difcern between…
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