A sermon preach'd in the audience of His Excellency William Shirley, Esq : captain general, governour and commander in chief, the Honourable His Majesty's Council, and the Honourable House of Representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England. May 29th 1754. Being the anniversary for the election of His Majesty's council for the province. N.B. The parts of some paragraphs, passed over in the preaching of this discourse, are now inserted in the publication. By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West Church in Boston.