Gilbert Tennent sermons 77, "De fructuositate" (On fruitfulness), 1745
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Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764, and Pa.) Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia. Gilbert Tennent Sermons 77, "de Fructuositate" (on Fruitfulness), 1745. . 1744. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.TennentSermons077.
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Tennent, 1., & Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, P. (1744). Gilbert Tennent sermons 77, "De fructuositate" (On fruitfulness), 1745. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.TennentSermons077.
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Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764, and Pa.) Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia.Gilbert Tennent Sermons 77, "de Fructuositate" (on Fruitfulness), 1745. 1744. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/PHS.TennentSermons077.
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Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. Tennent cites three Bible verses in this sermon on the subject of "fruitfulness:" First, Matthew 3:10, "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." Second, John 15:8, "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples." Third, Luke 13:7, "Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?" From dates noted in the manuscript, it looks like Tennent wrote this sermon in 1744, and delivered it again in 1745 or 1746, 1747, 1748, 1750 and 1755. However, the back cover proclaims "A sermon occasioned by the Late proclamation for a general Fast, preached at Philadelphia January 7, 1747."