GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-013352
Sermon TitleSermon on Hebrews 6:20 (descriptive title)
In ManuscriptSermons, c. 1668-1727: MS 38.F.47.01
Extentfols. 5r-26v
Autographuncertain
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)
Bible TextsHebrews 6:20 - 6: 20
Associated People
Associated Sermons
Preachings1688-04-20 (old) - Lincoln Cathedral - Ascension Day; 1689-03-24 (old) - Sonning - Palm Sunday; ca. 1700-03-25 (old) - England - Occasion not identified; Preached in 1700 (day, month, place, and occasion not specified).ca. 1702-03-25 (old) - England - Occasion not identified; Preached in 1702 (day, month, place, and occasion not specified).ca. 1706-03-25 (old) - England - Occasion not identified; Preached in 1706 (day, month, place, and occasion not specified).1727-05-14 (old) - England - Occasion not identified; Preached on 14 May 1727 (place and occasion not specified).
Additional MaterialA prayer was added on 21 May 1727: 'O god ye King of glory, who hast exalted thine only son […] we beseech thee leave us not comfortless; but send us thine holy Holy Ghost to comfort us & exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour X is gone before who liveth & reigneth w[i]th thee, & ye HG, one God, world without end'.
Print Editions / Witnesses
DescriptionThe sermon begins (fol. 5r) as follows: 'The Apostle that was the Authour of this Epistle, whether Paul, as is most probable, or anie other, which I shall not now dispute, spends this present chapter of it in a fourfold Exhortation to those Hebrew Christians, whom he writes unto.'
Source of DataHannah Yip
Other NoteWritten in a small, neat, italic hand, with catchwords at the bottom of each page. There is some use of Latin and Greek and some later insertions. There are also some underlinings and some marginalia, including Biblical citations, 'uses', references to other divines' works (e.g. Dr [Jeremy] Taylor, fol. 11v).
GEMMS record createdSeptember 22, 2018
GEMMS record last editedDecember 19, 2018