THE PRESENCE OF THE GREAT GOD IN THE ASSEMBLY OF POLITICAL RULERS. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ.; GOVERNOUR; THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL; AND THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 28TH. 1746. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR THE SAID PROVINCE. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN ANDOVER

Boston in New-England: Printed by John Draper, printer to His Excellency the governour and Council, for Daniel Gookin, over against the Old-South Meeting-House., 1746. 30pp, but lacking the half title and final blank. Attractive ornamentation. Disbound with some loosening. Good plus.

"For one Person alone to have the Government of a People in his Hands, would be too great a Temptation. It tends to excite and draw forth the Pride of Man, to make him unsufferably haughty; it gives him too much Liberty to exert his Corruptions; and it encourages him to become a Tyrant and an Oppressor."
Evans 5737. ESTC W28952.