GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON-
17766
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-18486)
Sermon Title
Sermon on Luke 15:7 (Descriptive)
Manuscript
Extent
20 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Autograph
Uncertain
Composition Date
ca. 1649 - 1660
Primary Language
English
Sermon Type
Sermon
Bible Text
Luke 15:7 - 15:7
Preachings
(old) - England - Occasion not identified
Description
This sermon is written in a mixed secretary and italic hand. There are marginal annotations; citations include Calvin. In the sermon, the anonymous preacher states the following: 'Wherefore if it were as vsefull to giue title to this sermon, as it is vsuall w[i]th others now adays; I might well call it, Gods delight [...] for ye lost sleepers welcome home'. See the recto of the third leaf.
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Hannah Yip
Other Note
Although John Egerton, Second Earl of Bridgewater indexed the sermons in this manuscript, it is difficult to state with certainty whether they are written in his hand.
GEMMS record created
November 5, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024