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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000683
TitleNotes of Afternoon Sermons by Peter Gunning Taken by Dr. Gasper Needham in 1659
ShelfmarkAdd MS 78422
Creation Date1659 - 1660
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteThe volume contains listener's notes in the hand of Dr. Gasper Needham. The title page is in the hand of John Evelyn. The sermons took place at Exeter House in the Strand, and elsewhere in London, for the purpose of catechism.
Material Featuresv + 136 leaves, 155 x 125 mm. Contents of several notebooks put into a modern blue leather binding. The notes have been written from both sides of the volume; the sermons beginning on f. 53 proceed from the back.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner? - Evelyn, John
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataAnne James
Other NoteSeveral of the notes identify a Bible text "and following", without indicating a precise range of verses.
Sermons ContainedSermon on unidentified text -- ff. 1r-3vSermon on Luke 2:34, 38 -- ff. 4r-7rSermon on 1 Corinthians 13:1 and following -- ff. 8r-11rSermon 1 on Luke 5:32 and following -- ff. 12r-15rSermon on 1 Corinthians 13:8 and following -- ff. 16r-18vSermon on Luke 1:26, 38 -- ff. 19r-22rSermon on 1 Corinthians 11:23, 29 -- ff. 23r-25vSermon 2 on Luke 5:32 and following -- ff. 26r-27vBenefits of the Sacr. of ye Eucharist. -- ff. 29r-33rSermon on Jeremiah 8:4-8 -- ff. 34r-36rSermon on Exodus 20 -- ff. 53v-86rSermon on Luke 18:31-34 -- ff. 55r-57vSermon on John 6:57-58 -- ff. 58r-60rSermon on 1 Chronicles 16:32-37 -- ff. 61r-65v (written in reverse)Sermon on Psalms 24:3-10 -- ff. 75v-77v (written in reverse)Sermon on Matthew 26:47 and following -- ff. 70r-74v (written in reverse)Sermon on Psalms 16:10 -- ff. 66v-69v (written in reverse)Sermon on Romans 8:31-34 -- ff. 79r-81rSermon on Hebrews 6:1-3 -- ff. 82r-86vSermon on Exodus 20:8-11 -- ff. 87r-90vSermon on Exodus 20:12 -- ff. 91r-94rSermon on Psalms 91:11-16 -- ff. 95r-97v (written in reverse)Sermon on Ephesians 1:21-23 -- ff. 98r-100r (written in reverse)Sermon on Psalms 91:11-14 -- ff. 100v-102v (written in reverse)Sermon on Deuteronomy 21:5 -- ff. 103r-105vSermon on Isaiah 19:19 and following -- ff. 105r-108vSermon on John 14:3-10 -- ff. 109r-111vSermon on Isaiah 59:19-21 -- ff. 112r-114rSermon on John 16:12-15 -- ff. 115r-116vSermon on Romans 2:6-11 -- ff. 117v-119v (written in reverse)Sermon on Galatians 2:6-11 -- ff. 121r-124rSermon on Jeremiah 31:18-22 -- ff. 125r-128rSermon on 2 Samuel 12:5-15 -- ff. 130r-136v
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdJuly 11, 2017
GEMMS record last editedApril 22, 2022