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SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
Bib. Ref.: Eccle. 12.1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy Youth.
Commentary: This is the second of two sermons bound together. (See accession
numbers 802 and 803). One page is likely missing at the end. For biographical
information on the Rev. Coleman, see Allen, Ethan, Clergy in Maryland of the
Protestant Episcopal Church since the Independence of 1783, (Baltimore: James S.
Waters, 1860) p. 18, item 56.
Keywords: youth, days of;
796. COLEMAN, JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1758?-1816; ord. 1787)
“[Repent and believe the Gospel.]” [1787-1816] 12pp. [Acc. No. 818]
Repository: Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD
Commentary: This is a fragment of a sermon. There is a partial inside address to
“Young Preachers” on page 5. The following is written on the last sheet in large
script: “Repent and believe the Gospel every Creature that your ssins [sic] my [may]
be bloted [blotted] out. John Coleman.” For biographical information on the Rev.
Coleman, see Allen, Ethan, Clergy in Maryland of the Protestant Episcopal Church
since the Independence of 1783, (Baltimore: James S. Waters, 1860) p. 18, item 56.
Keywords: gospel; repentance;
797. COLEMAN, JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1758?-1816; ord. 1787)
“Sermon. The Rule of Equity.” [1787-1816] 30pp. [Acc. No. 786]
Repository: Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Math. 7.12. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that man should do
to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law of the prophets.
Commentary: The lower corner of the first two leaves is missing. For biographical
information on the Rev. Coleman, see Allen, Ethan, Clergy in Maryland of the
Protestant Episcopal Church since the Independence of 1783, (Baltimore: James S.
Waters, 1860) p. 18, item 56.
Keywords: equity, rule of;
798. COLEMAN, JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1758?-1816; ord. 1787)
“Sermon for Whitsunday.” [1787-1816] 26pp. [Acc. No. 788]
Repository: Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Acts 19.2.3. And he said unto them Have ye received the Holy Ghost since
ye believed? And they said unto him we have not so much as heard whether there
be any H. G. And he said unto Him, Unto what then wer[e] ye baptized?
Commentary: The last page and a half concerns “The duties of a Xtian Minister.”
For biographical information on the Rev. Coleman, see Allen, Ethan, Clergy
in Maryland of the Protestant Episcopal Church since the Independence of 1783,
(Baltimore: James S. Waters, 1860) p. 18, item 56.
Keywords: Holy Ghost; Whitsunday;
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