The Author returns thanks to Mr. John Mozley Stark, of Fitzwilliam-street, Strand, for his assistance in the compilation of this Work, by the loan of some costly and scarce volumes not in the Author’s library.
The title-page, and the Dance of Death at the head of this page, are taken from the Sermons of Santius Porta, printed and published by J. Cleyn, Lyons, 4to. 1513.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | [1] |
| Gabriel Biel | [61] |
| Jean Raulin | [69] |
| Meffreth | [81] |
| Matthias Faber | [100] |
| Philip von Hartung | [116] |
| Joseph de Barzia | [134] |
| Jacques Marchant | [155] |
| John Osorius | [177] |
| Maximilian Deza | [192] |
| Francis Coster | [206] |
| Index | [237] |
INTRODUCTION.
The history of preaching begins with the first sermon ever delivered, the first and the best, that of our blessed Lord on the mount in Galilee.
The declamations of the ancient prophets differ widely in character from the sermons of Christian orators, and in briefly tracing the history of sacred elocution, we shall put them on one side.