GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000224
TitleFarewell Sermon by Robert Atkins
ShelfmarkMS 28.17
Creation Date1660 - 1660
RepositoryDr Williams's Library
Contents NoteThis manuscript comprises a neatly written contemporary copy in parchment cover of a farewell sermon by Robert Atkins preached on his expulsion in September 1660 from the chancel of Exeter cathedral (called East Peters) where he had ministered for some years to a Presbyterian congregation. The sermon is followed by ten couplets of verses ‘On this Farwell Sermon’, beginning ‘Thou maist have store of gold and yet be poore.’
Material Featuresff.1-22, of which ff.1, 19b-22 are blank. Paged 1-33(+2).
Associated People
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataDWL Catalogue; Jeanne Shami
Other NoteCalamy (Vol.II.p.214) quotes from another copy of this Sermon. The passage quoted (p. 27 of this MS.) differs in the two versions.
Sermons ContainedMr. Atkins his Farewell Sermon From East Peeters preached there the 23 of September 1660 -- pp. 1-34
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdApril 18, 2016
GEMMS record last editedMarch 14, 2021