Sermon on Genesis 2:18

GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON- 18499
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-19225)
Sermon Title
Sermon on Genesis 2:18 (Descriptive)
Manuscript
Harley MS 6946 - Five sermons by John Donne
Extent
ff. 12r-22v
Autograph
No
Composition Date
Primary Language
English
Sermon Genre
Marriage
Sermon Type
Sermon
Bible Text
Genesis 2:18 - 2:18
Associated People
Associated Sermons
Preachings
1619-02-01 - 1619-02-11 (old) - England - Marriage See Potter and Simpson for the dating of this sermon, which is not provided in the manuscript.
Print Editions / Witnesses

John Donne, Sermon no. 2 in Fifty Sermons (London, 1649), pp. 9-15; George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds, The Sermons of John Donne, 10 vols (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1953-1962), II, pp. 335-347; Erica Longfellow, ed., The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume VII: Sermons Preached at Marriages, Christenings, and Churchings (forthcoming).

Description

For a short analysis of this sermon, see Potter and Simpson, II, pp. 42-45.

Source of Data

Hannah Yip

Other Note

Written in a small secretary hand with italic forms. It is conjectured by Potter and Simpson that both Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford and Sir Henry Goodere (the father of the bride, Lucy Goodere) were present on this occasion. See Potter and Simpson, II, p. 43.

URLs
http://donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-vii1-gen-218#tab-419566 Diplomatic transcription of the sermon by Jeanne Shami.
GEMMS record created
February 15, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024