The Duty of a Gospel-Minister, 1816 Ordination Sermon, Samuel Goodrich

Goodrich, Samuel. The Duty of a Gospel-Minister, illustrated in a Sermon, preached at Worcester, Mass., October 9, 1816, at the Ordination and Installation of his son, The Rev. Charles Augustus Goodrich, over the First Church and Society in that town. Worcester: Printed by William Manning, October, 1816. [10966] First Edition. Removed, 8 x 4 3/4 inches, 24 pages. Good. Pamphlet. The text is Jeremiah 26:2, "Thus saith the Lord, Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the Lord's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word." The main points are I. The source of a minister's instructions, II. The nature of his instructions, III. The proper manner of communicating these instructions to the people of his charge. Samuel Goodrich (1763-1835), b. Durham, Connecticut; d. Berlin, Connecticut. He was a graduate of Yale College, and a soldier during the American Revolution. He was for 25 years pasto