Gilbert Tennent sermons 70, "De officiis mariti et uxoris" (On the duties of husband and wife), 1745
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Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764, and Pa.) Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia. Gilbert Tennent Sermons 70, "de Officiis Mariti Et Uxoris" (on the Duties of Husband and Wife), 1745. . 1745. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.TennentSermons070.
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Tennent, 1., & Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, P. (1745). Gilbert Tennent sermons 70, "De officiis mariti et uxoris" (On the duties of husband and wife), 1745. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.TennentSermons070.
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Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764, and Pa.) Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia.Gilbert Tennent Sermons 70, "de Officiis Mariti Et Uxoris" (on the Duties of Husband and Wife), 1745. 1745. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.TennentSermons070.
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Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. Tennent begins this sermon on the Christian duties of husbands and wives with reference to Colossians 3:18-19, "Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them." He offers practical advice and pastoral counseling, and reviews the duties of each marriage partner; then explains these duties through examples from the Old and New Testaments. His advice is, in some ways, fair-minded and down-to earth, in other ways idealistic and reflecting the standards of the time, with the husband as the head of the family with the major responsibilities for earning and for guiding and instructing his wife and any children, allowing her the running of the household if she's competent, and otherwise granting her those few responsibilities "below his authority," such as managing the kitchen and servants. From dates noted in the manuscript, it looks like Tennent wrote this sermon in 1745, then delivered it again in 1748, 1751, and 1756.