A Sermon Preached At Finborow

GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON- 16859
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-17555)
Sermon Title
A Sermon Preached At Finborow
Extent
19 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Autograph
Composition Date
Primary Language
Sermon Type
Bible Text
Matthew 5:4 - 5:4
Preachings
Additional Material

There is a dedicatory epistle addressed ‘To the Honorable most Vertuous and most worthy Lady, the Lady Thomasine North of Mildenhall’ and signed ‘Nicolas Searle’.

Description

The full title of the sermon is ‘A Sermon Preached at Finborow August. 27. Anno D[omi]ni. 1626’. The sermon opens with an explanation that the chosen text comes from ‘an heavenly Sermon, preached by o[ur] Sauio[ur] Christ (whilest he lived here vpon Earth) to his disciples and multitudes of people, assembled to heare him’.

Source of Data

Hannah Yip

Other Note

The entire manuscript is designed to imitate a printed sermon. There is a title page and a dedicatory epistle with a decorated initial. However, there are no catchwords, running heads, or marginalia. There is also no foliation. Searle was clearly an adept calligrapher, demonstrating a wide variety of hands.

GEMMS record created
June 24, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024