X.d.374 - Three sermons on Jeremiah 45, v. 5

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 952
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-739)
Title
Three sermons on Jeremiah 45, v. 5
Shelfmark
X.d.374
Creation Date
1674 -
Contents Note

Three sermons on Jeremiah 45:5 by George Hutcheson (ff. 2r-21v), and the beginning of another sermon on Psalms 130:8 (f. 22v).

Material Features

22 leaves. On f. 1r the date and preacher are noted: "8. and 9 March 1674 / These Sermons on Jer. 45. 4. 5. taught By Mr George Hutchesone who being dead yet speaks Heb: ii. 3." (The writer of this note has misidentified the text; "being dead yet speaketh" is a quotation of Hebrews 11:4.) The sermons appear to be written in the same hand as this attribution, so the volume was probably not owned by Hutcheson himself. F. 22r features a crude drawing of a man with a top hat and a cane. The ink is faded on f. 22v, and the handwriting is different from the rest of the manuscript.

Provenance

On f. 22r, the shelf mark "Add MS 185" is recorded along with the current one.

Source of Data

Adam Richter; LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection

Other Note

The cataloguer notes that the George Hutcheson who preached these sermons was probably the Edinburgh-based minister (c. 1615-1674), but he died on 1 March 1674, shortly before the dates when the sermons were apparently preached (assuming the manuscript uses New Style dates), so this attribution is uncertain. The cataloguer also suggests that the writer used these sermons as a model to compose his own sermons.

GEMMS record created
January 26, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024