Civil magistrates must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
Subtitle: A sermon preached before His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; the Honourable His Majesty's Council, and House of Representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in N. England; May 27. 1747. Being the anniversary for the election of His Majesty's Council for the said province.
By: By Charles Chauncy, D.D. one of the Pastors of the First Church in Boston. ; [One line from Deuteronomy] ; N.B. The several paragraphs which, for want of time, were omitted in preaching, are inserted in their proper places, and, for distinction's sake, comprehended in crotchets.
Contributors: Massachusetts. General Court.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 5919.
Publisher: Printed by order of the Honourable House of Representatives.
Published: 1747
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 69
Notes: Half-title: Dr. Chauncy's election sermon. May 27th. 1747.

Signatures: [A]þ́ B-Iþ́ (I4 verso blank)

Appendix, p. [70-71], contains extracts from the election sermons of John Bernard and Nathaniel Appleton for 1734 and 1742 respectively.

Evans 5919.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 5919)