Contents
Preface vii
Introduction 1
Edward Taylor 29
Poetry 30
The Joy of Church Fellowship 31
Huswifery 31
Upon Wedlock and Death of Children 32
The Reflection 32
Meditation Six 33
Jonathan Edwards 33
Essays 34
Sarah Pierrepont 34
Personal Narrative 35
Sermons 42
A Divine and Supernatural Light [selection] 42
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God [selections] 45
Farewell Sermon 47
Images of Shadows of Divine Things 50
Benjamin Franklin 52
Dogood Paper 53
No. VII 53
Poor Richard’s Almanack 55
The Way to Wealth 55
Essays 60
Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One 60
The Ephemera 63
The Whistle 64
Dialogue between Franklin and Gout Information to Those Who Would Remove to America 68
Letters 72
To Peter Collinson 72
To Joseph Priestly 72
To (Thomas Paine?) 73
To Rev. Ezra Stiles 73
Thomas Paine 74
Common Sense 75
Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs 75
The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology [selection] 83
Thomas Jefferson 84
First Inaugural Address 85
Letts 87
To Peter Carr 87
To Dr. Benjamin Rush 89
To John Adams 91
To Dr. Walter Jones 93