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Peter Thatcher sermon, 1737

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
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This single sermon on Acts 2:37, originally delivered by Rev. Peter Thatcher of Middleboro in 1737, was copied and preached subsequently by his great-grandson at the First Church of Middleboro, in February of 1847.

Dates: 1737
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / RG4970, Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925. / Manuscript sermons

Sylvanus Conant sermons, 1744-1747

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents This folder contains a significant number of sermons by Rev. Silvanus Conant, delivered between 1744 and 1747. They were preached both at his own church in Middleboro and also in neighboring parishes. Colossians 3:1 "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God…" Psalms 119:2 "Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole...
Dates: 1744-1747
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / RG4970, Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925. / Manuscript sermons

Sylvanus Conant sermons, 1748-1749

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents This folder continues with Rev. Silvanus Conant's sermons through the years 1748-1749. Most of them appear to have been preached first at Middleboro, and often at other venues subsequently. 1 Peter 5:8 "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour…" Galatians 5:18 "But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law…" Matthew 27:51 ...
Dates: 1748-1749
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / RG4970, Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925. / Manuscript sermons

Sylvanus Conant sermons, 1770-1776

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents This folder represents the latest dated sermons preached by Rev. Conant, during the course of the 1770s, until his death from smallpox in 1777. Isaiah 40:15-17 "Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing…All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity…" Matthew 18:20 "For where...
Dates: 1770-1776
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / RG4970, Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925. / Manuscript sermons

Sylvanus Conant sermon, 1776

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents

In this single sermon preached in May of 1776, Rev. Conant urges humility among his congregants and discusses how errant brethren should be dealt with according to Matthew 18:15-18.

Dates: 1776
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / RG4970, Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925. / Manuscript sermons

Sylvanus Conant sermons, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents This folder contains Rev. Conan's undated sermons. Romans 5:11 "And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement…" Romans 5:1 "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…" Philip 1:6 "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of...
Dates: undated
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / RG4970, Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925. / Manuscript sermons

Church records, 1702-1867

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains the administrative records of the church and parish in Middleboro. The series includes meeting minutes, pew plans and pew deeds, committee reports, ecclesiastical council minutes, records of the parsonage, church correspondence, and other records relating to the operation of the church.

Dates: 1702-1867
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / RG4970, Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925. / Church and parish records

Committee report on division of ministry lands, 1750

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains the administrative records of the church and parish in Middleboro. The series includes meeting minutes, pew plans and pew deeds, committee reports, ecclesiastical council minutes, records of the parsonage, church correspondence, and other records relating to the operation of the church.

Dates: 1750
Found in: Congregational Library & Archives / RG4970, Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925. / Church and parish records

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