Excerpt from The Prince Library: A Catalogue of the Collection of Books and Manuscripts Which Formerly Belonged to the Reverend Thomas Prince, and Was by Him Bequeathed to the Old South Church, and Is Now Deposited in the Public Library of the City of Boston He returned to Boston in 1717, and was ordained pastor of the Old South Church, as colleague with Dr. Joseph Sewall, his classmate, October 1, 1718. In one of Dr' Sewall's books of notes of sermons, contained in this collection, at the close of a report of one by Mr. Joseph Sewall; 1718. P Degreesst a, is the following memorandum Mr. Prince's Letter of Dismission was read from the Ch of Cambridge, where he was admitted January 1705. Mr. Sewall said, Brethren your ichoice of Mr. Prince to y9 pastoral office among you prevents my asking your consent to his Admission; and then gave him the Covenant. Brethren sat in ye Gallery, fronting the pulpit, on ye ordina tion day. A few pages further on, appears this entry: Mr. Prince 12. 1718. P. Psal. 71. 14 - 17. D. The first Sermon after his ordination. Then follow notes of the sermon. In this station he remained till his death, Oct. 22, 1758, aged 71. Prince was of rare excellence in all the relations of life, and one of the most ac complished scholars of his time in New England. His publications were numerous. Thirty-three of his printed discourses are known. He is best remembered, however, as an author and historian by his unfinished but valuable Chronological History of New England, in the form of Annals, the first volume of which appeared in January, 1736 - 7; and three parts of a second were subsequently printed. He published also, in the last year of his life, a revised edition of the New England version of the Psalms. 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.