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Excerpt from The Duty of Praying for All That Are in Authority, Illustrated: A Sermon Preached Before His Excellency Oliver Wolcott, and the Honorable Legislature of the State of Connecticut, at the General Election, May 4, 1825 Pawns, in the sacred scriptures, is consider ed, not only as a duty, but as a duty of primary im portance. So important, that no other duty can be performed without it. Ti'e man who Wholly neglects prayer, will either not attempt his duty, or. If he makes a techle attempt, will be sure to fail in it, for want of divine assistance. Accordingly, the apostle exhorts that prayer be attended to, as the first of all duties. I ear/tort therefor e, fir st of ull, that supplicatwns, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be m zde. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.