Author
Jonathan Mayhew
1720–1766
Jonathan Mayhew. West Church, Boston. His 1750 sermon on Romans 13 — arguing that civil disobedience to tyranny is a Christian duty — was the most politically influential sermon of the pre-revolutionary era. Samuel Adams called him 'a transcendent genius.'
Works in the Library 4
Discourse on Submission 1750
Mayhew's influential political sermon arguing for limited civil obedience and resistance to tyrannical authority.
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The Expected Dissolution of All Things 1755
Mayhew's eschatological sermons prompted by earthquakes, urging universal holiness in light of the world's impending dissolution.
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Striving to Enter in at the Strait Gate 1761
Mayhew's exegetical sermons on salvation's narrow way, emphasizing the necessity of spiritual striving for Christian redemption.
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A Letter of Reproof to Mr. John Cleaveland of Ipswich 1764
Mayhew's polemical letter defending Reformed theology against accusations of heterodoxy from a rival Boston minister.
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