A sermon on malt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dod, John, 1549?-1645.

Thomas and Hunsley (Firm), printer.

Miscellaneous Print Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temperance--Biblical teaching.

Temperance.

Sermons, English--Specimens.

Sermons, English.

Genre:

Sermons.

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm

Place of Publication:

Doncaster : Printed by Thomas & Hunsley, opposite the Butter Cross, [between 1810 and 1819?]

Notes:

The first paragraph is printed in the shape of the word "malt", to form the last word of the title. Text is surrounded by a decorative border.

"One of the 17th-century non-conforming pastor's most famous sermons, on the evils of malt. John Dod (ca. 1549-1645) arrived in Cambridge from his native Cheshire where he made something of a reputation for himself with his sermons against drunkenness, many of the young students considering this a personal affront. During a journey through the countryside, a rowdy group of 'scholars' happened to run into Dod and threatened him if he did not preach to them on their own chosen subject at once from a hollow tree. The encounter is described in detail here, followed by Dod's own ingenious sermon on malt, which he presumably thought of on the spot, employing eight 'MALT' acrostics. 'The ALLEGORICAL is when one thing is spoken, and another meant; the thing spoken is MALT, the thing meant is the OIL OF MALT, which you rustics make M, your meat, A, your apparel, L, your liberty, T, your trust. The LITERAL is according to the letter. M, much, A, ale, L, little, T, thrift.' The sermon concludes with the admonition that a drunkard is 'the monster of a man.' Whether his audience was moved and allowed him to leave the tree is left to the reader's imagination."--Vendor's description.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2020 from L.N. Golay Books.

OCLC:

1222861413