Comfort, for the afflicted

GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON- 14864
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-15531)
Sermon Title
Comfort, for the afflicted
Extent
ff. 2r-50v
Autograph
Yes
Composition Date
ca. 1593 - 1593
Primary Language
English
Sermon Type
Sermon
Bible Text
Matthew 11:28 - 11:28
Preachings
Additional Material

There is an epistle addressed ‘To the Christian reader’ (ff. 3r–4v). This epistle is dated ‘April. 1. 1593’.

Description

The full title of the sermon is ‘Comfort, for the afflicted. A sermon shewing the kindnesse of our Saviour, in receyving of sinners, that in distresse of hart so resort vnto him.’ The sermon opens as follows: ‘Wee can never sufficiently deplore the miserable calamitye and the wretched wo, whereinto our first parents, by theyr wanton disobedience, did throw themselves headlong, and theyr posterity with them, not indaungering onely, but subiecting indeede, the beautye of gods workemanship, the dearling of his creatures, fo[r] a life whiche is not blessed, to a deathe which is muche accursed.’

Source of Data (Contributor name)

Lambeth Palace Library Catalogue; Hannah Yip.

Other Note

Written in a neat secretary hand. Red ink is most often used for biblical passages, while brown ink is used for the remainder. In addition to biblical citations, Abbot cites Augustine, Chrysostom, Cyprian, Diogenes, Origen, Plutarch, and Socrates, amongst others. There are some minor marginal annotations, including some manicules, on ff. 48v–49v in a different hand.

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GEMMS record created
January 30, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024