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Bib. Ref.: “Maria optimam partem Elegit &c. Luck ye 10. Marie hath chosen the best
part.” (in the hand of Rev. James Walton: “C. V43.”
Commentary: This sermon is based on the “Sermon sur l’assomption de la vierge”
by the Rev. Louis Bourdaloue, S. J. (Compare, for instance, Bourdaloue’s Sermons .
. . sur les mysteres. Tome second. Lyon: Chez Anisson & Posuel, 1709, pp. 241-274.)
Ashby, a Jesuit, served in Maryland from 1742 until his death.
Keywords: Mary, Assumption of; Assumption of the Blessed Virgin; Blessed Virgin,
Assumption of; Walton, Rev. James; Bourdaloue, Rev. Louis;
39. ATTWOOD, PETER. (MD; Cath.; 1682-1734; in MD 1712-1734)
“[On All Souls’ Day.]” [1712-1734] 6pp. [Acc. No. 47]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Miseremini mei, miseremini mei, saltem vos amici mei quia manus
domini tetegit me. Job Have mercie upon me, have mercie upon me, at the least you
my frendes, because the hand of our Lord hath touched me.” [Job 19, 21].
Commentary: Accession number 47 is the first of four sermons bound together in
the order accession number 47, accession number 48, accession number 49, and
accession number 50. A few emendations occur throughout the manuscript in the
hand of Rev. Arnold Livers. The whole is in a wrapper bearing, inside, 16 lines of
Latin verse signed “Jacobus Clifton” and, outside, capsule titles for the sermons in
Livers’ hand. Pages are numbered 840-845. Attwood, a Jesuit, served in Maryland
from 1712 until his death.
Keywords: pity; Clifton, Jacobus; Livers, Rev. Arnold; purgatory;
40. ATTWOOD, PETER. (Md; Cath.; 1682-1734; in MD 1712-1734)
“[On the Annunciation.]” [1712-1734] 12pp. [Acc. No. 45]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Ne timeas Maria invenisti gratiam apud [in the hand of Rev. Arnold
Livers: Deum] ecce concipies in utero filium, et vocabitur altissimi filius. L. [Livers’
hand: Cap. 1.] Fear not, Mary, for you have found grace in God; thus you shall
conceive in your womb a son, called the son of the most high” [Luke 1, 30, 31, 32].
Commentary: Accession number 45 is the first of two sermons bound together in
the order accession number 45 and accession number 46. Pages of the manuscript
are numbered 486-497. A very few emendations to the first sermon and a long,
unrelated draft of a “letter to the editor” on the final blank leaf are in the hand
of Rev. Arnold Livers. Attwood, a Jesuit, served in Maryland from 1712 until his
death.
Keywords: Virgin Mary; Blessed Virgin; Livers, Rev. Arnold;
41. ATTWOOD, PETER. (MD; Cath.; 1682-1734; in MD 1712-1734)
“On ye Assumption of our Lady.” [1712-1734] 6pp. [Acc. No. 46]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
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