GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000814
TitleAnonymous notebook of sermons by unidentified preacher, delivered in 1628-1629
ShelfmarkMS924/979
Creation Dateca. 1628 - 1629
RepositorySenate House Library
Contents NoteA manuscript notebook of 38 sermons, c. 1628-1629. The first fifteen sermons centre on the Holy Spirit. Sermons 16-28 concern the nature of lust for war and a minister's duties (particularly to tell his flock of their sins). Sermon 29 is a fragment. Sermons 30-37 focus on forgiveness and fearing God (Sermon 38 is a fragment). Pp. 1-89 are numbered correctly. However, the pagination then skips to p. 100; thereafter, pp. 100-160 are in sequence. The remainder of the volume is written in reverse (pp. 1-54, numbered correctly). Alexandra Walsham (Providence, p. 61) refers to this notebook as one of the products of ‘well-disposed auditors’ jotting down sermons in pocket diaries and notebooks.
Material FeaturesOctavo. Clasps missing.
Associated People
ProvenanceThe original shelfmark of this manuscript was 'IHR MS 979'. The only existing catalogue for the IHR manuscripts is an anonymous handwritten volume (undated and unpaginated), entitled 'Folio Catalogue of Manuscripts deposited by I. H. R. in the University of London Library'. Regarding MSS 975-981, it is stated that: 'The following MSS. have been given I. H. R. numbers, but it is not certain that they came from the I. H. R.'
AcquisitionAccording to Amy Bowles, Special Collections Assistant at Senate House Library, these manuscripts were deposited to Senate House Library in 1993.
Source of Data'Folio Catalogue of Manuscripts' (see above); Hannah Yip
Other NoteSee Alexandra Walsham, Providence in Early Modern England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), p. 61, and Arnold Hunt, The Art of Hearing: English Preachers and Their Audiences, 1590-1640 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), p. 218.
Sermons ContainedSermon 1 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 1-6Sermon 2 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 6-12Sermon 3 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 12-19Sermon 4 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 19-26Sermon 5 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 26-29Sermon 6 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 30-35Sermon 7 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 36-42Sermon 8 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 43-47Sermon 9 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 48-50Sermon 10 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 51-56Sermon 11 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 56-60Sermon 12 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 60-67Sermon 13 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 68-73Sermon 14 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 74-77Sermon 15 on Acts 19:2 -- pp. 77-84Sermon 1 on James 4:1 -- pp. 85-101 (really pp. 85-91)Sermon 2 on James 4:1 -- pp. 101-104 (really pp. 91-94)Sermon 3 on James 4:1 -- pp. 105-108 (really pp. 95-98)Sermon 4 on James 4:1 -- pp. 108-111 (really pp. 98-101)Sermon 5 on James 4:1 -- pp. 111-119 (really pp. 101-109)Sermon 6 on James 4:1 -- pp. 119-123 (really pp. 109-113)Sermon 7 on James 4:1 -- pp. 124-127 (really pp. 114-117)Sermon 8 on James 4:1 -- pp. 128-132 (really pp. 118-122)Sermon 9 on James 4:1 -- pp. 132-135 (really pp. 122-125)Sermon 10 on James 4:1 -- pp. 135-139 (really pp. 125-129)Sermon 11 on James 4:1 -- pp. 140-146 (really pp. 130-136)Sermon 12 on James 4:1 -- pp. 146-153 (really pp. 136-143)Sermon 13 on James 4:1 -- pp. 153-160 (really pp. 143-150)Sermon on Romans 2:15 -- p. 161 (i.e. p. 54 in reverse)Sermon 1 on Psalms 130:4 -- pp. 1-6 (written in reverse)Sermon 2 on Psalms 130:4 -- pp. 7-11 (written in reverse)Sermon 3 on Psalms 130:4 -- pp. 12-18 (written in reverse)Sermon 4 on Psalms 130:4 -- pp. 19-25 (written in reverse)Sermon 5 on Psalms 130:4 -- pp. 26-30 (written in reverse)Sermon 6 on Psalms 130:4 -- pp. 31-35 (written in reverse)Sermon 7 on Psalms 130:4 -- pp. 35-48 (written in reverse)Sermon 8 on Psalms 130:4 -- pp. 48-51 (written in reverse)Sermon 9 on Psalms 130:4 -- pp. 52-53 (written in reverse)
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
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| archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/Details/archive/110017599 | SHL Catalogue entry for MS924/979. |
GEMMS record createdMay 02, 2018
GEMMS record last editedMarch 05, 2023