SERMONS - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
Bib. Ref.: “Quae e ista, quae ascendit de deserto dilicijs affluens innixa super
dilectum suum Can: 8. 5b. Who is this, that cometh up from the desert, flowing
with delightes, leaning upon her beloved?”
Commentary: Accession number 46 is the second of two sermons bound together in
the order accession number 45 and accession number 46. A very few emendations
to the first sermon (see number 45) and a long, unrelated passage on the final blank
leaf are in the hand of Rev. Arnold Livers. Pages are numbered 497-500, 500-501.
Attwood, a Jesuit, served in Maryland from 1712 until his death.
Keywords: Mary, Assumption of; Assumption of Mary; Livers, Rev. Arnold;
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin; Blessed Virgin, Assumption of; beauty;
42. ATTWOOD, PETER. (MD; Cath.; 1682-1734; in MD 1712-1734)
“[On conforming our will to God.]” [1712-1734] 11pp. [Acc. No. 50]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Quicumque fecerit voluntatem Patris mei qui in caelis e ipse meus frater
et soror et mater est. For whosoever shal doe the wil of my father, that is in heaven:
he is my brother, and sister, and mother. Ma: [in the hand of Rev. Arnold Livers:
12.50.]”
Commentary: Accession number 50 is the fourth 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 853-863. Attwood, a Jesuit, served in Maryland
from 1712 until his death.
Keywords: Clifton, Jacobus; Livers, Rev. Arnold;
43. ATTWOOD, PETER. (MD; Cath.; 1682-1734; in MD 1712-1734)
“dangerous to live in sin.” [1712-1734] 5pp. [Acc. No. 235f]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Memento homo qa pulvis es. et in pulverem reverteris.” [Remember
man] “dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt returne.” Gen: 3.19.
Commentary: Accession number 235f is the second of four sermons bound
together in the order accession numbers 235e, 235f, 235g, and 235h. The pages are
numbered 764-768. A note at the head reads “Ash Wensday.” Attwood, a Jesuit,
served in Maryland from 1712 until his death.
Keywords: repentance;
44. ATTWOOD, PETER. (MD; Cath.; 1682-1724; in MD 1712-1734)
“ye effects of sin.” [1712-1734] 6pp. [Acc. No. 235g]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Ecce sanus factus es jam noli peccare ne deterius tibi aliquid []tingat
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