Collection of sermons in various hands, including those of Simon Patrick and Samuel Knight
Scope and Contents
Includes: two copies of William King, 'Europe's Delivery from France and Slavery, a Sermon preached at St Patrick's Church in Dublin 16 of November 1690', published 1691; 'Sermons to the Lord Justices of Ireland 1690', incomplete; notes of sermon preached by Stephen Marshall to the House of Commons, 7 Sep. 1641 and published in the same year; Isaac Barrow, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, sermon on Prov. iii.17, preached 1664; Joseph Johnston, 'The Excellency of Charity', preached 10 July 1688, unpublished; sermon on Rom. xiv.7, preached at various dates 1760-73; sermon on Col. ii.67, preached at various dates 1730-57; sermons on I Sam. ii.30 and Gen. iv.7, preached at various dates 1721-8. fos. 386v-91: extracts from Isocrates with Latin notes, in two hands.
Dates
- Creation: 1688-1773 (Circa)
Creator
- Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707 (Bishop of Ely) (Person)
- Knight, Samuel, 1677-1746 (Church of England clergyman and antiquary) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 item(s) (1 paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Belonged to Samuel Knight DD, prebend of Ely and rector of Bluntisham, Hunts. After Knight's death in 1746, the MS. descended to John Percy Baumgartner of Milton, Cambs., who presented it to the Library in 1861.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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