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Usher, may also have been adapted specifically for use with this sermon or may
have been filed with this sermon for convenience and actually used with one of the
earlier funeral sermons.
Keywords: wicked, punishment of; punishment; God, counsel of; heaven, glories of;
Philpot, Miss Ann, funeral of; Greene, Mrs. Vincent, funeral of; Armstrong, Mrs.
Isabella; Mercer, Captain, funeral of; Mayo, Mrs., funeral of; Gash, Daniel, funeral
of; Stocket, Mrs., funeral of; Spurrier, William Jr., funeral of; Craxall, Mrs., funeral
of; Cooper, Mrs., and child, funeral of; Jones, Mrs., funeral of; Chapman, Nuthill;
Usher, James, funeral of;
157. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN . (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“Covering sin; its evils, &c, &c.” [1794] 1 + 1 blank + 29 + 1 blank pp. [Acc. No.
1971]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Prov: Ch 28, V 13. “He that covereth his sins, shall not prosper; but whoso
confesseth & forsaketh them, shall have mercy.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] Decr. 27, 1793,” and “Preached
in St Paul’s, B[altimore], P M, Jan’y 26, [17]94. at Fell’s-point, [Baltimore] Feb. 26,
[17]94. Xt Church, [Baltimore] A M. Feb. 9, 1800. St Paul’s, [Baltimore] P M, [Feb.]
22, 1801. [St. Paul’s] & Xt [Church, Baltimore] A M, Mh [March] 13, [180]8.” In
this sermon, Bend speaks out against dueling.
Keywords: dueling; self-love; sin, confession of; sin, concealing of; hypocrisy; mercy,
divine;
158. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“Crucifixion of The Flesh, with the Affections and Lusts.” [1792] 1 + 30 + 1 pp.
[Acc. No. 1910]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Gal: Ch 5, V 24. “And they that are Christ’s, have crucified the flesh with
the affections & lusts.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] Sep 29, 1792,” and “Preached
in St Paul’s, B[altimore] P M, Sep 30, 1792. [St Paul’s] & Xt Church, [Baltimore]
Apl. 22, 1798. Xt Ch & St Paul’s, [Baltimore] Mar 10, [18]05. St Paul’s, [Baltimore]
A M, [March] 1, [18]12.” Page 30 is written inside the front cover. The last page
of the sermon contains a list of baptisms to be recorded in the parish register.
Some passages of the sermon are bracketed, presumably to shorten the sermon
for subsequent preachings. The sermon ends with an exhortation to partake of
communion.
Keywords: circumcision; flesh, crucifixion of; Holy Communion; Christ, imitation
of; prayer, neglect of; Christian duty; duty, Christian;
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