An Evil and Adulterous Generation. A Sermon Preached on the Publick Fast, April 19. 1753

Boston, Mass: Printed by S. Kneeland, for J. Winter, over against the King's Arms in Union Street, 1753. Softcover. First edition; 8 x 5; pp. [1], 2-26; laid paper, printed in black; woodcut border to first page and an engraved vignette at the end of text; removed; a few chips to edges of title page and a few of the initial leaves; small numbers written in the upper corners of each page; overall in very good condition.Andrew Eliot (1718 - 1778) was a prominent Congregational minister of the New North Church in Boston, a Harvard graduate, and one of the very few religious figures to stay behind in the city, during the Revolutionary War and the Siege of Boston. His current, passionate sermon described the sins of the times, including speaking the Lord's name in vain, youthful disrespect towards their elders, drunkenness, and so on.