Sermon on Matthew 18:1-3

GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON- 4627
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-4984)
Sermon Title
Sermon on Matthew 18:1-3 (Descriptive)
Manuscript
MS. Add. A. 89 - Thirty-Nine Sermons or Drafts of Sermons
Extent
f. 119r-v
Autograph
No
Composition Date
ca. 1595 - 1625
Primary Language
English
Sermon Type
Sermon
Bible Text
Matthew 18:1 - 18:3
Associated People
Preachings
(old) - Durham - Baptism
Description

The text commences: ‘It is the ordinary course of nature & custome amongest men, that men should teach children. but it fall out somtymes, that children may be fit to teach men .... So I may take the example of this child now to be received into the church of Christ & congregation of the faythfull’. Very brief, but written out in full. Not numbered with other sermons. The sermon was preached at a child's christening, perhaps the child of "H. W." or "H. N.", which is noted in the margin.

Source of Data

Jeanne Shami and Lucy Busfield

Other Note

Precise date unknown.

GEMMS record created
August 15, 2016
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024