GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-016949
Sermon Title'The zealous mans Teares'
In ManuscriptSir Henry Lee's Devices: Speeches, poems etc. from entertainments presented to Queen Elizabeth I: Add MS 41499
Extentff. 16v-22v
Autographno
Composition Dateca. 1570 - 1600
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)
Bible Texts
Associated Sermons
Preachings (old) - England - Occasion not identified;
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Print Editions / Witnesses
DescriptionBL attributes the sermon to Richard Eedes, Dean of Worchester and Royal Chaplain based on a similarity in style to his printed sermons. The first page is torn away under the title, with two texts also still visible: Exodus 9:4 and either Revelation 7:17 or 21:4. The following page begins with a text from Psalms 119:136. Catchwords are listed at the end of each page.
Source of DataAnne James; David Robinson; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteFull title of sermon: 'The zealous mans Teares: Or a godlie Sermon describing the treue cause of christian teares nessisarie for the flintie harts of the last worst Age'. According to Peter E. McCullough, this sermon presents an 'accurate summary of the Elizabethan court's religious routine', condemning the court's ''negligence' in attending 'the monthly sacrament[es], & the weekly sermons, & the dayly prayers''. See Peter E. McCullough, Sermons at Court: Politics and religion in Elizabethan and Jacobean preaching (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 71.
GEMMS record createdMarch 25, 2019
GEMMS record last editedNovember 18, 2020