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Title

Authors

• Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 (https://viaf.org/viaf/77112771)
• Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/129086513)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

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Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.TennentSermons014

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Place

United States

Summary

Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. In this sermon, Tennant talks about the six days of creation. In the beginning of the sermon, he cites Genesis 1:1 and Psalms 89:11. Although Tennent mentions aspects of scientific theory, the sermon is Bible-based, geocentric, with the Earth as the center of the universe and man as the being for whom the world was made. The Fall ruined the previous harmony among the animals, plants, and man, and brought about suffering. Tennent exhorts man to live up to the beauty of creation, while at the same time not placing too much value on his Earthly life and gain. From the dates noted in the manuscript, it looks like Tennent wrote this sermon in 1744, and delivered it again in 1747, 1751, and 1756.

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Related resources

• Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project (https://philadelphiacongregations.org)
• ATLA Digital Library (https://dl.atla.com/collections/philadelphia-congregations-early-records-project)

Subjects topical

• Sermons
• Great Awakening
• Presbyterians
• Bible. Genesis
• Bible. Psalms
• Presbyterian Church
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764

Genres

• Sermons
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 18th century

Licenses

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