(1767), a well-known clergyman in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, delivered his “Election Sermon,” in which he stated:
The Supreme ruler and governor of the universe hath so adjusted things in the moral world, that order and government are necessary for advancement his own glory, and promoting the good of his rational, intelligent creatures.
And it is very obvious that anarchy and confusion must terminate in the destruction of men’s lives, as well as of their liberty and property.1553