Haman’s Vanity: A Sermon Displaying the Birthlesse Issues of Church-Destroying Adversaries

by Obadiah Sedgwick

Publisher:

Samuel Gellibrand

, 1643

Overview

Examining the story of Haman in the book of Esther, Puritan theologian Obadiah Sedgwick’s Thanksgiving sermon explains how enemies of the church attempts at destruction are ultimately thwarted by God. Written in the throes of the English Civil War, Sedgwick’s work is a poignant testimony to God’s faithfulness in the midst of chaos.

Key Features

• Expositinon of the story of Haman in the book of Esther
• Examination of how enemies of the church attempt to destory it
• Assurance that the church’s enemies will ultimately be thwarted

Product Details

• Title: Haman’s Vanity, or, a Sermon Displaying the Birthlesse Issues of Church-Destroying Adversaries
• Author: Obadiah Sedgwick
• Publisher: Samuel Gellibrand
• Print Publication Date: 1643
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 32
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Esther 9:1 › Sermons
• Resource ID: LLS:HMNSVNTYCDVRSRS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:53:34Z

About Obadiah Sedgwick

Obadiah Sedgwick (1600–1658) was a Puritan preacher and theologian, and a member of the Westminster assembly. He was the son of Joseph Sedgwick, vicar of St. Peter’s, and then of Ogbourne St. Andrew. Sedgwick matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford, in June 1619 and then moved to Magdalen Hall, where he graduated with a BA, and earned his MA in 1623.

Sedgwick was vicar of Coggeshell, Essex before John Owen succeeded him upon Sedgwick’s appointment to St. Paul’s, Covent Garden. In his last years he was a member of the 11th London classis in the parliamentary presbyterian system and a trier under Oliver Cromwell, helping direct the reform of parish worship during the brief reign of the Lord Protector.