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persons may have authored the some of the texts. In his “Notes concerning the
Cradock Collection of sermons,” Ranney writes that Professor Skaggs sorted the
Cradock sermons into those believed to have been by Cradock, those possibly or
probably by Cradock, and those by other authors, “principally sermons preached
in England, at the Savoy Chapel and other places.” Ranney says that Skaggs
identified the “Savoy” sermons as being by the Rev. John Wilkinson. Ranney notes
that, “[s]ome of these ‘Savoy’ sermons bear notations that they were preached
at St. Thomas’s, certainly Cradock’s church in Baltimore County, in the 1760’s.
Others simply bear a date in the 1760’s, which also places them at St. Thomas’s,
since the dates of composition were substantially earlier, all prior to Wilkinson’s
deportation and death in 1757.” Most sermons include notations that list serveral
early 18th-century dates for the various deliveries of the sermons; the information
included here identifies those notations that probably refer to the dates of Cradock’s
deliveries of the sermons. Included here are those sermons that appear to have been
preached at St. Thomas’s and are among those believed by Professor David Curtis
Skaggs to have been probably preached by Cradock: “Self-Condemnation—Part
1,” preached “St. Thomas’s August 1768”; “Self-Condemnation—Part 2,” preached
“St. Thomas’s August 1768”; On Hebrews 12:14, preached “St. Thom:’s April
1768”; On Deuteronomy 32:29 Part 1, preached “St. Thomas’s September 1768”;
On Deuteronomy 32:29 Part 2, preached “St. Thomas’s Sep. 1768”; On John 3:3,
preached “Septem 1767” (lists D.o as place—may not be at St. Thomas’s); On
John 16:24, notation reads “Preached in 1767 Jany[?] by R.T.C.”; “The Wisdom of
God—Part 1,” preached July 1767; “The Wisdom of God in the Dispensation of
the Gospel. Part: 2” preached “August: 1767”; “Useful Remarks upon—Wisd of
God—Part 3,” notation reads “preached August 1767”; On 1 Cor 16:22, preached
“St. Thomas’s Octo. 1768”; On Isaiah 40:3-4, preached “St. Thomas’s Dec 1769”;
On Luke 14, V. 23-24, notation reads “[?] 1767 Preachd by Rev. T.C.”; On Romans
6:23, preached “St. Thomas’s Decem 1768”; On Matthew 15:28, preached “St.
Thomas’s Agt 1768”; On Proverbs 13:20, “Preach. St. Thomas’s Novem 1769”; On
1 Corinthians 11:31, “Preached May 31. 1767” (no notation of St. Thomas’s); On
Luke 22:19, preached “St. Thomas’s—1768”;On John 10:32, preached “Oc: 12 1767.
By T.C.,” additional notation reads “December 1769 by D.o[spr]”; On Job 27:6
latter part, “Preach’d M.h[spr] 15 1766.[initials appearing to be Cradock’s follow the
date]”. See also accession number 2999 for more information on Cradock’s sermons.
Keywords: self-condemnation; St. Thomas’s, Baltimore County, Maryland; God,
wisdom of; gospel, dispensation of;
988. CRADOCK, THOMAS. (MD; Epis.; 1718-1770, lic.1743;)
“[On Wisdom’s Happiness and Sin’s Misery.]” [1764] 6pp. [Acc. No. 3071]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Proverbs; 13:20. He ’at walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a
Companion of Fools shall be destroy’d.
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