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.ÿþagainst his Father, Mr.Hugh Noden.Noden pursued and called the par-son Several times old Son of a Bitch, (sometimes with the AppelationDamn d) Old Rogue, Old Villan, said several times he had a good mindto pull him from his Horse, and give him a licking, or Drubbing.52Finally, and most important, it should be emphasized that sermons werenever heard in a vacuum.Parishioners, to be sure, were attuned to the social,political, or theological accents or emphases of the moment.But sermons werealso always delivered within the liturgical setting, the undeviating reiterationof collects, prayers, creeds, scriptural passages, psalmody, and corporate re-sponses that linked Virginians to a faith spanning not merely years or decadesbut centuries and millennia.53 Charles Carter s1762 will offers a compelling andinstructive example of the appropriation of the fundamentals of the Chris-tian faith whatever the influence of current theological fashions:   I resign mysoul into the hands of God, as into the hands of a faithful Creator, and mybody, when it shall please him to take me out of this world, to the earth, trust-ing in and thro the merits and mediation of my own blessed Redeemer, onegreat & only High Priest, at the right hand of the Father, to have my sins par-doned and washed away and to attain the resurrection of the just, renouncingany righteousness of my own, and firmly believing in the one blessed Trinity,Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, placing my only hopes in the satisfaction andpropitiation of my dear Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  54 Sermons, to be sure,are essential sources for ascertaining the distinctive intellectual and spiritualclimate of the eighteenth century, but to rely on them solely, or largely, forcharacterizing the operative religious faith and practice would, when all is saidand done, be profoundly misleading.210 divine services [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]