GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-007541
Sermon TitleSermon on 1 Timothy 3:16 (descriptive title)
Extentff. 123r-129r
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)
Bible Texts1 Timothy 3:16 - 3: 16
Associated SermonsThe Second Sermon Preached by John Donne Do[c]t[o]r: of Deuinity & Deane of PAVLS [MS 52.D.14]: 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 - Lent; The occasion is not mentioned in the manuscript, but is noted in printed versions.
Additional Material
Print Editions / WitnessesThree printings: 1) "A Lent-Sermon Preached before the King, at White-hall, February 16. 1620. Sermon IV," in XXVI Sermons Preached by That Learned and Reverend Divine, John Donne, Doctor in Divinity, Late Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, London (London, 1660/1), pp. 45-60; 2) "Number 9: A Lent-Sermon Preached before the King, at White-Hall, February 16, 1620 [1620/21]," in George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, vol. 3 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1957) pp. 206-224; 3) "Preached before the King at Whitehall, February 16, 1620[/1]," in The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, vol. 2, ed. Hugh Adlington (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
DescriptionWritten at the end is, "Finis of Doc: Donns Sermon at White-hall before the Kinge ye 16: February 1620."
Source of DataJeanne Shami; George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, vol. 1 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1953), p. 36.
Other NoteOther manuscript copies appear in the 'Dowden' (Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. th. e. 102), 'Lothian' (National Library of Scotland, MS 5767), and 'Chetwode' (St. Paul's Cathedral Library, MS 52.D.14) manuscripts. See Potter and Simpson, vol. 1, p. 36. Diplomatic transcriptions of these manuscripts are available at the 'Sermons in Manuscript' page on the OESJD website (see link below).
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
|---|---|
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-ii6-1-tim-316#tab-419836 | Diplomatic transcription of the sermon by Emma Rhatigan. |
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/sermons-manuscript | 'Sermons in Manuscript', OESJD. |
GEMMS record createdApril 13, 2017
GEMMS record last editedNovember 30, 2021