1791 JOHN WITHERSPOON &c. The American Preacher; First Collection of American Pulpit Sermons Post-Revolutionary War Illustrated but destructive and not consistent

but destructive and not consistent with a faithful Christian ministry

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1791 JOHN WITHERSPOON &c. The American Preacher; First Collection of American Pulpit Sermons Post-Revolutionary War Illustrated but destructive and not consistentThe "American Preacher" represented the first major attempt at distinguishing the pulpit of the "United States" after the revolution. Many sermons had been published, but the present, which would ultimately include four volumes, presented a systematic attempt at articulating the Gospel in the new democratic republic. Quite scarce. The present includes, fittingly, John Witherspoon's "Ministerial Character and Duty" as the first sermon, clearly