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1778 ISAAC LEWIS. Unpublished Sermon Preached on a Fast Day After the Sacking of Wilton, CT by British Troops Great Awakening by Noted DivinesA wonderful, unpublished piece of Americana with direct reference to the earliest stages of the American Revolution. In 1777, a brutal sacking of Wilton, Connecticut, where the present was preached, led to the preaching of a particularly fiery Annual Fast Sermon by their pastor, Isaac Lewis [1746 1840]. The following year, April 1, 1778, the Annual Fast approached again. And Lewis was deeply concerned that his people would forsake the duty of self