GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001541
TitleNotebook of Joseph Bufton of Coggeshall
ShelfmarkD/DBm Z7
Creation Date1663 - 1681
RepositoryEssex Record Office
Contents NoteFair copy of auditor's notes of 39 funeral sermons, preached from 1663 to 1681, chiefly at Coggeshall but a few given at Feering. There are two indices at the beginning: the first listing the funerals by the person being buried, and the name of the preacher, the second gives the texts and a title, with notes stating "these sermons concerning..." In the back cover is a tally of the number of sermons preached by each preacher, and notes that 5 of these are from Coggeshall and 7 from other towns. This detailed notetaking is typical of Bufton.
Material FeaturesWritten in a very small but neat and clear hand. A long think pocket book, 5 cm x 15 cm with the gutter at the top. Bound in vellum with the numeral "VI" inscribed on the cover.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Bufton, Joseph
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataCatherine Evans
Other Note
Sermons ContainedConsidering our latter soul -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Our dissolution and state of glory -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Giving Account of our Stewardship -- 5 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Death considered as an enemy -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Consideration in adversity -- 2 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Lifes shortness & uncertaintie -- 3 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Sin the sting of death -- 5 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The Sin of Living for our selves -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Living under fear of death -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The laying of death to hand -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The Testimony given to Enoch -- 2 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Departing from Hence in Peace -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Death and the Resurrection -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The benefit of Obeying Christ -- 3 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Abrahams speech to the sons of [ ] -- 3 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Removing the Righteous by [ ] -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The Abiding faith that is to come -- 5 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Sorrow for the Death of a Child -- 3 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The few days [of] our life content -- 3 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Deaths prevailing over the [ ] -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Enoch's walking with God -- 5 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Readyness or Fitness for Heaven -- 6 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The Hapyness of being with Christ -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Committing our souls to God -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Christ's Receiving Souls to himself -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The life and death of Rachel -- 5 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Man's death decreed by God -- 3 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The Working out of our Salvation -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The Necessity of Present Works -- 5 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The Universality of Death -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The difficulty of standing b[] -- 6 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Dayes of pleasure and of dark -- 3 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Comfort to be found in [ ] -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The Manifold Sins of [ ] -- 6 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The Unhappiness of Many -- 5 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The True Measure of Love -- 6 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Watchfulness for Christ -- 3 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) Watchfulness for Christ -- 3 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated) The Unavoidableness of [ ] -- 4 ff. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdSeptember 24, 2021
GEMMS record last editedSeptember 24, 2021