A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Edward Reynolds, D.D. Arch-Deacon of Norfolk and Rector of Kings-Thorp near Northampton / by William Gibbs ...
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- A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Edward Reynolds, D.D. Arch-Deacon of Norfolk and Rector of Kings-Thorp near Northampton / by William Gibbs ...
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- Gibbs, William.
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- London :: Printed by John Astwood for Thomas Cockeril ... and Herbert Walwyn ...,
- 1699.
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- Reynolds, Edward, 1629-1698.
- Funeral sermons.
- Sermons, English -- 17th century.
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"A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Edward Reynolds, D.D. Arch-Deacon of Norfolk and Rector of Kings-Thorp near Northampton / by William Gibbs ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42701.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2025.
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TO Mrs. Frances Reynolds, Relict of Dr. REYNOLDS.
MADAM,
WHen your Desires were once and again signified to me, of having this Discourse published, it became not me to Dispute them, especially in such a Season, and in such Circumstances to which nothing is to be denyed, and therefore I presently resolv'd to Comply, tho' I was not Ignorant at the same time how hazardous a Proof I must give of my Obedience.
For tho' Sermons of this kind are not so liable to Censure as others, because if they be plain and practical, 'tis all that is expected from them, and Allowances are generally made for those Deficiencies of Language, Method and Reading, which would hardly
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be granted in other Composures: Yet if th•••••• be any thing of a Character added, That is ca∣pable of being assaulted by so many, and in such various wayes, according to the diffe∣rent Apprehensions and Interests of Men, that nothing renders an Author more obnoxi∣ous, or sooner forfeits the Reputation of the whole.
What Entertainment, MADAM, this is likely to meet with, I am not at all sollicitons to know, for if what is here said be any wayes instrumental to Moderate that Sorrow you have justly Conceiv'd, for the Loss of so near a Re∣lation, or may serve to keep up the Memory of so worthy an Example, I have all my aim; unless▪ it be the gratifying of a little Ambiti∣on which this Opportunity gives me, in letting the World know, that I was once honoured with the Friendship of the Deceased, and that I am▪
MADAM,
Your most Obliged and Humble Servant, WILL. GIBBS.