JOYFULNESS AND CONSIDERATION; OR, THE DUTIES OF PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. A SERMON PREACHED AT KING'S-CHAPEL, IN BOSTON, BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY FRANCIS BERNARD, ESQ; CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF, THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, IN NEW-ENGLAND, JANUARY 1, 1761. UPON OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF OUR LATE MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN KING GEORGE THE SECOND

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Caner, who devoted much of his religious career to defending orthodox Episcopacy in opposition to his fellow New England ministers Jonathan Mayhew and Charles Chauncy, laments "the loss of our Head, our Royal Master, the political Father of his People." He praises the new King, George III, and recommends that all serve him, "duly considering whose Authority he hath."
Unlike his colleague Samuel Cooper, who also preached this day to Governor Bernard and Council, Caner tarries not at all on the theme that the Monarch's powers are limited by the British Constitution.
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