A funerall remembraun[ce] or testimony

GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON- 16861
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-17557)
Sermon Title
A funerall remembraun[ce] or testimony
Extent
ff. 1r-39v
Autograph
Composition Date
Primary Language
Sermon Genre
Bible Text
Revelation 22:20 - 22:20
Associated Sermons
Preachings
1641-01-11 (old) - Kelvedon - Funeral
Additional Material

The 'funerall remembraun[ce] or testimony' is found at ff. 1r-13r. The sermon proper is at ff. 14r-39v.

Description

The full title of the sermon is as follows: 'A funerall remembraun[ce] or testimony concerning the religious life and death of that truly vertuous and gracious gentlewoman: Mrs Jane Luther wife of Antonie Luther: Esquier Buryed at Kelvedon Jan: 11. 1641'. Above this title, the following words are written: 'Delivered by John Lavender M[aste]r of Arts of Queenes Colledge in Cambridge before the Sermon at her buryall'. In the 'funerall remembraun[ce] or testimony', Lavender pays tribute to his 'swe[e]test, and most christian freind' (see f. 1r). Her love of books is mentioned on f. 2v.

Source of Data

Hannah Yip

Other Note

Written in a secretary hand. There is some use of Latin. The margins have been roughly drawn in ink.

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