This volume comprises eleven sermons preached by John Workman, written in a single seventeenth-century italic hand.
Quarto. Mottled calf skin with gold-tooled border. See also British Library, Harley MSS 976, 977, 1753, 1784, 5258, 6028, 6208, 6535, 6536, 6538, 6539, 6559, 6568, 6572, and 6946.
'George Merrett his book' is written on the first flyleaf (recto) of this volume. In addition, 'George Merrett his book bought the 29 of August 1631 cost xviiid' has been written on another leaf, which has been pasted onto the first flyleaf (recto) of this volume. On f. 1 of this volume, 'Ex doni Xtferi Merit med: Doctor May 1695' has been written in the margins.
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. 243; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.
Sermon on Revelation 20:12 -- ff. 1r-14v
Sermon on 1 John 3:14 -- 13 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Genesis 3:16 -- 11 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Hebrews 10:19-22 -- 5 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Numbers 25:6-8 -- 6 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Hosea 12:3-4 -- ff. 48r-64v
Sermon on Romans 8:8 -- 5 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Ezekiel 11:19 -- 29 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Psalms 119:36 -- ff. 98r-115v
Sermon on 1 Kings 18:12 -- ff. 116r-121v
Sermon on Acts 11:23-24 -- ff. 122r-136v