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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001538
TitleSermons, c. 1689-1690
ShelfmarkMS Am 738
Creation Date1689 - 1690
RepositoryHoughton Library
Contents NoteSermons, delivered chiefly by 'Mr Gookin' (i.e. Nathaniel Gookin) from 18 August 1689 until 23 February 1690, on the topics of, inter alia, faith, theft, adultery and obedience (see table of contents on the first leaf). Other preachers include Cotton Mather and William Brattle; locations include Cambridge, MA. The sermons are written in shorthand in an unidentified hand. At the end of the volume, there is an index listing each sermon.
Material FeaturesBound in calf.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Winslow Bryant, Hubbard
Provenance
AcquisitionThe gift of Hubbard Winslow Bryant of Portland (20 November 1863).
Source of DataHannah Yip
Other NoteThis manuscript is cited in Winifred Herget, ‘Writing after the Ministers: The Significance of Sermon Notes’, in Studies in New England Puritanism, ed. by Winifred Herget (Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Peter Lang, 1983), pp. 113-138; Theodore R. Delwiche, 'The Schoolboy's Quill: Joseph Belcher and Latin Learning at Harvard College, c. 1700', History of Universities, 33.1 (2020), 69-104 (p. 98).
Sermons ContainedSermon on Luke 8:9 -- pp. 1-8Sermon on Luke 8:18 -- pp. 8-13Sermon on Isaiah 38:17 -- pp. 13-20Sermon on Exodus 20:3 -- pp. 20-26Sermon on Proverbs 30:12 -- pp. 26-35Sermon on Jude 1:5 -- pp. 35-40Sermon on Exodus 20:4-6 -- pp. 40-43Sermon on James 4:6 -- pp. 44-48Sermon on Exodus 20:7 -- pp. 48-51Sermon on Hebrews 3:18 -- pp. 52-59Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:24 -- pp. 59-63Sermon on Exodus 20:12 -- pp. 63-68Sermon on Amos 4:12 -- pp. 68-75Sermon on Hebrews 11:7 -- pp. 75-82Sermon on Exodus 20:13 -- pp. 82-88Sermon on Hebrews 11:7 -- pp. 88-92Sermon on Exodus 20:14 -- pp. 92-97Sermon on Hebrews 11:7 -- pp. 97-101Sermon [1] on Titus 2:14 -- pp. 101-108Sermon [2] on Titus 2:14 -- pp. 108-111Sermon on Jeremiah 4:14 -- pp. 112-117Sermon on Exodus 20:15 -- pp. 117-122Sermon on Hebrews 11:7 -- pp. 122-125Sermon on Matthew 24:39 -- pp. 126-131Sermon on Isaiah 56:2 -- pp. 131-135Sermon on Exodus 20:15 -- pp. 135-138Sermon on Romans 8:14 -- pp. 138-146Sermon on Exodus 20:15 -- pp. 146-150Sermon on Hebrews 11:7 -- pp. 151-155Sermon on Exodus 20:16 -- pp. 155-160Sermon on Hebrews 11:7 -- pp. 160-164Sermon on Exodus 20:17 -- pp. 164-169Sermon on Luke 19:27 -- pp. 169-174Sermon on Mark 10:38 -- pp. 174-180Sermon on Exodus 20:17 -- pp. 180-184Sermon on Luke 19:27 -- pp. 184-189Sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:18 -- pp. 190-193Sermon on Ecclesiastes 7:20 -- pp. 193-198Sermon on Luke 27:19 -- pp. 198-202Sermon on Psalms 2:11 -- pp. 202-208Sermon on 1 John 5:3 -- pp. 208-214Sermon on Luke 19:27 -- pp. 214-219Sermon on Luke 18:18 -- pp. 219-223Sermon on Ezekiel 33:9 -- pp. 223-226Sermon on Matthew 25:21 -- pp. 226-232Sermon on John 13:17 -- pp. 232-236Sermon on Luke 19:27 -- pp. 236-240Sermon on John 13:17 -- pp. 240-242Sermon on Job 42:6 -- pp. 242-246Sermon on John 13:17 -- pp. 246-250Sermon on Acts 16:31 -- pp. 250-253Sermon on Luke 19:10 -- pp. 253-257Sermon on John 13:17 -- pp. 257-260Sermon on Hebrews 10:34 -- pp. 260-264Sermon on John 13:17 -- pp. 264-270Sermon on Job 42:6 -- pp. 270-274Sermon on 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 -- pp. 274-278Sermon on Job 42:6 -- pp. 278-282Sermon [1] on Psalms 22:26 -- pp. 282-288Sermon [2] on Psalms 22:26 -- pp. 288-291Sermon on 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 -- pp. 291-296Sermon on Job 42:6 -- pp. 296-300Sermon on Psalms 119:115 -- pp. 300-304Sermon on Revelation 2:5 -- pp. 304-308Sermon on Ephesians 6:18 -- pp. 308-310Sermon on Revelation 2:5 -- pp. 311-312
Sermon Reports Contained
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digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990098675880203941Digitised copy of Houghton Library, MS Am 738.
GEMMS record createdSeptember 19, 2021
GEMMS record last editedOctober 28, 2021