'The zealous mans Teares'

GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON- 16264
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-16949)
Sermon Title
'The zealous mans Teares'
Extent
ff. 16v-22v
Autograph
Composition Date
ca. 1570 - 1600
Primary Language
Sermon Type
Preachings
Description

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.

Source of Data

Anne James; David Robinson; Hannah Yip.

Other Note

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.

GEMMS record created
March 25, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024