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GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-007048
Sermon TitleSermon on Malachi 8:1-2 (descriptive title)
Extentff. 9r-16v
Autographuncertain
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)
Bible TextsMalachi 8:1 - 8: 2
Associated People
Associated Sermons
Preachings1700-10-15 (old) - Timberland - Occasion not identified; 1700-10-22 (old) - Lincolnshire - Occasion not identified; What looks like the name of a town is transliterated in Greek beside the date, but it is difficult to decipher.ca. 1703-04-01 - 1703-04-30 (old) - Lincolnshire - Occasion not identified; What looks like the name of a town (or two) is transliterated in Greek beside the date, but it is difficult to decipher. No date in April is clearly indicated.ca. 1706-03-25 - 1706-03-24 (old) - Lincolnshire - Occasion not identified; Beside a bracket enclosing the three preaching dates from 1700-1703, the writer has added an unclear note right beside the margin. The year 1706 is clear, but where and how many times in 1706 he preached this sermon is unclear.ca. 1713-07-01 - 1713-07-31 (old) - Lincolnshire - Occasion not identified; No date in July is given. What looks like the name of a town is transliterated in Greek beside the date, but it is difficult to decipher.ca. 1713-07-01 - 1713-07-31 (old) - Scopwick - Occasion not identified; No date in July is given. Place uncertain; the writer has indicated a place with a Greek abbreviation spelled Sigma-kai-omicron-pi, which could be Scopwick, Lincolnshire.ca. 1716-03-25 - 1716-03-02 (old) - Lincolnshire - Occasion not identified; No date in 1716 is given. What looks like the name of a town is transliterated in Greek beside the date, but it is difficult to decipher.ca. 1721-03-01 - 1721-03-24 (old) - Lincolnshire - Occasion not identified; The date is faded but seems to be sometime in March 1720/1. What looks like the name of a town is transliterated in Greek beside the date, but it is difficult to decipher.1723-10-01 - 1723-10-31 (old) - Lincolnshire - Occasion not identified; The date appears to be recorded as "8^r 1723". What looks like the name of a town is transliterated in Greek beside the date, but it is difficult to decipher.1726-01-01 - 1726-01-31 (old) - Lincolnshire - Occasion not identified; No date in January 1726/7 is given, although some character is written in superscript after the year. What looks like the name of a town is transliterated in Greek beside the date, but it is difficult to decipher.ca. 1730-03-25 - 1730-03-24 (old) - Bloxholm - Occasion not identified; No date is given, but this preaching is noted on the same line as the preaching in Scopwick on 30 August 1730.ca. 1730-03-25 - 1730-03-24 (old) - Digby - Occasion not identified; No date is given, but this preaching is noted on the same line as the preaching in Scopwick on 30 August 1730. Place uncertain; the writer has indicated a place with a Greek abbreviation spelled Delta-iota-gamma-beta, which could be Digby, Lincolnshire.1730-08-30 (old) - Scopwick - Occasion not identified; Place uncertain; the writer has indicated a place with a Greek abbreviation spelled Sigma-kai-omicron-pi, which could be Scopwick, Lincolnshire.
Additional MaterialThe preaching information is written in abbreviations using Greek letters, some of which are difficult to decipher, on f. 16v.
Print Editions / Witnesses
DescriptionThe same unclear abbreviation is written beside the dates March 1720/1, August 1723, and January 1726/7, indicating that the sermon was preached in the same place on these dates.
Source of DataJeanne Shami
Other NotePreacher unknown.
GEMMS record createdFebruary 22, 2017
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 23, 2017