David’s ultimum vale to his dead son

GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON- 16743
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-17435)
Sermon Title
David’s ultimum vale to his dead son
Extent
ff. 45r–59v
Autograph
Composition Date
ca. 1630 - 1630
Primary Language
Sermon Genre
Sermon Type
Bible Text
2 Samuel 12:23 - 12:23
Associated Sermons
Preachings
(old) - England - Funeral
Additional Material

There is a standalone quotation from Ovid on f. 45r, accompanied by a pen flourish. There is also a title page (f. 46r) and a dedicatory epistle addressed to Francis Stoner, the father of the deceased (ff. 47r–47v).

Description

The full title of the sermon is as follows: ‘David’s ultimum vale to his dead son. Or David’s & his son’s mortality’. See f. 46r. The deceased is described by the preacher as his ‘hopefull scholler’ (f. 47r). Firmin describes his manuscript as ‘these poore meditations’ which are to serve as ‘a monument to continue his name to ensuing posterity’ (ff. 47r–47v). The sermon proper begins on f. 48r.

Source of Data

Hannah Yip

Other Note

Written in an italic hand. There are some marginal annotations; citations include Seneca, Ovid, Perkins, and John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. There is some use of Latin. The margins have been ruled with red ink.

GEMMS record created
May 29, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024