A Sermon Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
- Jonathan Shipley (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
Preaching before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in February of 1773, Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph, sought to ease tensions between Britain and her colonies by reminding both sides of their common Christianity, their interests in trade, the benefits of science and the principles of good governance, noting that the successes of the Americans in these endeavors “ought to be to us an ever memorable proof, that the true art of government consists in not governing too much.”
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