Metadata
Title
Gilbert Tennent sermons 50, "De mililite Christians" (On Christian soldiers), 1744
Date
1744/1750
Digital Identifier
PHS.TennentSermons050
Description
Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening.
Tennent begins this sermon on Christian soldiers by citing 2 Timothy 2:3-4, "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."
From dates noted on the manuscript, it appears Tennent wrote this sermon in 1744, then delivered it again in 1746 or 1747, and 1750.
Tennent begins this sermon on Christian soldiers by citing 2 Timothy 2:3-4, "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."
From dates noted on the manuscript, it appears Tennent wrote this sermon in 1744, then delivered it again in 1746 or 1747, and 1750.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Presbyterian Historical Society
Extent
7 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
Abstract
De militite [milite] Christiano (On the Christian soldier) sets out the requirement of hardiness for the minister of a church under four rubrics: the need for physical and mental endurance to endure sufferings, what kinds of sufferings they may encounter, how they should bear them, and why.
Offers a clear presentation of what motivates Reverend Tennent himself to look askance at worldly preoccupations and attractions. In other sermons he identifies himself as a voice crying in the wilderness, a sentinel on a hill giving warning, and here, as an ongoing soldier of Christ, wearing the insignia of Christ and thereby concentrating on the task at hand and committed to the relentless battles against Satan.
Offers a clear presentation of what motivates Reverend Tennent himself to look askance at worldly preoccupations and attractions. In other sermons he identifies himself as a voice crying in the wilderness, a sentinel on a hill giving warning, and here, as an ongoing soldier of Christ, wearing the insignia of Christ and thereby concentrating on the task at hand and committed to the relentless battles against Satan.
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