God visiting and avenging his soul, on a sinful people
Subtitle: A sermon preached in the Presbyterian meeting-house in Westerly, in the colony of Rhode-Island, upon the 24th day of February, 1760
By: By Joseph Park, M.A. Minister of the Word of God. ; To which is praefixed a narrative of one special occasion of it, and the troubles remotely occasioned by it, and also annexed, a letter sent the author by a Reverend gentleman in Connecticut, to whom he sent the copies for advice. ; [Text]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 8962
Publisher: Printed and sold by T. Green.
Published: 1761
Place of publication: New-London [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Smallpox; Sedition; Judgment of God; Repentance; History
Notes: The narrative (p. 5-39, 1st count) recounts Joseph Park's championing of two women, Ann Croucher and Deborah Lambeart, brought to trial for spreading the smallpox in Westerly, R.I.

For preaching this sermon, Joseph Park was subjected to a public prosecution "for cursing the authority" of Rhode Island, and found guilty by the Court of Sessions at South Kingston, R.I., Aug. 1760.

Signatures: [A]-H⁴ (H4 verso blank).

Evans 8962

Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1219

Johnson, H.A. New London, 747