Sermons by Samuel Parker, 1635-1636. At the end of the volume, on f. 89r, is an acrostic poem on Parker's name, while f. 90r features Parker's signature, dated 1635.
Quarto. Mottled calf skin with gold-tooled border. ‘M. B.’ is stamped in gold on the front cover. See British Library, Harley MSS 976, 977, 1753, 1784, 5068, 5258, 6028, 6208, 6535, 6536, 6538, 6539, 6568, 6572, and 6946.
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. 375; Hannah Yip.
Sermon on Matthew 8:22 -- ff. 1r-22r
Sermon on Romans 13:14 -- ff. 22v-39r
Sermon on Psalms 73:28 -- ff. 39r-67r
Sermon on Philippians 1:10 -- ff. 67v-88v