GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001177
TitleSermons
ShelfmarkHarley MS 1209
Creation Dateca. 1630 - 1631
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteA collection of sermons. The volume has been dated according to a note on f. 156v, but also the Sermon on Titus 3:5, which was preached by Obadiah Sedgwick in 1630. See British Library, Harley MS 1198.
Material FeaturesQuarto. Gold- and blind-tooled calf panel design with centre- and corner pieces.
ProvenanceThe bookplate of Robert Harley can be found on the inside front cover of this volume. 'John Ashton[?]' is written on a front flyleaf in a rather illegible hand.
AcquisitionThe Harleian Library was founded by Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). According to Cyril Ernest Wright, Robert Harley 'was primarily interested in English historical and political material and in volumes of sermons and theological controversy, sharing in the latter the taste of his Harley ancestors'. See Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), p. xxxiv.
Source of DataA Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. I, p. 598; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.
Other NoteA Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808) conjectures that these sermons may have been written by William Sedgwick. The present cataloguer disagrees; the Sermon on Titus 3:5 was definitely composed by Obadiah Sedgwick (see British Library, Harley MS 1198) and there is insufficient information to suggest that the remainder of the sermons were preached by William Sedgwick. Note that Obadiah and William were not related. See also Ann Hughes, 'A Moderate Puritan Preacher Negotiates Religious Change', Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 65.4 (2014), pp. 761-779 (p. 763 n. 6).
Sermons ContainedSermon on John 3:18 -- ff. 1r-51vSermon on Hebrews 12:12 -- ff. 52r-61rSermon on Titus 3:8 -- ff. 61r-66vSermon on Colossians 3:18-19 -- ff. 66v-71vSermon on Titus 3:5 -- ff. 72r-90vSermon on 1 Thessalonians 1:5 -- ff. 91r-156vSermon on Matthew 12:31 -- ff. 157r-163v
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdJuly 04, 2019
GEMMS record last editedMay 02, 2020