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Bib. Ref.: St. Mat: 11, 28. Come unto me all ye yt labour & are heavy laden, & I will
give you rest.
Commentary: This sermon is one of forty eight contained in one volume. See
accession numbers 934-934vv.
Keywords: sin, burden of;
1319. PAXTON, ROBERT. (VA; Epis.; [?]-1714; ord. 1709)
“Christ our head.” [1710-1714] 8pp. [Acc. No. 934jj]
Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Bib. Ref.: Rom: 12: 4, 5. For as we have many members in one body & all members
have not the same office so we being many are one body in Christ, & every one
members one of another.
Commentary: A few words on the last line of page 8 are lost. This sermon is one of
forty eight contained in one volume. See accession numbers 934-934vv.
Keywords: Christ, mystical body of;
1320. PAXTON, ROBERT. (VA; Epis.; [?]-1714; ord. 1709)
“Christ tempted.” [1710-1714] 8pp. [Acc. No. 934uu]
Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Bib. Ref.: St. Mat. 4; 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wildernes to be
tempted of the Devil.
Commentary: This sermon is one of forty eight contained in one volume. See
accession numbers 934-934vv.
Keywords: temptation of Christ;
1321. PAXTON, ROBERT. (VA; Epis.; [?]-1714; ord. 1709)
“Of Christs Crucifixion.” [1710-1714] 8pp. [Acc. No. 934w]
Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Bib. Ref.: i Cor: 2. 2. And I brethren when I came to you, came not wt excellency of
speech or of wisdom declaring unto you the testimony of God: for I determined not
to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ & him crucified.
Commentary: This sermon is one of forty eight contained in one volume. See
accession numbers 934-934vv. It is transcribed and annontated in Bond, Edward L.
Spreading the Gospel in Colonial Virginia (2004), pp. 138-48.
Keywords: crucifixion of Christ; Christ, crucifixion of; Christ, passion of; sin, cause
of crucifixion; sin, God’s abhorrence of; salvation through Christ;
1322. PAXTON, ROBERT. (VA; Epis.; [?]-1714; ord. 1709)
“Of Christs Passion.” [1710-1714] 8pp. [Acc. No. 934gg]
Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Bib. Ref.: 1 Cor: 15, 3. For I delivered unto you first of all, yt qch I also received,
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