Rare sermon contributing to the important 18th century conversation involving Jonathan Edwards and others regarding the freedom of the will, God's sovereignty, and the relationship between individual agency and God's involvement in human affairs, etc.,
Day was of course the father and namesake of Jeremiah Day [the second], later President of Yale College.
Day, Jeremiah. The Ability of God to Restrain Sin, in a Way Consistent with the Liberty of the Creature. A Sermon, Delivered at Bethlem, January 4, 1774. Before the Reverend Association, of Lichfield County; and Published at the Desire of the Association, and of Others who Heard It. By Jeremiah Day, A. M. Pastor of the Church in New-Preston. New Haven. Printed by Thomas Samuel Green. 1774. 29pp.
A good + copy, bound in wraps, lightly shaken, with pages that are a bit handled, have some toning, and light foxing.
