Metadata
Title
Gilbert Tennent sermons 79, "De nativitate christi" (On the birth of Christ), 1746
Date
1746
Digital Identifier
PHS.TennentSermons079
Description
Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening.
Tennent wrote this sermon on the topic of the birth of Christ in 1746, and begins with reference to Isaiah 9:6, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." (Note: it looks like the front cover contains notes for the sermon, while the back cover contains the title and date, written upside down. Also note, the paper is stained and ripped in places, making some of the text difficult to decipher.)
Tennent wrote this sermon on the topic of the birth of Christ in 1746, and begins with reference to Isaiah 9:6, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." (Note: it looks like the front cover contains notes for the sermon, while the back cover contains the title and date, written upside down. Also note, the paper is stained and ripped in places, making some of the text difficult to decipher.)
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Presbyterian Historical Society
Extent
6 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
Abstract
"De nativitate Christi" starts with a preamble on the Vineyard of God, Jerusalem, and God's bringing it into being, protecting it, making it flourish, and because of the waywardness of man, neglecting it and earning for it God's wrath.
There follows an analysis of the five attributes of
the expected Christ, in Isaiah 9:6: Wonderful; Counselor; The Mighty God; The Everlasting Father; The Prince of Peace, most familiar to many today as set to music by Handel in The Messiah. Only one date of preaching, yet the MS suggests that Rev. Tennent gave the sermon a number of times; it shows signs of being repeatedly pulled out of and stuffed into a pocket: stained, tattered, torn, and at some time folded vertically.
There follows an analysis of the five attributes of
the expected Christ, in Isaiah 9:6: Wonderful; Counselor; The Mighty God; The Everlasting Father; The Prince of Peace, most familiar to many today as set to music by Handel in The Messiah. Only one date of preaching, yet the MS suggests that Rev. Tennent gave the sermon a number of times; it shows signs of being repeatedly pulled out of and stuffed into a pocket: stained, tattered, torn, and at some time folded vertically.
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