[Item #49989] A Discourse Delivered at the Funeral of Mr. Samuel Rockwood, Who Suddenly Departed This Life, April 25, 1801, in the Fifty-Fifth Year of His Life. Nathaniel EMMONS.

A Discourse Delivered at the Funeral of Mr. Samuel Rockwood, Who Suddenly Departed This Life, April 25, 1801, in the Fifty-Fifth Year of His Life

Wrentham, MA: Nathaniel Heaton, 1801. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 22pp. Title page (serving as upper cover) separated and rather chipped at extremities, closed tear at spine edge just touching one word, stock uniformly toned; Good only.

Funeral oration for a member of Emmons' Congregational parish who died suddenly of a stroke, leading the pastor to argue that "God has often made use of sudden deaths to awaken sinners, and quicken saints, to attend to the things, which belong to their everlasting peace" (p. 21). SHAW & SHOEMAKER 452.

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