The excellency of a publick spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Masachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]

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Running titles: The publick spirited man; The righteous man a blessing; The morning star. Also issued as part of: Mather, Increase. Four sermons ... Boston, 1707 (Bristol B323). Dedicatedn to Joseph Dudley. "The righteous man a blessing ... "--p. [39]-84, with separate title page. Contains third sermon: The morning star. Errata note, p. 84.