GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-015528
Sermon TitleA Sermon Preacht Before his Maiesty by Tho: Cartwright D. D.
In ManuscriptTwo Sermons, c. 1672: MS 4250
Extentff. 1r-38r
Autographyes
Composition Dateca. 1672 - 1672
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)
Bible Texts1 Corinthians 16:14 - 16: 14
Associated Peopleauditor - Stuart, Charles IIauditor - Vaughan, Richarddedicatee - Vaughan, Richardpreacher - Cartwright, Thomas
Associated Sermons
Preachings (old) - England - Occasion not identified;
Additional MaterialThe dedicatory epistle, addressed to Vaughan, is at ff. 2r-3v. On f. 2r, the following is written: ‘To the Right Honourable and truly Noble Richard Lord Vaughan Earl of Carbery Lord President of Wales and one of his Maiestys most Honourable Priuy Counsell.’ As the epistle makes clear, Vaughan was, like Charles II, present when the original sermon was delivered.
Print Editions / Witnesses
DescriptionThe full title of this presentation manuscript reads as follows: ‘A Sermon Preacht Before his Maiesty By Tho: Cartwright D. D. one of his Maiesties Chaplains in Ordinary’ (f. 1r). The sermon begins as follows: ‘Soe transcendently good is the god whom wee serve, that he hath made it a very considerable part of our duty to bee happy: And to lett vs know that wee could not please him with any thing lesse than that by which wee might bee infinitely pleasd ourselues, there is not any one precept, soe often, soe earnestly, & soe seuerely prest, as that which is the most transporting and durable’ (see f. 4r-4v).
Source of DataLambeth Palace Library online catalogue; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteWritten in a very neat hand. There is some use of Latin and Greek. There are some marginal annotations, e.g. biblical citations on f. 12v. Although it is a presentation volume, there are some minor insertions and deletions (e.g. f. 8v; f. 15v; f. 25r). Cartwright himself has numbered the pages of the sermon proper; however, the present cataloguer has followed the pencilled-in foliation. It is conjectured that this sermon was composed in 1672, as Cartwright was not a royal chaplain until 1672. See Lambeth Palace Library online catalogue. This sermon is cited in Matthew Jenkinson, Culture and Politics at the Court of Charles II, 1660-1685 (Woodbridge, 2010).
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=MSS%2f4250&pos=27 | Lambeth Palace Library online catalogue entry for MS 4250. |
GEMMS record createdJanuary 29, 2019
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 12, 2023