GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-018489
Sermon TitleA Sermon preached in St Pauls Church
Extentpp. 1-42
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)Political occasion
Bible Texts1 Peter 1:22 - 1: 22
Associated Peoplepreacher - Griffith, Matthew
Associated Sermons
Preachings1626-10-15 (old) - St Paul's Cathedral - Occasion not identified; The sermon was preached on the first Sunday of Michaelmas.
Additional MaterialThe sermon appears with its own title page, upon which is written the following: 'A Sermon preached in St Pauls Church on the 15 day of October, beinge the first Sonday in Michaelmas tearme. 1626. by Matth: Griffith'.
Print Editions / Witnesses
DescriptionWritten in a large italic hand. The pages are ruled in red ink. There are marginal annotations, sometimes written in Greek and Latin. In addition, the running header is 'The Life of Loue'. Griffith divides his text into seven parts. He concludes the sermon by exhorting that '[w]hen you hate the impieties of y[ou]r dearest freinds, yet honour in your deadliest Enimies, the Image of God; Then doe you loue one another w[i]th a pure hearte feruently' (see p. 42).
Source of DataHannah Yip
Other NoteIn a note included with the manuscript, dated 29 August 2001, Mary Morrissey has written that this text 'appears to be an early sermon on the Forced Loan of 1626-8'.
GEMMS record createdNovember 05, 2019
GEMMS record last editedNovember 05, 2019