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and cry unto the lord: Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a
destruction from the almighty shall it come.”
Commentary: Termed the “closest to a jeremiad-type discourse I’ve read in Cradock
Papers”—David Curtis Skaggs, letter to editor of June 4, 1979. Mss. owned by
St. Thomas Parish, 232 St. Thomas Lane, Owings Mills, MD 21117 (Baltimore
County). For information on the Cradock manuscripts, see accession number 2999.
See also accession number 3129 for related information regarding John Wilkinson.
Keywords: Lisbon earthquake; earthquake, Lisbon;
926. CRADOCK, THOMAS. (MD; Epis.; 1718-1770, lic.1743;)
“[On the Lord’s Supper (2).]” [1743-1770] 8pp. [Acc. No. 3021]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Luke 22. 19, 20; And he took bread & gave thanks & broke it & gave it
unto ’em saying, This is my Body wch is given for you; ’is do in Remembrance of
me; Likewise unto ’e Cup after Supper saying, ’is Cup is ’e N[ew]: T[estament]. in
my Blood, wch is shed for you.
Commentary: This sermon appears to be a companion sermon to an earlier
one in which Cradock is preparing his congregation to accept the sacrament of
Communion (see accession number 3020). In this sermon, he refers to “my last
Sunday’s Discourse upon this Subject.” Cradock ends the sermon with a call to
the Holy Table for communion. For information on the Cradock manuscripts, see
accession number 2999. See also accession number 3129 for related information
regarding John Wilkinson.
Keywords: Lord’s Supper, purpose of; Lord’s Supper, preparation for; Holy
Communion;
927. CRADOCK, THOMAS. (MD; Epis.; 1718-1770, lic.1743;)
“[On the Lord’s Supper (1).]” [1743-1770] 8pp. [Acc. No. 3020]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Luke 22; 19, 20th. And he took bread & gave thanks & broke it & gave it
unto ’em, saying ’is is my body wch is given for you; this do in remembrance of me.
Likewise also ’e cup after Supper saying, This cup is ’e n[ew]. Test in my Blood, wch
is shed for you.”
Commentary: Cradock briefly criticizes the neglect of religion by people in the
“colonies, where Religion has reason to be asham’d of her Profession.” The sermon
ends with a reference to his next sermon which will continue the subject of the
Lord’s Supper. Another sermon with the same biblical reference appears to be the
companion sermon (see accession number 3021). For information on the Cradock
manuscripts, see accession number 2999. See also accession number 3129 for
related information regarding John Wilkinson.
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