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continue unto our poverty, if God shall please to deny a blessing upon our labors. Year to begin July 1, 1663."

His salary was increased from time to time till it reached £50.

No particulars in relation to his ministry at Groton have come down to us. It should seem from the foregoing extracts that he was held in esteem by his people. But the town was a new settlement, remote from the general population of the Colony, its population sparse, and his influence doubtless somewhat limited, and probably his opportunities for literary improvement were bounded by a like circumscription. Such as he had it is manifest he must have made the best use of.*

Mr. Willard continued to be the pastor and teacher of the church in Groton, where his father and one of his brothers then resided, till March, 1676 when the town was attacked and destroyed by the Indians, and the inhabitants were dispersed. "The providence," says Mr. Pemberton in his funeral discourse, "that occasioned his removal to this place (Boston) was an awful judgment upon the whole land, yet was eventually a mercy in this respect, that it made way for the translation of this bright star to a more conspicuous orb—where his influence was more extensive and beneficial; and in this it was a great blessing to this congregation, (Old South,) to this town, nay to all New England." p. 70.

I have no means of knowing where he passed the two succeeding years. Probably, however, it was in Boston or the neighborhood, where his friends chiefly resided. He was installed over the Old South Church in Boston, March 31, 1675, 0. S., as colleague with Rev. Thomas Thacher. Here his sphere of usefulness was much widened, and those talents of which his native modesty had somewhat impeded the manifestation, became more generally known, and the excellence of his learning was held in more just estimation. From this time till his death, a period of more than twenty-nine years, he continued at the Old South, assiduously devoted to the duties of his sacred office.

His writings were numerous. Cotton Mather alone exceeded him in the number of his published works. They were chiefly sermons, with a few controversial tracts.† During his life forty-two distinct publications appeared, embracing some seventy sermons and several other pamphlets. Among the latter were two of a controversial character, written in reply to George Keith the Quaker. Keith, with all his fanaticism, was a man of great shrewdness, and no mean opponent. He argues with a good deal of force, and often to advantage. He gave much trouble to the clergy of Boston for a series of years. Mr. Willard’s pamphlets were published in 1681 and 1703. In 1690 he joined with James Allen, Joshua Moody and Cotton Mather in a defence of the principles of the New England churches against a very fiery attack made upon them by Keith the year before in a volume published in Philadelphia. The war was carried on with abundant zeal on both sides, and crimination and recrimination filled every page.

After Mr. Willard’s death, a volume of "Sacramental Meditations Preparatory for Communion" was published. It contains many valuable suggestions for the guidance of the devout, and the strengthening of the timid and like most of his other works is full of the high toned theology of the age. There was also published a thanksgiving sermon upon the return of

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a young gentleman from his travels. This was preached on the return of his son Josiah, I suppose, who was afterwards Judge of Probate for the County of Suffolk, and Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

The principal work of Mr. Willard was his Body of Divinity, which was first published after his decease, under the editorial charge of his successors, the Rev. Messrs. Sewall and Prince. This was the first folio ever printed in this country. The circumstances in which it originated were the following. Besides the public services of the Sabbath, Mr. Willard maintained other exercises for the religious improvement of his people, among which was particularly distinguished a course of expository lectures on the Assembly’s Shorter Catechism, first delivered in a compendious and familiar form to the children of his congregation, and afterwards enlarged into elaborate discourses to the number of two hundred and fifty, which he delivered monthly on Tuesdays in the afternoon, in his public congregation, commencing Jan. 31, 1687--8. " These lectures," it is stated, "were heard with a great relish by many of the most knowing and judicious persons both from town and college." Two hundred and forty-six of these discourses were written out in full before his death, to the end of the one hundredth question of the Catechism, which contains the explanation of the preface to the Lord’s prayer. The rest of the volume is composed of the notes used in his former and shorter expositions. The volume consists of 914 pages. The preface by Sewall and Prince commences thus: "The late Reverend and learned author of the fo1lowing lectures has been so universally and justly admired and celebrated in these parts of the world, for his eminent capacity, piety, wisdom, his deep and perspicuous insight into the most deep and difficult points of divinity, and his most judicious and accurate manner of expressing and clearing, as well as most useful application of them, that there is no need of our setting forth his character, either for the information of .his countrymen, or their inducement to peruse the large composure that now presents itself to their view. We need only say ‘it is Mr. Willard’s,’ and it is enough to recommend it to their high respect and diligent attention; and that it falls not short of his other excellent performances, which, as well as his rare accomplishments and conduct while alive, have deservedly gained him so great a fame and esteem among us." The Rev. John Barnard, in a "Sketch of Eminent Ministers in New England," in a letter to Dr. Stiles, published 1 Mass. list. Coll. x. 167, says of Mr. Willard, "He was a hard student, of great learning for that day, of a clear head, solid judgment, excellent both in preaching and in prayer, an exemplary Christian, pleasant in conversation, whose name is had in remembrance among us, and his works praise him."

A writer in the Panoplist, for 1806, on the " Neglect of the Old Divines," after mentioning the great value of the writings of Owen, Baxter, Leighton, Flavel and Bunyan, continues thus, "Our own country was by no means deficient, even at the early period mentioned, in divines of the same general character. Among a variety of others, we may distinguish WILLARD, who has illustrated all the capital topics of theology, with a degree of sagacity, judgment and learning, which entitles his name and writings to affectionate and lasting veneration." *

For a highly wrought character of Mr. Willard as delineated by his colleague arid successor the Rev. Mr. Pemberton, in his funeral sermon, some idea may be formed of the reverence with which his memory was regarded. And yet charged as it is with manifold praise, he remarks in

* See Dr. Wisner’s History of the Old South Church, Boston, pp. 14, 89.

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his "Epistle Dedicatory," that "he has had the satisfaction to have said less of Mr. Willard in this sermon than he was fully persuaded was his due."

His discourses," says Mr. Pemberton, "were all elaborate, acute and judicious; the matter being always weighty, and his subjects well chosen, suited to the state of his flock, and every way adapted to make them wiser and better. His common discourses might have been pronounced with applause before an assembly of the greatest divines." " His style was masculine, not perplexed, but easy as well as strong." His delivery was characterized by "gravity, courage, zeal and prudence, and with tender solicitude for perishing souls, and, when the matter required it, no man could speak with greater pathos and pungency." "He knew how to be a son of thunder to the secure and hardened, and a son of consolation to the contrite and broken in spirit." " His public prayers were always pertinent and pathetical, animated with a spirit of devotion," and characterized "by an uncommon compass of thought." As a pastor, he was distinguished for "prudence, faithfulness and impartiality." "All his talents and acquisitions were consecrated" to the service of Christ, and over the whole, it is said, was shed the lustre of a "remarkable and unaffected modesty," and a "spirit truly pacific."

The following anecdote has been recorded in proof of the excellence of his delivery. Mr. Treat, a minister of Eastham, married a daughter of Mr. Willard. The matter of his sermons, it is stated, was excellent, but it was greatly injured by the badness of his manner. After his marriage with the daughter of Mr. Willard, he was sometimes invited by the latter to preach in his pulpit. Mr. Willard possessed an agreeable delivery and an harmonious voice, and as a natural consequence, he was generally admired. Mr. Treat having preached one of his best discourses to the congregation of his father-in-law, in his usual unhappy manner, excited much dissatisfaction. Several persons waited on Mr. Willard and begged that Mr. Treat might not be invited into the pulpit again. To this request Mr. Willard made no reply; but he desired his son-in-law to lend him the discourse, which being left with him, he delivered it, without alteration, to his people, a few weeks after. The hearers were delighted, and requested a copy for the press. " See the difference," said they, " between yourself and your son-in-law. You have preached a sermon on the same text as Mr. Treat’s; but while his was intolerable, yours was excellent."

There was no doubt of his learning. He was a severe and patient student, especially in theology, the engrossing subject of the period. His works, apart from their doctrinal character, show a well disciplined mind, abounding in sound views, with masculine sense and a wide reach of thought; while " a melodious voice and graceful delivery," gave him great power as a pastor and teacher.

He seems to have exercised charity towards those who differed from him, beyond what was usual, at that period, and certainly where the difference was only modal, it was something gained. He was more catholic than his brethren in a day when catholicism was considered no great virtue. " We have," says Edward Randolph, in speaking of him, "in Boston, one Mr. Willard, a minister, brother to Major Dudley. He is a moderate man, and baptizeth those who are refused by the other churches, for which he is hated." (Hutch. Col. Papers, 533.)

But that which marked him as in advance of the great mass of the community in which he lived, was his conduct in the witchcraft delusion. To go with the crowd, whether right, or in questionable matters, is very

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easy, and for the bulk of mankind, who have more or less of mental timidity, is very common. But to stand out almost singly in an age of superstitious darkness, when the wise and good, the leaders of society in church and state, yield to a strong delusion, and gloomy fears of the powers of the nether world, who are believed to be about one’s path, and, though invisible, to be mingling with men, alone and in the assembly, at such times to come forth and brave the awful delusion; nay more, to be active in opposition to it, and to leave succeeding generations to do justice to motives, manifests extraordinary courage, piety and discernment.

Mr. Willard early saw through the infatuation which was so thoroughly infused among the people, and by which almost every one else was blinded— an infatuation if not created yet marvellously promoted, by Cotton Mather.* He openly opposed it in public and private, he preached against it, and wrote and published a pamphlet on the subject, entitled, "Some Miscellany Observations respecting Witchcraft, in a Dialogue between S. and B." 1692. Mr. Brattle, in his letter of October 8, 1692, thus speaks of him— "I cannot but think very honorably of the endeavors of a Reverend person in Boston, whose good affection to his country in general, and spiritual relation to three of the Judges in particular, has made him very solicitous and industrious in this matter, and I am fully persuaded that had his notions and proposals been hearkened to, and followed when these troubles were in their birth, in an ordinary way, they never would have grown to that height which now they have. He has as yet met with little but unkindness, abuse and reproach from many men; but I trust that in after times his wisdom and service will find a more universal acknowledgment, and if not, his reward is with the Lord.’’ (Mass. Hist. Col.)

After times have done justice to his wisdom and service. The "unkindness, abuse and reproach" he met with, and to which all are exposed who step out of the beaten path, have passed away, and all the glory of devotion to truth and duty remains and ever will remain. Sewall, one of the judges referred to in Mr. Brattle’s letter, when time and reflection had cleared away the strong delusion which had possessed him, came forward like an honest man and acknowledged his error. His confession was read from the pulpit by Mr. Willard. (Calef.)

The accusers, doubtless from the course which Mr. Willard had taken in detecting their wicked designs, repeatedly cried out upon him, and would have rejoiced to sacrifice him with Mr. Burroughs and other worthy and innocent persons, to their deadly resentment. But his character before the public was too exalted, and the affections of his people too strong to suffer a hair of his head to be injured, and persecution against him assumed the milder forms of ‘‘ unkindness and reproach."

Gov. Andros early in his administration gave trouble to Mr. Willard and his congregation, he demanded the use of the Old South Church " for the common prayer worship.’’ Sewall says that Mr. Willard ‘‘discoursed his Excellency about the meeting-house in great plainness, showing they could not consent." How the matter issued, I have not by me the means of information. I believe, however, that those who were of the " common prayer worship," used the church after the services of the congregation.

* Much ridicule has been unnecessarily heaped upon our fathers for these transactions. "It should be recollected that similar occurrences had been much more general in England not long before, where more were put to death, as witches, in a single county, in a short space of time, than have suffered for this alleged crime, in all New England, from the first settlement; that such men as Lord Chief Justice Hale, sanctioned and participated in those proceedings; and that the "contagion", as it has been appropriately called, undoubtedly spread to New England from the mother country. It was one of those aberrations of imagination and judgement, which sometimes pervade and agitate whole communities; which we contemplate with wonder, but cannot explain." Dr. Wisner's Hist. discourses, p. 88

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were over for the day. I find that Mr. Ratcliffe, the Episcopal clergyman, under the protection of Andros, in the spirit of mischief, in October, 1687, sent to Mr. Willard to leave off sooner, which he refused to do, and accordingly "the Governor sent for him in the night." No calamity scarcely could be imagined by the Puritans less tolerable than this interference of the Episcopalians with their places of worship. It was a grievous usurpation, closely allied to the general tyranny of the administration of Andros. Sewall, in his Diary, complains of the rattling of guns during public worship; "‘twas never so in Boston before." And then the Church of England men were present during worship, a matter doubtless of sore vexation to pastors and people, when we consider the situation and feelings of the two parties.

Mr. Willard was for a considerable number of years connected with the college. He was for several years one of the Fellows, having been elected in 16--, and on the resignation of President Mather, Sept. 6,1701, in consequence of an order of the General Court that the President should reside at Cambridge, he was placed at the head of the College, with the title of Vice President. Mather had resigned because he was unwilling to leave his parish with which he had continued his connection during the whole period of his presidency. And for the same reason Willard had the title of Vice President, though having the full power of President. He, therefore, while he discharged the duties of his new office, continued his relation to the Old South Church.

On the same 6th of September, the General Court passed a resolve, "that Rev. Samuel Willard, nominated for Vice President of the College, be desired to take the care, &c., of the college and students thereof according to the late establishment made by this Court, and to manage the affairs hereof, as he has proposed in his answer to this Court, viz., to reside there for one or two days and nights in a week and to perform prayers and expositions in the Hall, and to bring forward the exercise of analysing." His salary was fixed at "fifty pounds," with ten pounds in addition, "for his more than ordinary expenses in his attending the same services."

This service he continued until within a few weeks of his death. Of the manner in which he performed his duties as head of the College, see Pemberton’s funeral sermon, Peirce, &c.

The last commencement at which he presided, was July 2, 1707.* The following extracts from Judge Sewall’s Diary, contain some account of the last few weeks of his life

"Monday, August 11, 1707.—Mr. Willard goes to Cambridge to expound, but finds few scholars come together, and moreover was himself taken ill there which obliged him to come from thence before prayer time.

"Tuesday, August 12.—Between 6 and 7 I visited Mr. Willard, to see how his journey and labor at the college had agreed with him, and he surprised me with the above account; told me of a great pain in his head and sickness at his stomach, and that he believed be was near his end. I mentioned the business of the college. He desired me to do his message by word of mouth, which I did Thursday following, to the Governor and Council. Quickly after I left Mr. W., he fell very sick and had three sore convulsion fits, to our great sorrow and amazement.

"Thursday, August 14.—When the Governor inquired after Mr. Willard, I acquainted the Governor and Council that Mr. Willard was not capable of doing the college work another year. He thanked you for

*For a few additional statements respecting Mr. Willard’s character as a President, see History of Harvard University, by Alden Bradford, LL.D., in the American Quarterly Register, ix. 346.

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your acceptance and reward. Governor and Council order Mr. Winthrop and Mr. Brown to visit the Rev. Mr. Willard and thank him for his good service the six years past. Sent down for concurrence, and Deputies concur.

"September 12, 1707.—Mehitable Thurston tells me Mr. Willard was taken very sick. I hoped it might go off, and went to dinner. When I came there, Mr. Pemberton was at prayer, near concluding; a pretty many in the chamber. After the prayer many went out. I staid and sat down, and in a few minutes saw my dear pastor expire. It was a little after two, just about two hours from his being taken. It was very surprising; the doctors were in another room consulting what to do. He administered the Lord’s supper and baptized a child last Lord’s day; did it with suitable voice, affection, fluency. Did not preach.

"Feria Secunda, 7th, 15th—Mr. W. is laid by his tutor in my tomb till a new one can be made.* Bearers, Dr. Mather, Mr. Allen, Mr. Thomas Bridge, Mr. C. Mather, Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Colman ; Fellows and Students went before. Mr. Pemberton led Madam Willard. Governor and his lady had rings. Bearers, scarves and rings. The Lady Davie and Lady Hobbie were there. Son Sewall led his sister, Paul Dudley he being gone to Plymouth Court. Very comfortable day."

President Willard was twice married. His first wife was Abigail Sherman daughter of Rev. John Sherman† of Watertown, and Mary his wife. They were married August 8, 1664. Mrs. Willard’s mother was daughter of Mr. Launce, a gentleman of ancient family in Cornwall, whose wife was a daughter of Lord Darcy, Earl of Rivers. By this wife Mr. Willard had six children, all of whom were born in Groton, viz. 1st, Abigail, born 1665, whose first husband was Rev. Benjamin Estabrook of Lexington, and second, Rev. Samuel Treat of Eastham their daughter, Eunice Treat, married Rev. Thomas Paine, father of the late Judge Robert Treat Paine of Boston. 2d, Samuel, born March 17, 1667, died unmarried. 3d, Mary, married David Melville. 4th, John, born September 8, 1663, H. U. 1690, who after travelling abroad, settled as a merchant at Kingston in the island of Jamaica. He married Miss Sherburn. John was father of Rev. Samuel Willard, H. U. 1723, settled in the ministry at Biddeford, Maine, and died October 25, 1741, aet 36. Samuel of Biddeford, married Abigail, daughter of Samuel Wright, Esq., of Rutland. Mr. Wright’s wife was daughter of Jonathan Willard son of Major Simon Willard by his third wife, Mary Dunster, sister of President Dunster. Rev. Samuel of Biddeford, was father of Dea. William Willard of Petersham,‡ of the late Rev. Dr. John Willard§ of Stafford, Ct., H. U. 1751, and

* This new tomb is in the Granary burying ground, and belongs to the heirs of the isle Robert Treat Paine.

† The following epitaph inscribed on the tombstone of Mr. Sherman, in the old burying ground in Watertown, was Written by Mr. Willard:

Johannis Shermanni maximae pietatis, gravitatis, et candoris viri,

in theologia. plurimum vesati,:

in concionando vere Chrysostomi;

in artibus liberalibus praecipue mathematicus incomparibilis:

Acquitamensis ecclesiae in Nov: Anglia fidelissimi pastoris:

Collegii Harvardini inspectoris et sucii:

Qui postquam assis plus minus XLV Christo fuit ( Unreadable word here, Willison Ed.)

in ecclesii fidus,

rnorte maatura transmigravit,

et a Christo palma decoratus est,

A. D. MDCLXXXV Augusti,

Ætatis suae LXXII:

Memoriae.

§ Father of the late Rev. John W., of Lunenburgh, Vt., and of the late Rev. Joseph W. of Lancanter, N.H. The latter was father of Hon. John Dwight Willard, formerly Tutor at Dartmouth College, and now of Troy, N.Y. and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.

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of Rev. Joseph Willard, President of Harvard University. 5th, Elizabeth, died unmarried in 1722. 6th, Simon, born 1676, H. U. 1695, was a merchant in Boston, married widow Elizabeth Walley, and died in 1712 or 1713. 7th, Edward, by his second wife, Eunice Tyng, (daughter of Edward Tyng, Esq., of Dunstable, and sister of Gov. Joseph Dudley’s wife,) born July 6, 1680, who died unmarried. 8th, Josiah, born June 21, 1681, H. U. 1698, chosen tutor at Cambridge, August 10, 1703; was Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts from 1717 till the time of his death, December 6, 1756; Judge of Probate for Suffolk from 1731 till 1745, when he resigned, and one of His Majesty’s Council from 1734 to 1756. (For his character, see Funeral Sermon by Dr. Sewall, poem by Judge Oliver, Hutchinson’s Hist. Mass., vol. iii. p. 50, &c., &c.) 9th, Eunice, died unmarried. 10th, Richard, born 1684, who entered Harvard College, June 29, 1697, ~t. 13, and was drowned at Cambridge the same day. 11th, William, who became a wealthy merchant at Port Royal* in the island of Jamaica and died, I believe unmarried, before 1717. 12th, Margaret, born December 3, 1687, who married Capt. Thomas Child of Boston. 13th, a second Edward, who died unmarried. 14th, Hannah, who married Judge William Little. 15th, Sarah, who died unmarried. 16th, a second Eunice, born June 16, 1695, who died unmarried. 17th, a second Sarah, born, June 10, 1697, who died unmarried. 18th and 19th, a third and 4th Edward who died unmarried. 20th, a second Richard, a merchant in Boston.

Mr. Willard’s father was married when he came from England. His first wife was, according to the tradition in the family, Mary Sharpe. He here married second, Elizabeth Dunster, or as I have seen her called, Isabell Dunster, and third, Mary Dunster. They were, perhaps, both sisters of President Dunster. I have not been able to ascertain whether Mr. Willard was of the Dunster family, or was a son of Major Simon, by the first marriage. His great grandson, however, President Joseph Willard, as I have before stated, was a descendant, on the maternal side, from Mary the third wife of Major Simon, whom President Dunster, in his will, calls, " my sister Willard."

1. Useful Instructions for a Professing People in times of great security and degeneracy: in three Sermons from Jer. vii. 12; Isa. xxvi. 9. and xxi. 11, 12. Anno 1673.

2. The Heart Garrisoned: an Artillery Election Sermon from Prov. iv. 23. 1676.

3. A Funeral Sermon upon Governor Leverett, from Ezek. xxii. 30, 31. 1679.

4. The Duty of a People that have renewed their Covenant, from josh xxiv. 22, 23.

5. Animadversions upon the New England Anabaptists’ fallacious narrative. 1681.

6. The Fiery Trial no Strange Thing, from I Pet. iv. 12. 1682.

7. Covenant-keeping, the way to Blessedness: in several Sermons from Ps. ciii. 17, To which is added, A Sermon upon the necessity of sincerity in renewing Covenant, froms Ps. lxxviii. 37.

8. The Child’s Portion: in several Sermons from I John iii. 2. 1684. To which is added,

9. The Esteem which God hath of the Death of his Saints : a Funeral Sermon upon John Hull, Esq., from Ps. cxvi. 15. 1683.

10. Mercy Magttified on a Penitent Prodigal: in several Sermons from Luke xv. 11, &c. 1634.

* Now Kingston.

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11. A Brief Discourse of Justification. 1686.

12. Heavenly Merchandize: in several Sermons from Prov. xxiii. 23.

13. A Brief Discourse concerning the ceremony of laying the hand on the Bible in Swearing. 1689.

14. The Barren Fig Tree’s Doom: in several Sermons from Luke xiii. 6, 7, &c. 1691.

15. The Mourner’s Cordial against Excessive Sorrow : in several Sermons from

1 Thess. iv. 13.

16. The Danger of taking God’s name in Vain, from Deut. v. 11.

17. Promise Keeping, a Great Duty, from 2 Cor. i. 18.

18. The Sinfulness of worshipping God with Men’s Institutions, from Matt. xv. 9.

19. Some Miscellany Observations respecting Witchcraft, in a Dialogue between S. and B. 1692.

20. The Covenant of Redemption. 1693.

21. Rules for Discerning the Times, from Matt. xvi. 3.

22. The Law established by the Gospel, from Rom. iii. 31. 1691.

23. Reformation the Great Duty of an Afflicted People, front Levit. xxvi. 23, 24.

24. The Character of a Good Ruler: an Election Sermon front 2 Sam. xxiii. 3.

25. Impenitent Sinners Warned and Summoned to Judgment: in two Sermons from Ps. v. 5; and Heb. ix. 27. 1698.

26. The Man of War: an Artillery Election Sermon from 1 Kings xix. 22 1699.

27. Spiritual Desertions Discovered and Remedied: in several Sermons from Ps. xxx. 7.

28. The Blessed Man : in several Sermons upon the 32d Psalm. 1700.

29. The Perils of the Times Displayed, from 2 Tim. iii. 5.

30. The Fountain Opened, and the National Calling of the Jews: in several Sermons from Zech. xiii. 1. To which is added, Evangelical Perfection, from Matt. v. 48.

31. Love’s Pedigree, from 1 John iv. 19.

32. Morality not to be relied on for Life, from Mark x. 21.

33. A Remedy against Despair: two Sermons from Ps. xxv. ii.

34. The Christian’s exercise by Satan’s temptations: in several Sermons from 1 Chron. xxi. 1. 1701. To which is added, Brotherly Love Described and Directed: two Sermons from Heb. xiii. 1.

35. Walking with God: two Sermons from Gen. v. 24.

36. The Fear of an Oath, from Eccl. ix. 2.

37. The Best Privilege, from Rom. iii. 1, 2.

38. Prognostics of Impending Calamities: a Funeral Sermon upon Lieut. Governor Stoughton from 2 Kings xxii. 20.

39. The Checkered State of the Gospel Church, from Zech. xiv. 6, 7.

40. A Brief Reply to Mr. George Keith. 1703.

41. The Just Man’s Prerogative, from Prov. xii. 21. 1706.

42. Israel’s True Safety, from Rom. viii. 31. 1704.

43. A Thanksgiving Sermon upon the return of a Young Gentleman front his Travels, from Ps. lxvi. 20. 1709.

44. Sacramental Meditations. 1711.

45. A complete Body of Divinity, in two hundred and fifty Lectures on the Assembly’s Shorter Catechism. Boston, 1726.

"There are also," say Messrs. Sewall and Prince, "many other excellent treatises prepared by the author for the press, viz

Directions to the Candidates for the Ministry.

Several Sermons upott the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

Expositions upon the whole of the Psalms.

The Epistles to the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians,

with many others which the world may be also obliged with if due encouragement be given."

The preface to Rev. John Higginson’s Legacy of Peace was written by him.