Sermon on Canticles 2:16

GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON- 7932
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-8383)
Sermon Title
Sermon on Canticles 2:16 (Descriptive)
Manuscript
MS I.h.36 - Sermons and Two Hymns
Extent
pp. 177-183
Autograph
No
Composition Date
ca. 1657 - 1680
Primary Language
English
Sermon Genre
Funeral
Sermon Type
Sermon
Bible Text
Canticles 2:16 - 2:16
Associated People
Preachings
(old) - England - Funeral No preaching information is given in the manuscript. According to the printed version, Stockton preached a sermon on this text at the funeral of Ellen Asty.
Additional Material

Heading " A Sarmon Preached by ye Revrand Mr Stockton."

Print Editions / Witnesses

A sermon by Stockton on Canticles 2:16 was expanded into a treatise and published: Consolation in Life and Death: Wherein Is Shewed That Interest in Christ Is a Ground of Comfort ... Begun in a Funeral Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Ellen Asty, and Since Much Enlarged: Together With the Life of the Said Mrs. Ellen Asty (London, 1681). This Bible text is also quoted at the beginning of Stockton's treatise, The Best Interest; or a Treatise of a Saving Interest in Christ (London, 1682).

Description

A sermon on this text, possibly the one preached at the funeral of Ellen Asty.

Source of Data (Contributor name)

Jeanne Shami

Other Note

Precise date and location unknown. Dates reflect the range of dated materials in the manuscript and the date of Owen Stockton's death.

GEMMS record created
May 10, 2017
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024