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GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-019024
Sermon TitleThe True Triall of the Spirits
In ManuscriptAnonymous reader's notes of various printed texts: Harley MS 6534
Extentff. 43r-44v
Autographno
Composition Dateca. 1587 - 1590
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeReader's Notes
Sermon Type(s)
Bible Texts1 Thessalonians 5:19 - 5: 22
Associated Peoplepreacher - Smith, Henryscribe? - Elliston,
Associated Sermons
Preachings (old) - England - Occasion not identified;
Additional Material
Print Editions / WitnessesNumerous print witnesses, including Henry Smith, A Frvitfvll Sermon (London, 1591) and Henry Smith, The Sermons of Maister Henrie Smith (London, 1593). This was likely taken from Henry Smith, The Sermons of Master Henry Smith (London, 1604). For a twentieth-century edition with commentary, see H. T. Price [ed.], A Frvitfvll Sermon (Halle (Saale): Verlag von Max Niemeyer, 1922).
Description
Source of DataHannah Yip
Other NoteWritten in a fluent, mixed secretary and italic hand.
GEMMS record createdJanuary 11, 2020
GEMMS record last editedSeptember 11, 2020