GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000981
TitlePapers of Dr. William Bates (1625-1699)
ShelfmarkMS BATES
Creation Dateca. 1647 - 1662
RepositoryNew College Library
Contents NoteCollection of fourteen sermons by Bates on Luke 15. Above the heading of the first sermon has been written: “No. 13. The Minister’s Library belonging to the United Secession Congregation Earlston. Nov. 1846.” These sermons do not seem to be included in Bates’s published Works.
Material FeaturesLarge leather-bound volume with repaired spine. Sermons written in a fair hand. Title page inscribed: “A Mirrour of Divine Merci Seet Forth in Fourteen Sermon[sic] on the XVth Chap: of Luke By That Reverend Divine Will. Bates. D.D Minister of St.Dunstanes in the West. London.”Large leather-bound volume with repaired spine. Title page “A Mirrour of Divine Merci Seet Forth in Fourteen Sermon[sic] on the XVth Chap: of Luke By That Reverend Divine Will. Bates. D.D Minister of St.Dunstanes in the West. London.” Original pagination. Fair copies of sermons with ruled margins in which parts of the sermons are numbered. Sermons are undated and do not indicate where they were preached. Each sermon is headed with the number of the sermon and the text. Catchwords at bottom of pages. Probably scribal. Some pages are blank (p. 68, p. 174, p. 188). Leaves have been cut out at pp. 235-236, and at pp. 269-270.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Bates, William
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataAnne James
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Sermons ContainedSermon on Luke 15:11-12 -- pp. 1-18Sermon on Luke 15:11-13 -- pp. 19-52Sermon on Luke 15:15-16 -- pp. 53-67Sermon on Luke 15:17 -- pp. 69-101Sermon 1 on Luke 15:17-18 -- pp. 102-123Sermon 2 on Luke 15:17-18 -- pp. 124-142Sermon on Luke 15:20 -- pp. 143-156Sermon on Luke 15:21 -- pp. 159-173Sermon on Luke 15:22 -- pp. 175-187Sermon on Luke 15:23 -- pp. 189-202Sermon 1 on Luke 15:24 -- pp. 203-234Sermon 2 on Luke 15:24 -- pp. 237-252Sermon 3 on Luke 15:24 -- pp. 253-268Sermon 4 on Luke 15:24 -- pp. 271-286
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdDecember 27, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJuly 24, 2019