JESUS WEEPING OVER HIS DEAD FRIEND, AND WITH HIS FRIENDS IN THEIR MOURNING. A SERMON PREACHED THE LORD'S-DAY AFTER THE FUNERAL OF THE REVEREND MR. WILLIAM COOPER, ONE OF THE PASTORS OF THE CHURCH IN BRATTLE-STREET, BOSTON. WHO DIED DECEMBER 13. 1743. AETAT. 50. BY DR. COLMAN, SENIOR PASTOR OF SAID CHURCH by Colman, Benjamin - 1744

Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for J. Edwards in Cornhill, 1744. [2], viii, [1], 6-45, [1 blank] pp. Lacking the half title, else Very Good. Stitched into modern plain blue wrappers. Contemporary ownership signature, 'Elizabeth Gray.' Beautiful type ornamentation.

Colman was Senior Pastor of the Brattle Street church, one of the most prolific and best known of 18th century sermonizers and ministers, and "a strong believer in the evangelistic movement known as the Great Awakening" [DAB]. This sermon is taken from John XI. 35: "Jesus wept." He describes the character of Cooper, emphasizing that Cooper too was moved by the Great Awakening.
Evans 5367. Sabin 14495.