The necess: of Repentance

GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON- 13025
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-13634)
Sermon Title
The necess: of Repentance
Manuscript
MS 38.G.15.01 - Sermons
Extent
pp. 373-188 (really pp. 365-380)
Autograph
Uncertain
Composition Date
ca. 1665 - 1666
Primary Language
English
Sermon Genre
Plague
Fast
Sermon Type
Sermon
Bible Text
Luke 13:5 - 13:5
Preachings
(old) - Canfield - Plague The sermon was preached at ‘Canf.’ which presumably stands for ‘Canfield’ in Essex. The occasion was a 'fast Day for plague', referring almost certainly to the Great Plague of London, 1665-1666.
Description

The sermon opens as follows: 'Amo[n]g all Creat[ure]s i[n] ye world, none more fraile then ma[n], whose life is but as ye grass, ye flower of ye field […] so weak, so uncertain.'

Source of Data

Hannah Yip

Other Note

Written in a small italic hand. There is some use of Greek. There are marginal notes. The pages of this sermon are mispaginated.

GEMMS record created
October 20, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024