The full title of this manuscript is as follows: 'The Some of Certaine Sermons preached by Mr Obadiah Sedgwicke in An[n]o Domin[i] 1630 written by Thomas Gellibrand'. These sermons were delivered between 3 October 1630 and 9 January 1630/31. There is a decorated title page.
Quarto. Gold- and blind-tooled calf panel design with intricate centre- and corner-pieces. There is a blank leaf between folios 98 and 99.
The armorial bookplate of Robert Harley is pasted on the inside front cover of the volume.
The Harleian Library was founded by Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). According to Cyril Ernest Wright, Robert Harley 'was primarily interested in English historical and political material and in volumes of sermons and theological controversy, sharing in the latter the taste of his Harley ancestors'. See Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), p. xxxiv.
BL Online Catalogue; A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. I, p. 596; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.
See Ann Hughes, 'A Moderate Puritan Preacher Negotiates Religious Change', Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 65.4 (2014), pp. 761-779.
Sermon on Romans 7:7 -- ff. 2r-8r
Sermon on Proverbs 28:13 -- ff. 8r-15r
Sermon on Mark 9:24 -- ff. 15r-63v
Sermon on 1 Peter 2:24 -- ff. 64r-68v
Sermon on Luke 19:42 -- ff. 68v-74v
Sermon on 2 Thessalonians 2:7 -- ff. 74v-79r
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:55-56 -- ff. 79r-83v
Sermon on Luke 2:10-11 -- ff. 83v-88v
Sermon on Proverbs 18:14 -- ff. 88v-98v
Sermon on Titus 3:5 -- ff. 99r-108r