GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000296
TitleSermons by Matthew Henry
ShelfmarkMS I.h.43
Creation Date1688 - 1711
RepositoryCongregational Library
Contents NoteThis is one of 4 volumes (Mss I.h.43-46) of Matthew Henry sermons in his own handwriting. Most of the sermons were preached in 1706-1707, with the exception of the first sermon, which dates to 1688.
Material FeaturesSmall notebook in vellum binding. The sermons are written on the small paper pamphlets that Henry seems to have used frequently. On verso of front flyleaf the signature "J. B. Witham 1828" and "This and the 3 accompanying vols. are sermons by the Rev. Matthew Henry, author of the Exposition, and in his own handwriting J. B. W."
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataAnne James
Other NoteCited 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 ContainedSermon on John 13:7 -- 7 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)Concerning the Divine Law -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)That God is the Lawmaker -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)That God has given us all the Law of Nature -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)Besides the Law of nature inborn is written Law -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)The Excell[en]t Properties of the Divine Law -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)Sermon on Psalms 19:8 -- 8 pages (unfoliated and unpaginated)Sermon on Psalms 19:9 -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)Sermon on Psalms 19:10 -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)Sermon on Psalms 19:11 -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)The Use and End of the Law: 1. To discover Sin -- 8 pages (unfoliated and unpaginated)To Lead to Christ -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)The Obligations which Christians come under to this Law -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)The Summary of the Law -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)1. Love to God and 2. Love to our neighbor -- 8 pages (unfoliated and unpaginated)9. The Giving of the Law to Israel. 1. The Mediator by whom it was given -- 8 pages (unfoliated and unpaginated)2. The manner of giving the Law -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)3. The Method of preserving the Law -- 8 pages (unpagiated and unfoliated)The Preface to the ten Commandments -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)Sermon on Exodus 20:2 -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)The 1st Commandment -- 16 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)3. We must adore him & stand in awe of him -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)Forbidden in the Commandment 1. Practical Atheism -- 8 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)Impiety of Irreligion -- 8 pages (unfoliated and unpaginated)Sermon on Mark 9:23 -- 4 pages (unpaginated and unfoliated)
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GEMMS record createdMay 19, 2016
GEMMS record last editedMay 03, 2021