Gilbert Tennent sermons 117, "Tert. precept." (Tertium praeceptum, On the third commandment), 1748

Metadata

Title

Gilbert Tennent sermons 117, "Tert. precept." (Tertium praeceptum, On the third commandment), 1748

Date

1748/1756

Digital Identifier

PHS.TennentSermons117

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 third commandment, “Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." From dates noted in this manuscript, it looks like Tennent wrote this sermon in 1748, then delivered it again in 1751 or 1756.

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Presbyterian Historical Society

Extent

13 pages

Format (Original)

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Language

eng

Type

Text

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