This manuscript contains miscellaneous tracts. Notable items include the 'Discourse of Friendship', the only written work by the painter Mary Beale (1633-1699). The contents of this manuscript are fully described in A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. III, p. 421. Languages include English and French.
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.
A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. III, p. 421; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.
Sermon on 2 Corinthians 6:2 -- ff. 87r-91v
Sermon on Hebrews 10:31 -- ff. 92r-94v
Sermon on John 3:16 -- ff. 95r-96v
Sermon on Luke 18:13 -- ff. 97r-106r
Sermon on Colossians 2:6 -- ff. 107r-113v
A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Mr John Galpine -- ff. 114r-120v
Sermon on Psalms 82:1 -- ff. 121r-173v
Sermon on Hebrews 12:14 -- ff. 178r-185r
Sermon on Psalms 4:7 -- ff. 186r-207v
Sermon [1] on Isaiah 57:15 -- ff. 208r-211r
Sermon [2] on Isaiah 57:15 -- ff. 211r-214v
Sermon [3] on Isaiah 57:15 -- ff. 214v-218r
Sermon on Isaiah 57:15-17 -- ff. 218r-226v
Sermon on Isaiah 57:16 -- ff. 226v-230r
Sermon on Isaiah 57:17 -- ff. 230r-232v
Sermon [1] on Isaiah 57:18-19 -- ff. 232v-236r
Sermon [2] on Isaiah 57:18-19 -- ff. 236r-240r
Sermon [3] on Isaiah 57:18-19 -- ff. 240r-243r
Sermon on Isaiah 57:20-21 -- ff. 243r-245r
A funerall Sermon for Sr Martin Lister his daughter -- ff. 341r-344v
Sermon on Psalms 145:9 -- ff. 345r-347v
Sermon on Ecclesiastes 9:14 -- ff. 348r-355v
Sermon on Matthew 10:22 -- ff. 368r-379v
Sermon on Romans 14:19 -- ff. 380r-391v