BL attributes the sermon to Richard Eedes, Dean of Worchester and Royal Chaplain based on a similarity in style to his printed sermons. The first page is torn away under the title, with two texts also still visible: Exodus 9:4 and either Revelation 7:17 or 21:4. The following page begins with a text from Psalms 119:136. Catchwords are listed at the end of each page.
Anne James; David Robinson; Hannah Yip.
Full title of sermon: 'The zealous mans Teares: Or a godlie Sermon describing the treue cause of christian teares nessisarie for the flintie harts of the last worst Age'. According to Peter E. McCullough, this sermon presents an 'accurate summary of the Elizabethan court's religious routine', condemning the court's ''negligence' in attending 'the monthly sacrament[es], & the weekly sermons, & the dayly prayers''. See Peter E. McCullough, Sermons at Court: Politics and religion in Elizabethan and Jacobean preaching (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 71.