Gilbert Tennent sermons 64, "De amore Christo & obedientia Legi" (Love of Christ and obedience to the law) and "Cant 2: 1. 2. ad finem Capitis" (Canticles 2:1-2 to the end of the chapter), 1745

Gilbert Tennent sermons 64, "De amore Christo & obedientia Legi" (Love of Christ and obedience to the law) and "Cant 2: 1. 2. ad finem Capitis" (Canticles 2:1-2 to the end of the chapter), 1745

1745/1759

PHS.TennentSermons064

Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening.

This manuscript contains two sermons by Tennent. The first, on Christian obedience to the law, draws from 1 Samuel 15:22, "And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." In this sermon, Tennent also cites John 14:15-21, about showing God love by obeying his commandments. The second sermon is on Canticles 2. (Canticles is another name for Song of Solomon.)

From dates in the manuscript, it looks like Tennent wrote these sermons in 1745, then delivered on or both of them again in 1748, 1750, 1755, and 1759.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

Presbyterian Historical Society

22 pages

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