GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON-
10964
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-11511)
Sermon Title
Sermon on Matthew 22:12 (Descriptive)
Extent
ff. 90v-97r
Autograph
No
Composition Date
Primary Language
English
Sermon Genre
Political occasion
Anniversary
Sermon Type
Sermon
Bible Text
Matthew 22:12 - 22:12
Associated People
Preachings
1681-11-05 (old) - Whitehall Palace - Anniversary of the Gunpowder plot No preaching information is given in the manuscript. According to the printed version, Hooper's sermon on Matthew 22:21 was preached before King Charles II on 5 November 1681. Judging by the date, the occasion was presumably the anniversary of the Gunpowder plot.
Print Editions / Witnesses
Printed as George Hooper, A Sermon Preach'd before the King at White-Hall on the Fifth of November, 1681 (London, 1682). Also printed as Sermon II in The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, George Hooper, D. D. Late Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells (Oxford, 1757), pp. 591-603; and The Works of the Right Reverend George Hooper, D. D. Sometime Bishop of Bath and Wells. A New Edition in Two Volumes, vol. 1 (Oxford, 1855), pp. 191-206.
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Anne James
GEMMS record created
March 26, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024