SERMONS - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
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Keywords: Christ, contemplation of his sufferings; patience;
630. CARROLL, JAMES. (MD; Cath.; 1717-1756; in MD 1749-1756)
“[On afflictions.]” [1755] 4pp. [Acc. No. 105]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Erat quidam Regulus cujus filius infirmabatur Capharnaum. Jo 4. There
was a Certain Ruler whose son was sick at Capharnaum.” [John 4, 46].
Commentary: A note at the head of the sermon reads “Crosby Dom 20 p Pent 1755.”
Carroll, an Irish Jesuit, served in Maryland from 1749 until his death.
Keywords: patience;
631. CARROLL, JAMES. (MD; Cath.; 1717-1756; in MD 1749-1756)
“[On ambition.]” [1749-1756] 4pp. [Acc. No. 108]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Pharisaeus astans haec apud se orabat: Deus gratias tibi ago, quia non
sum sicut caeteri hominum. The Pharisee standing prayed thus with himself: o God
I give the thanks that I am not as the rest of men. S Luc C18.” [18, 11].
Commentary: Carroll, an Irish Jesuit, served in Maryland from 1749 until his death.
Keywords: pride;
632. CARROLL, JAMES. (MD; Cath.; 1717-1756; in MD 1749-1756)
“[On congregational discord.]” [1749-1756] 4pp. [Acc. No. 109]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (University Archives)
Commentary: The sermon commences with “It was with great surprise and with far
greater concern...” Carroll addresses “a certain schisme” in the congregation and the
removal of its pastor, ostensibly over the terms of a profession of faith. Carroll, an
Irish Jesuit, served in Maryland from 1749 until his death.
Keywords: schism; faith, profession of; pastor, removal of; discord, congregational;
633. CARROLL, JAMES. (MD; Cath.; 1717-1756; in MD 1749-1756)
“[On the contempt of the world.]” [1756] 4pp. [Acc. No. 107]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Nemo tamen de illo palam loquebatur propter metum Iudaeorum. St
John c7. But no one spake publickly of him for fear of ye Jews.” [7, 13].
Commentary: A note at the head of the sermon reads “Crosby D 18 P Pent 1756.”
Carroll, an Irish Jesuit, served in Maryland from 1749 until his death.
Keywords: worldliness; world, contempt of the;
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