GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000297
TitleSermons of Matthew Henry
ShelfmarkMS I.h.44
Creation Dateca. 1707 - 1708
RepositoryCongregational Library
Contents NoteSermons by Matthew Henry in his own hand. The early sermons in this volume are not dated.
Material FeaturesThis volume is one of 4 small volumes bound in vellum and stamped "Henry's Sermons. Vol. II." The sermons seem to have been written on the same kinds of small pamphlets that Henry used elsewhere and then bound into these volumes.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Henry, Matthew
Provenance
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 ContainedSermon on Philippians 3:19 -- ff. 1r-4vSermon on Ezekiel 14:3 -- ff. 5r-8vSermon on Colossians 3:5 -- ff. 9r-12vThe Reason of the 1st Commandment -- ff. 13r-16vThe 2nd Commandment -- ff. 17r-20vRequir'd in the 2d. Command[ment] -- ff. 21r-22v2. We must worship God in the way that he himself has appointed -- ff. 23r-26v3. We must worship him in the Spirit -- ff. 27r-30vForbidden in the 2d Commandment 1. The Making of Images for Religion -- ff. 31r-34v2. All joyning in idolatrous or superstitious worship -- ff. 35r-38vReasons of the 2nd Commandmant -- ff. 39r-42vSermon on Exodus 20:5 -- ff. 43r-46vSermon on Exodus 20:6 -- ff. 47r-50vThe third Commandment -- ff. 51r-54vRequired in the third Commandment 1. A Reverence of Gods Ordinances -- ff. 55r-58vA Reverence for our own engagement to him -- ff. 59r-62vA Scandalous Profession of Religion -- ff. 63r-66v3. The Profanation of the Ords: [illegible] of Swearing -- ff. 67r-74vThe Reason of the 3d Commandment -- ff. 75r-78vThe Fourth Commandment -- ff. 79r-82vRemember the Sabbath day to keep it holy -- ff. 83r-86vSermon on Exodus 20:9-10 -- ff. 87r-90vSermon 1 on Exodus 20:10 -- ff. 91r-94vSermon on Matthew 12:12 -- ff. 95r-98vSermon on Psalms 92:1 -- ff. 99r-102vSermon 2 on Exodus 20:10 -- ff. 103r-106vSermon on Exodus 20:11 -- ff. 107r-110v
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GEMMS record createdMay 19, 2016
GEMMS record last editedNovember 18, 2020