GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-013722
Sermon TitleThe Second Sermon Preached by John Donne Do[c]t[o]r: of Deuinity & Deane of PAVLS
In ManuscriptSermons Made By I. Donne. doctor of Deuinty & Deane of Pauls' An[n]o: Domini: 1625: MS 52.D.14
Extentff. 32v-60r
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeTranscription of Manuscript Sermon
Sermon Type(s)
Bible Texts1 Timothy 3:16 - 3: 16
Associated Peopleauditor - Stuart, James Ipreacher - Donne, Johnscribe - Chetwood (or Chetwode), Knightly
Associated SermonsSermon on 1 Timothy 3:16 [MS. Eng. th. c. 71]: Manuscript witnesses of the same sermon.Sermon on 1 Timothy 3:16 [MS 5767]: Manuscript witnesses of the same sermon.
Preachings1620-02-16 (old) - Whitehall Palace Chapel Royal - Occasion not identified; This information is derived from the printed version (1661).
Additional MaterialThis sermon has a calligraphic title page, dated 1625 and signed by Knightly Chetwood (f. 32v). In addition, a slip of paper has been pasted into the left margin of f. 33r: "This sermon I could not finde, in either of the two volumes".
Print Editions / WitnessesThis sermon is the fourth in John Donne, XXVI Sermons (London, 1661). Evelyn M. Simpson notes that the text of the St. Paul's manuscript adheres closely to the version found in XXVI Sermons (London, 1661). See Simpson 1942, p. 238. Another print witness is George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, Volume III (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1957), pp. 206-224. In addition, it will be published as the sixth sermon in Hugh Adlington, ed., The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume II: Sermons Preached at the Jacobean Courts, 1619-1625 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
Versions of this sermon are found in the "Merton" (Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. th. c. 71), "Dowden" (Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. th. e. 102), and "Lothian" (National Library of Scotland, MS 5767) manuscripts. See George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, Volume I (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1953), p. 42. Full diplomatic transcriptions of these manuscripts can be found at the 'Sermons in Manuscript' page on the OESJD website (see link below).
DescriptionWritten in a large, clear hand; a mix of late secretary and round hand features. Chetwood uses both black and brown ink. There are catchwords at the bottom of every page. Marginal annotations include biblical citations, the parts of the sermon, citations of the Church Fathers, Bellarmine, etc. There are some supralinear corrections.
Source of DataEvelyn M. Simpson, ‘A Donne Manuscript in St. Paul’s Cathedral Library’, Philological Quarterly, 21.2 (April 1942), pp. 237-239; Hannah Yip
Other NoteFor an analysis of this sermon, see George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, Volume III (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1957), pp. 17-19.
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
|---|---|
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-ii6-1-tim-316-2#tab-420491 | Diplomatic transcription of the sermon by Erica Longfellow. |
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/sermons-manuscript | 'Sermons in Manuscript', OESJD. |
GEMMS record createdOctober 24, 2018
GEMMS record last editedDecember 01, 2023