GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000298
TitleSermons by Matthew Henry
ShelfmarkMS I.h.45
Creation Date1708 - 1709
RepositoryCongregational Library
Contents NoteLike the previous two mss. (I.h.43 and 44) this is a small volume created by binding together a series of the small pamphlets on which Matthew Henry wrote his sermons.
Material FeaturesThe volume consists of small paper pamphlets collected into a small volume with a vellum binding.
ProvenanceThe signature J. B. Williams appears on verso of flyleaf.
Acquisition
Source of DataAnne James
Other NoteThere are occasional pencil lines in the margins, apparently made by a reader. This manuscript is cited in Ian M. Green, Continuity and Change in Protestant Preaching in Early Modern England (London: Dr Williams's Trust, 2009), p. 23 n. 51.
Sermons ContainedThe 5th Commandment -- ff. 1r-4v1. The Duty of Children to Parents -- ff. 5r-8vHonor thy Father & thy Mother -- ff. 9r-12vDuty of Parents -- ff. 13r-16vAnd you Fathers provoke not -- ff. 17r-20vDuties of Servants to their Masters -- ff. 21r-24vDuties of Masters to Servants -- ff. 25r-28vDuties of Equals -- ff. 29r-32vThe Reason of the 5th Commandment -- ff. 33r-36vThe 6th Commandment -- ff. 37r-40vThou Shalt not Kill -- ff. 41r-44vHeart-murther & Tongue murther forbidden in the 6th Commandment -- ff. 45r-48vRequired in the 6th Commandment -- ff. 49r-52vThe 7th Commandment -- ff. 53r-56vHeart-Adultery -- ff. 57r-60vRequired in the 7th Commandment -- ff. 61r-64vRequired in the 8th Commandment -- ff. 65r-68vThe 8th Commandment requires not only [illegible] Husbandry -- ff. 69r-72vIn ref[erence] to the Estates of others the 8th Commandment requires 1. Justice -- ff. 73r-76vThe ninth Commandment -- ff. 77r-80vRequired in the 9th Commandment -- ff. 81r-84vDuty to the Good Names of Others -- ff. 85r-88vDuty to our own good names -- ff. 89r-92vThe 10th Commandment -- ff. 93r-96vRequired in the 10th Commandment: 1. A full contentment with our own condition -- ff. 97r-100v[Required in the tenth commandment:] 2. A right charitable frame of Spirit toward all men -- ff. 101r-104v
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GEMMS record last editedMay 03, 2021