{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3216", "width": "1939", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Qass.\\nBook_^ivLlLUJiL", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "PREACHED AT NORTHAMPTON,\\n/SU/\\nOCTOBER 27, 1808,\\nAT THE OPENING\\nOF\\nNorthampton Bridge.\\nBY SAMUEL WILLARD,\\nAIWISTER OF DEERFIELD.\\nNORTHAMPTON:\\nPUBLISHED BY BULL and BUTLER.,\\n1808.", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "i q^\\nAT a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Northamp-\\nton Bridge, holden at the house of Barnabas\\nBilling 5, in said Northampton, on Thursday the\\n27th of October, 1808 5\\nVOTED UNANIMOUSLT,\\nTHAT the thanks of the Corporation be tendered\\nto the Rev. Mr. Wzllard, for the ingenious and\\nelegant Sermon, which he has this day delivered, in\\ncelebration of the completion and opening of said\\nBridge and that he be requested to favor them witk\\na copy thereof for the press.\\nE. H. MILLS,\\nP OPRIETORS CLERK,", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "A SERMON, c.\\nHATH NOT Mr HAND MADE ALL THESE THINGS V\\\\\\nACTS, VII, 50.\\nX HE fool hath said in his heart, there is\\nno God and of all the folly that has ever resulted\\nfrom dulness or affectation, it may be difficult to find\\nan instance to be compared with the absurdity of athe-\\nism. A denial of Divine Providence a supposition,\\nthat the order and harmony of the boundless syflem of\\nthings, when once in being, could be preserved, with-\\nout the unceasing agency of an omniscient and almighty\\nSuperintendant, is sufficiently unphilosophical and ab-\\nsurd. But it will appear much more extravagant, to\\nsuppose that all the material, inactive, and unintelli-\\ngent things we behold, came into existence, without\\nan intelligent Creator and that the innumerable in-\\nstances of exquisite organization, were all results of\\nchance. Indeed, a person, who could admit this, de-\\nserves not to be numbered with rational creatures\\nand much less with philosophers.\\nOf all truths, scarcely any is more evident, than the\\nexistence of a GOD.\\nThat there s a GOD, all nature cries aloud,\\nThro all her works.\\nThe heavens and the earth, wiih all they contain\\nevery fowl of the air 5 every beast of the field j every\\nPsalm 14. 1.", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "[4]\\nfifli, that swims in the ocean every tree of the foreH:\\nand grove j every herb j every flower is a witness of\\nhis being.\\nThe God, of whose being we have such evidence, is\\nthe Creator of all things visible and invisible. Of\\nold he laid the foundation of the earth and the\\nheavens are the work of his hands. It is HE, that\\nhath lighted up the sun, the moon, and the stars, and\\nhung them, as lamps in the sky. It is HE, that crea-\\nted the rivers, and scooped out a bason for the ocean,\\nand filled it with water. It is HE, that hath formed\\nthe vegetables, from the least to the greatest. It is\\nHE, that hath organized our bodies, with those of all\\nanimal things, and given us the breath of life.\\nFurther God is to be regarded, as the author not\\nonly of all the works of nature, as they are called,\\nbut of those also, which, in diftinction from these, are\\ncalled ARTIFICIAL.\\nWe are not, indeed, to be considered as mere ma-\\nchines. We have a proper agency of our own. But\\nwe arc so dependent on God, that HE is to be consid-\\nered the author and finisher of every thing we\\ndo, that is lawful and wise. Every utensil we form\\nevery garment wc make every house we build every\\nbridge we erect, is in an important sense, the work of\\nhis hands. This will appear from several considerations.\\nI. It is God who provides materials, without\\nwhich w^e must be inactive. We cannot, like him,\\nraise a fabric out of nothing. Nor is it enough,\\nthat we have m.aterial;- unless they be suitable. We\\nmight as well attempt to build a house or a bridge\\nwith nothing, as with some things in existence.\\nPsalm IC2. 25.", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "[5]\\nWe may transport timber from place to place,\\nif the distance be not too great, nor the intervening\\nspace impassable. We may alter the form of stuff,\\nmaking that straight or crooked, which was naturally-\\notherwise, and in various ways accommodating it to\\nour purposes. And by composition, or analysis, or\\nsome other operation, we may, in some instances, give\\na permanent form, and a strong cohesion to things,\\nVv hich in their original state, have little or no cohe-\\nsion. Thus we may furnish ourselves with materials\\nfor building, where at first sight there appear to be\\nnone and, when furnished, we can dispose and con-\\nnect them, and form an edifice according to our mind.\\nHere are the limits of human power. Justly, then,\\nmay it be said, The hand of the Lord hath made\\nall these things. The part we perform, compared\\nwith that HE does, is a very humble one so humble,\\nthat it is hardly to be named. But,\\n2. God may challenge to himself the honor of all\\nartificial works, so far as they are honorable, not\\nonly as the principal part is performed by his immedi-\\nate agency, but as it is HE that gives us wisdom to\\nprovide for our convenience.\\nWhat would have been the situation of mankind,\\nhad they continued innocent whether in that case\\nthey would have been fubjected to any inconveniences,\\nduring their abode in this world or what change the\\ncurse, or the general deluge, that v/as sent for the dis-\\nobedience and corruption of man, produced in the\\nearth, we cannot tell. But this we know, that among\\nmany conveniences, fallen man is naturally subject\\nto many inconveniences. Indeed, most of the\\nblessings of life are attended with some trouble; and\\nvery few things are prepared for our use and enjoy-\\nment, without some invention and labor on our part.", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": ".re]\\nBut God has provided for our wants, by bestowing\\non us the power of invention. There is a spirit in\\nman and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him\\nunderstanding. Our Creator has made us capable\\nof perceiving the various qualities, relations, and affec-\\ntions of things, and not only of perceiving them, when\\noccasionally presented to our observation, but of\\nSEARCHING into the naturc of things, and by scien-\\ntifie attainments, originating or improving useful arts.\\nThus we may overcome in(;onveniences, and by tracing\\nout the means, convert to our enjoyment things, that\\narc seemingly most remote from use.\\nFor this most noble talent, and for all the improve-\\nments we are enabled to make, we are indebted to the\\nAuthor of our being. To the great Builder of the\\nworld we are under obligations for our skill in arch-\\nitecture, by which we are enabled to provide our-\\nselves with commodious habitations, bridges, c. as\\nwell as for the invention of various mstruments of la-\\nbor, without which our greatest designs could not be\\ncarried into effect. It is God who teaches the beaver\\nto raise his pond, and the bird and the insect to build\\ntheir nests. Most surely then, he is to be acknowl-\\nedged in OUR SUPERIOR power of contrivance and\\nexecution. He teacheth us more than the beasts of\\nthe earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of\\nheaven,*\\nFrom the observations here made it appears, that\\nfor more reasons than one, it may be said of every\\nfabric we raise, and of every valuable production of\\nart, The hand of God has made all these things.\\n3. God is the Author of all the worthy produc-\\ntions of our hands, as he is the author and preserver\\nJob, 35. II.", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "t 7]\\n(of those powers by which we exEcuti our designs*\\nIn all things we are dependent on him j and in our\\nbodies more especially, or rather, more apparently,\\nwe have no independent or permanent strength. Tho,\\nas observed above, we in our whole nature and constitu-\\ntion are not mere machines, our bodies are nothing else.\\nAll our external strength, by which the action of the\\nmind is conveyed to material objects around us, ia\\npurely raechanicah And as our animal frame is a\\nmachine, so it is of such a slender construction, that it\\nis always tending to ruin, and is in need of constant or\\nfrequent repairs. Continual exercise soon wears it\\nout, and renders it incapable of motion. In regard to\\npermanent strength, it is not to be compared with many\\nmachines constructed by the art of man. A clock, or\\na mill, with little or no repair, may be kept in cease-\\nless motion for many years but the human body\\nscarcely one day. Without food and rest our strength\\nwould presently be exhausted^. It is true, there arc\\nmeans provided for repairing the waste of time and\\nexercise, so that this most delicate machine is made\\nmore lasting, than any among the works of man. But\\nWE can do Httle in the application of these means.\\nWithout the divine agency to convey reparatives to\\nthe parts that need, it were vain for us to eat or drink.\\nAnd without God it were equally vain to expect\\nrefreshment from inaction. As well might we hope\\nan INANIMATE machine, when worn out, would be\\nrepaired by disuse. It is the Former of our bodies,\\nwho alone is able to remove our weariness by rest and\\nsleep. It is Hh that diffuses thro the joints, that have\\nbeen exhausted and stiffened by labor, the necessary\\nmoisture, and in this way prepares them for renewed\\nexercise.\\nThus God supports or revives our wasting strength.\\nThus it is ia him, or thro his agency, we live and", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "IS]\\nmove/ On this account alone he might claim the\\nhonor of all our works. Much more, when we take\\ninto view the several things that have now been sug-\\ngested, should we acquiesce in his holy declaration,\\nMy hand hath made all these things.\\nThus much, my friends, may suffice for the doctrine\\nof our text, which is too plain to require any proof or\\nmuch illustration. The remaining part of this dis-\\ncourse will be composed of hints and reflections, su y-\\ngestcd by the subject or the occasion. And,\\n1. Our subject suggests to us the duty of acknowl-\\nedging God in all our undertakings, and especially in\\nthe more important, looking to him for his blessing on\\nour labors and deugns, without which we must labor\\nin vain. This is a very natural duty. It is one, that\\ncould not be excusably omitted by a heathen, and\\nmuch less by one, who is favored with the religion of\\nCHRIST. When we see that any human aid,\\nwhether public or private, is needful to the success of\\na favorite design, while we have reason to believe that\\nby asking we may obtain, we do not neglect to ask.\\nAnd it must be very unreasonable not to supplicate\\nthe DIVINE blessing which is indispensable to our suc-\\ncess, and which we are encouraged to expect on this,\\nand on no other condition.\\n2. The occasion suggests to us the duty of gratitude\\nto God, that in the original constitution of nature,\\nthings were disposed so much for our convenience\\nand that we are enabled to remove many of the incon-\\nveniences we find, and in various ways meliorate our\\ncondition.\\nAll things at creation were good in the eyes of\\nHIM, who would have discovered the least imperfec-\\ntion. Every thing great and small, animate and inan-", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2C9]\\nimate, was created for some purpose worthy of the\\nall-wise Creator and this purpose was in every instance\\nciFected.\\nThe great design, or at least one of the leading\\ndesigns of this lower creation, was the happiness of\\nhim, who was formed after the image of him that\\nmade him. t or his use every thing beneath the sun\\nwas designed, and all were good for him. It is true,\\nthere are num.berlcss other creatures on earth, capable\\nof happiness. But these, while indulged with their\\nproper enjoyments, were all servants of man and\\nevery tree of the forest, and every herb of the field,\\nwas, we have reason to suppose, designed to subserve\\nin some v/ay direct or indirect, the happiness of\\nman.*\\nAnd, whatever change took place in the earth, at\\nthe time of the great apostasy of mankind, we are still\\nsurrounded with many accommodations. A great pro-\\nportion of the things we see, human actions excepted,\\nmay be pronounced good. Many things indeed may,\\nat the first view, appear incapable of promoting human\\nenjoyment and a child or an adult, whose experience\\nand observation had been confined within a very small\\ncircle, might pronunce them worthless, tho* persons ot\\nmore knowledge confider them of great value. If ful-\\nly acquainted with the nature of things in their pres-\\nent state, perhaps we fliould find nothing, which\\nmight not be useful to man.\\nThat our convenience and enjoyment have been so\\nmuch consulted,in the original constitution and disposi-\\ntion of things, and that our accommodations in this hfe\\narc still so good, notwithstanding our unworthiness,\\nGenesis, ix. 2, 3.", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "r 10 J\\nshould certainly be made subjects of thankful acknowl-\\nedgement.\\nIt is true, as already observed, ihlngs wliich in some\\nrespects are among our best accommodations, may in\\nother respects be occasions of great difficulty and\\ntrouble. Fire and water, tho among the necessa-\\nries of life, when not restrained within due bounds,\\nmay destroy all ouroriiER means of life. Riveus\\nwhich fertilize the neighboring meadows, while in the\\ndirection of their courses they facilitate commerce as\\nwell as MOUNTAINS and hills, which among other\\nbenfits, give rise to these streams are naturally great\\nIMPEDIMENTS when we wish to pass from one place to\\nanother on opposite sides of them.\\nBut, thanks to God, most of the difficulties w c\\nmeet, not excepted the greatest, may be kssened, if\\nnot entirely removed by human labor and contrivance.\\nIt seems not to have been the design of the Creator,\\nthat human happiness should be the reward or the privi-\\nlege of indolence, but of A .^TiviTY. Our situa-\\ntion in this life is such, as will naturally call forth ex-\\nertion. Few of the comforts or even of the necessa-\\nr!ls of life are in their natural state ready for our\\nuse. While in innocent, man was required to\\ndress the garden, which had been prepared and plant-\\ned fcr him.* And afier the fall his support and com-\\nfort were n^ade still more dependent on the exercise of\\nhis strength and skill.*\\nWhat supernatural inrtructions relative to the com-\\nmon arts of life were, in the infancy of the world, af-\\nfoided mankind, we cannot determine. We have\\nreason to believe hovvcver, that with a very few ex-\\necpticns, these arts were left to homman invention,\\nGenesis ii. 15. Gei::csi5 iil n, 18, 19.", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "II\\naided, as all our exertion must be in order to success,\\nby DIVINE wisdom and energy. Of this at least we\\nare sure, that in the early ages of the world, many\\nuseful arts and some that are now- considered NtctssA-\\nRY 10 enjoyment or activity, were unls:nown. in gener\\nal the arts, and the sciences, on which they are foun-\\nded, have been progressive from the earliest to the\\npresent time and within a few centuries some of the\\nmost important discoveries and inventions have been\\nmade, especially in the means of traffic and literary\\ncommnnication. And by our proficiency in mechan-\\nics and other branches of natural philosophy, many\\nmachines have v/ithin a few years beeen invented, by\\nwhich the conveniences of life are procured with a vast\\nsavii^g of manual labor. In some branches of archi-\\ntecture, is must be confessed that no improvements\\nhave for many ages been made and the patterns left\\nus by the Greeks, are considered incapable of altera-\\nation for the better. In the building of Bridges\\nhowever we vastly exceed the ancients if not in\\nthe science and skill, at least in enterprise of this\\nkind.\\nThe histories of primitive times informs us of many\\nworks of almost incredible magnitude, which, tho\\nthey discover no great skill, shew the laborious spirit\\nof those who effected them or rather the strengtli of\\nthat despotism, by v/hich thousands, could for years be\\nsubjected to hard labor for the gratification of pride or\\nsome idle fancy. Many of their most stupenduous\\nworks were of little or no utility. But this is not the\\ncase with the greatest part of modern works. They\\nare generally of public or private benefit. Our\\ndays have produced some, inferior in magnitude to\\nvery few productions of antiquity. In our times, by\\nthe erection of bridges, we travel over navigable wa-\\nters as on dry land, while by means of canals, in the\\npreparation of v/aich the most stubborn rocks are rentj", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "C 12\\nand the everlasting hills give way, we navigate int\u00c2\u00ab\\nthe heart of a continent.\\nThus my friends, by the various discoveries and in-\\nventions, that have been made in the progress of\\nyears, we are relieved from a multitude of inconven-\\niences, to which the ancients were exposed, and furni-\\nshed with innumerable accornmodations, to them un-\\nknown. And we have still abundant epcouragement,\\nto study the things, which may alleviate the hard-\\nships and contribute to the comforts of life. Most\\nsurely then we should be grateful to the author of all\\ngood for the favorable constitution of things, and for\\nthe means and ability of making such alterations in the\\nstate of surrounding objecrs, as we may find condu-\\ncive to our ease and comfort. Temporial accom-\\nmodations and enjoyments are not indeed among our\\ngreatest blessings. We are under much stronger obli-\\ngations to be thankful for religous favors, and especial-\\nly for the great work of redemption by Jesus\\nChrist, than for any temporal advantages, however\\ngreat. But every favor of heaven is to be receive^\\nwith thanksgiving,and it is hardly consistent with grati-\\ntude for the greater to overlook the less. But\\na\\n3. The subject admonishes us to be humble in\\nthe contemplation of our owr works, comparing thera\\nwith the Works of God.\\nMankind are very apt to vaunt themselves in the\\nworks of their hands. The words of Nebuchadnezar,\\nthe proud king of Babylon, while walking in his pal-\\nace, and furveying the enfigns of his fancied greatnefs,\\nwere Is not tiiis great Babylon, that I have built for\\nthe house of my kingdom, by the might of my power,\\nand for the honor of my majesty And many oth\u00c2\u00ab\\nDaniel vj. gi.", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "i: 13 1\\ners inferior to him have indulged the same feelings.,\\nwhence this language proceeded.\\nThere Is indeed a remarkable difference in the char-\\nacters and conditions of men, when compared one with\\nanother. Some by their activity and enterprize, or by\\ntheir hereditary wealth, provide themselves with easy\\nand some with sumptuous accommodations, while oth-\\ners live in great plainness or poverty. And it is not\\nstrange, if some, while they compare themselves with\\nnone but their fellow mortals, are elated with the con-\\nsideration of their own superiority. But in the pres-\\ncnci of God, all human distinctions are almost lost.\\nCompared with His the greatest and most improved of\\nou R works are nothing, less than nothing, and vanity.\\nIn such a comparison there are many things to inspire\\nus with humility.\\nIn the first place, there is an inconceivable differ-\\ncrnce between the works of men and those of God, in\\nNUMBER and MAGNITUDE. The building of an edifice\\nto cover a few rods of ground, and extend a few feet\\ninto the air the cutting of a cannal of a moderate width\\nand a few miles in length, perhaps thro* hills, which\\nin comparison with the earth are little more than\\ngrains j and the erection of a Bridge, that may be pas-\\nsed in a few minutes, are among the greatest of our\\nworks. And what are these compared with the earth,\\nwe inhabit and what is the earth compared with\\nthe solar system and again, what is this system to the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0whole extent of creation If, as we have reason to\\nbelieve, the numberless stars that appear in the skies,\\nwith millions of others, which thro their incalculable\\nand inconceiviable distance give no other evidence of\\ntheir being, than a few faint and confused rays, are all\\nsuns enlightening each a great number of planets, the\\nearth on which we live, which separately considered,", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "4]\\nappears so great, is little more than an atom, compar-\\ned with the rest of God s works. What then are the\\ngreatest productions of human power Their compari-\\ntive insignificance is inexpressible. They vanish into\\nnothing,\\nAnother consideration, ihr.t forbids all boasting\\nwhile we survey the greatness of our works, is that we\\nmust expend much LmEor and time in effec-\\nting a little. The greatest of human designs are in\\ngeneral many years in execution. But there is no\\nsuch necessity with God. Only six days were em-\\nployed in the creation of our system and why so much\\ntime was employed, is perhaps an inscrutable secret of\\nthe divine counsels. Or, if it be lawful for so ignor-\\nant creatures, as we, to hazard a conjecture on such a\\nsubject, we may .suppose the gradual succession of\\nGod s works was designed to aid the comprehension\\nof those seraphic spirits, whose exalted service it is, to\\ncontemplate without intermission the wonderful works\\nof God, and render him imceafing praise and anoth-\\ner design might be to leave us an example of order\\nand not of confufion. Had it seemed good in the\\nsight of God, to EXERT his omnipotence, one word\\nand one instant, had been sufficient to give being to\\nall the innumerable worlds, that now exist. Such\\npower is incomprehensible by us, and the thought of it\\nalmost overwhelming, and it should certainly extin-\\nguish every spark of vain glory.\\nBut further our most considerable works require\\nthe co-operation of many individuals, as well as a long\\ncourse of time. Man is a feeble creature and dur-\\ning a long life, the greatest solitary exertions would\\neli ect little. Were the undivided glory of any pro-\\nduction then much greater than it is, when distributed\\n^mong all, who may claim a share, the dividend", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "C 5 3\\nwould in general be very small. But GOD has nd\\npartner in the glory of HIS works. He is under no\\nnecessity of calling in the aid of his creatures for the\\nexecution of his greatest designs. The Father thro*\\nthe ai^rncy of his only begotten Son, created the world\\nwith all things now in existence, and neither angels nor\\narchangels had any part in the work or the glory of it.\\nThe principalities and powers of Heaven were mere\\nSPEC r ATORS of the work.\\nOnce more I would observe, that God s designs\\nwere all perfect in the origin, neither wanting, nor\\ncapable of improvement. Not only the works of cre-\\nation, but those of providence and rdemption,\\nwere dictated by infiillible wisdr^im. Known unto\\nGod are all his works, from the beginning of the\\nwori\u00c2\u00abl, *not excepted those which are accommodated\\nto the actions of his creatures and it is impossible for\\nany thing to frustrate his designs, or render any meas-\\nures needful on his part, that were not ordained from\\ncternilv.\\nBut how erroneous and deficient are the most in-\\ngenious inventions of man, till corrected and improved\\nby experiment In some things, it is true, we may\\ncalculate effects with a considerable degree of cer-\\ntainty. But a great many of our designs are little\\nmore than experiments, and want of success often com-\\npels us to VAPY, if not to ABAisTDON our phui?. And\\nnotwithstanding the present imperfection of most hu-\\nman designs, they have been a long time in coming to\\ntheir present state, and in general a small part of the\\nhonor belongs to the last inventor. In the early ages\\nof the world, the arts were few, and extremely defect-\\nive but from those times to these, they have beeti\\ngradually increased and improved. One generation\\nAtts, XV,", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "6]\\nmherits from another, and in general adds something\\nto the inheritance. But a small part of the inventions,\\nthat are made, are any thing more than slight melio-\\nrations of former ones. It is true, that on the discov-\\nery of new properties or relations in things, original\\ninventions are made. But the first inventors almost\\nalways leave them far short of perfection.\\nSuch, my friends, are the defects of human contriv-\\nance, and so little reason have we to boast of our most\\ndistinguished productions. But,\\n4. While vi^e contemplate the improvements, that\\nare gradually made in our ov. n country, we should\\ndrop a tear over the declining state of many foreign\\ncountries, in which the works of centuries are swept\\naway with a torrent of desolation, and where the cit-\\nizens, instead of leisure for improvements, have scarce-\\nly time for procuring the ordinary means of life.\\nSuch is more or less the case of almost every nation of\\nEurope. There are some, indeed, which, during the\\npresent wars, have not seen the ravages of an inva-\\nding and triumphant foe and some of these find\\nabundance of time for the exercise of injustice and in-\\nhumanity. But these are so much employed in the\\nart and practice of war, that they have little time or\\ndisposition for cultivating the arts of peace. And,\\ntho* the productions of past ages remain among them,\\nit cannot be supposed they make many improvements.\\nWhat then, shall we think of those countries which\\nhave been overrun, perhaps once and again, by large\\nand lawless armies, or rather, by armies, whose law\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was rapine, desolation, and murder What profi-\\nciency could be hoped from such in the arts of life\\nAnd, tho peace succeed these calamities, what encour-\\nagement can they hate for the least enterprize or ex-\\nertion, while they behold the ruins of their former", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "C j;\\nlaborc, and feel the loss of their independence, and of\\nall those privileges, which had descended from their\\nfathers, perhaps thro a long succession of ages, and\\nwhile of course they have no security of any reward\\nfor future exertions If persons alive, with the feel-\\nings of men, are not in despair in such circumstances\\nif they are still able to enjoy the remaining comforts\\nof life they must be allowed to have no small share\\nof fortitude. No exertion is to be hoped from them.\\nStill less can they be expected to cultivate the arts of\\nlife, if after their own degradation, they are compelled\\nto assit with all their resources,in the subjugation of oth-\\ners. And such my friends, has long been the situa-\\ntion of no small part of the European nations, while\\nothers, to defend and preserve their rights, have al-\\nmost universally united the characters of citizens and\\nsoldiers.\\nHow widely different has been the situation of our\\ncountry For several years after the flames of war\\nwere lighted up in Europe, we experienced little in-\\nconvenience from them. Refraining from all needless\\ninterference, we enjoyed a tranquil state, which gave\\nus an opportunity for enriching ourselves with com-\\nmerce, and cultivating to an eminent degree the use-\\nful arts. And tho within a few years we have suf-\\nfered m.any injuries and indignities, from those who ac-\\nknowledge no law but power, the sound of battle has\\nnot yet been heard in our land we are not yet depri-\\nved of our independence we may still sit by our own\\nfiresides, without any to molest or make us afraid\\nwe are still at leisure to pursue the works of peace.\\nOur inquiries are not, how shall we contrive to raise\\nor support vast armies, either for our own protection,\\nor for the gratification of an arr.bitious and blood thirs-\\nty master or ally but how shall we enlarge and beaii-\\nC", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "i8 3\\ntify our dwellings, alleviate by mechanical aids, the orr\\ndinar} labors of life, and by the improvement of roads,\\nthe erection of bridges, c. facilitate the journeys of\\nthose, who travel for business, health, or amusement\\nThe improvements made in our country within\\nthese twenty years, are perhaps unexampled. It is\\nonly a few years since the establishment of the first\\nturnpike road in our country, and now a great part of\\nthe considerable places in the union are connected by\\nturnpikes. In the number and lf-ngth of our\\nBRIDGES, tho* not in the materials of which they\\nare composed, we rival almost every country under\\nheaven and every year adds several to the number.\\nA comparison of our condition with that of most\\nforeign countries should awaken w ithin us the most\\ngenerous sympathy for their degradation and distress,\\nwhile it enkindles within us the most lively graitude to\\nthe Giver of all good for his distinguished favors.\\n5. The occasion constiains me to add one word of\\nacknowledgement to those, from whose enterprise we\\nderive many of our public accommodations. Bridges\\nare of very great utility and, if the one we now see\\nopened, be allowed to stand, it will very much accom-\\nmodate THIS and other neighboring towns, and the\\npublic in general. A person of a little experience will\\ndiscover several reasons for preferring abridge to a fer-\\nry. Without a bridge, a river like this can never in the\\nopen months be passed without considerable delay, fre-\\nquently not without danger, and in some seasons not\\nat all.\\nWe wish success to this enterprise, and hope the\\nprojectors of it will be indemnified for all their trouble\\n^nd expence.", "height": "3095", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "sermonpreachedat00will_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "C 19]\\n6. One thought remains. All our wordly pro\u00c2\u00bb\\njects, however perfectly executed, are temporal but\\nsome of our works are eternal. The houses we\\nbuild for our present accommodation, must crumble in-\\nto dast, yonder bridge, if not swept away by ice nor\\nflood, will shortly fall into ruin. But we are each erec-\\nting an edifice of indissoluble materials, that will re-\\nmain, when the earth is no more. This building my\\nfriends, is either a prison of darkness and eternal woe,\\nor a palace of glory and everlasting blessedness. Let\\nns take heed how we build. Let us build on the stone\\nthat is laid in Zion, with the materials our Saviour\\nhas provided and thus, when our earthly tabernacles\\nshall he dissolved, may we be received into everlasting\\nh dbitarions, thro Jesus Christ to whom be glory and\\npraise forever. 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