Sermon 2 on Genesis 2:18

GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON- 7119
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-7544)
Sermon Title
Sermon 2 on Genesis 2:18 (Descriptive)
Extent
ff. 148r-149v
Autograph
Composition Date
Primary Language
Sermon Genre
Sermon Type
Bible Text
Genesis 2:18 - 2:18
Associated Sermons
Preachings
1619-02-01 - 1619-02-11 (old) - England - Marriage No date is given in the text, but Potter and Simpson (vol. 2) place it shortly before 12 February 1619/20
Print Editions / Witnesses

Three printings: 1) "Sermon II. Preached at a Mariage," in Fifty Sermons, Preached by That Learned and Reverend Divine, John Donne, Dr in Divinity, Late Deane of the Cathedrall Church of S. Pauls London (London, 1649), pp. 9-15; 2) "Number 17. Preached at Sir Francis Nethersole's Marriage," in George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, Vol. II (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1955), pp. 335-347; 3) "Preached at Sir Francis Nethersole’s Marriage," in The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Vol. 7, ed. Erica Longfellow (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

Description

At the end is written, "Finis of a Sermon preach'd by D: Donn at Sr Francis Nethersoles marriage."

Source of Data

Jeanne Shami; George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, Vol. 1 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1953), p. 36.

Other Note

Location unknown. It is conjectured by Potter and Simpson that both Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford and Sir Henry Goodere (the father of the bride, Lucy Goodere) were present on this occasion. See Potter and Simpson, II, p. 43.

Digitized Copy

Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne - Diplomatic transcription

URLs
http://donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-vii1-gen-218-0 Diplomatic transcription of the sermon by Emma Rhatigan.
GEMMS record created
April 13, 2017
GEMMS record last edited
September 1, 2024