L. BUSHNELL,
SUMNER STONE,
JOSEPH STEELE,
JAS. McLEAN,
J.C. MEEKER,
J.S. PIERSON,
A.G. JENNINGS, JR.,
B.W. DELAMATER,
W. SPENCER,
J.C. DURYEA,
A. CRITTENDEN,
HENRY ROWLAND,
WM. BULLARD,
JN. BULLARD, JR.
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To JASPER CORNING, Esq., AND OTHERS:
GENTLEMEN--The sermon which you have requested, prepared without a
single thought of its publication, and amid a pressure of other
duties, I submit to your disposal;--governed more by your judgment
than my own, in reference to its fitness for the press.
Yours, very truly,
I.S. SPENCER.
Brooklyn, Nov. 26, 1850.
SERMON.
Titus, III. 1. Put them in mind to be subject to
principalities and powers to obey magistrates, to be ready
for every good work.
Ro. xiii. 1-7. Let every soul be subject unto the higher
powers. For there is no power but of God, the powers that be,
are ordained of God. Whosoever, therefore, resisteth the
power, resisteth the ordinance of God, and they that resist
shall receive to themselves damnation: (harm, loss, or ruin).
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil.
Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is
good and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the
minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which
is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for
he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon
him that doeth evil.
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