Notes of sermons, written in a single secretary hand. Preaching locations include Chipping Ongar, Lambourne and Stapleford Abbotts (all in Essex), Stepney (Middlesex) and Caddington (Bedfordshire). Preachers include Edward Bentall, Ralph Josselin and Peter Alliston (Elliston).
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, 6538, 6539, 6559, 6568, 6572, and 6946.
'Mr Elliston of St Albans' may have been the scribe for British Library, Harley MSS 6534-6536. See A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. III, p. 374.
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 Wright, p. xxxiv.
A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. III, p. 374; CELM; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.
Sermon on Luke 13:5 -- f. 3r
Sermon [1] on Canticles 5:2 -- f. 4r
Sermon [2] on Canticles 5:2 -- f. 5r
Sermon [3] on Canticles 5:2 -- f. 6r
Sermon on 2 Corinthians 7:1 -- f. 6v (written in reverse)
Sermon [4] on Canticles 5:2 -- f. 7r
Sermon on unidentified text -- f. 7v-8v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Luke 13:5 -- f. 8r
Sermon on Zechariah 4:1-14 -- ff. 8v-9r (written in reverse)
Sermon on John 4:23-24 -- f. 9v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Luke 13:5 -- ff. 10r-14r
Sermon on John 4:22 -- f. 10v (written in reverse)
Sermon on John 4:22 -- f. 11v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Zechariah 3:1-10 -- f. 12v (written in reverse)
Sermon on John 4:20 -- f. 13v (written in reverse)
Sermon on unidentified text -- ff. 14v-15v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Canticles 5:2 -- f. 15r
Sermon on John 4:19 -- ff. 15v-16v (written in reverse)
Sermon on John 20:21 -- f. 16r
Sermon on Isaiah 26:20 -- f. 16v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Luke 13:5 -- ff. 17r-18r
Sermon on Exodus 15:1-27 -- ff. 17v-18v (written in reverse)
Sermon on John 4:19 -- ff. 18v-19r (written in reverse)
Sermon on John 4:16-19 -- f. 19r (written in reverse)
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 9:24 -- f. 19v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Isaiah 28:16 -- ff. 20r-21r
Sermon on Psalms 102:13 -- ff. 20v-21v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Jonah 2:2 -- f. 21r
Sermon on Romans 7:23 -- ff. 21v-22v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Deuteronomy 4:4 -- f. 22r
Sermon on Jeremiah 3:22 -- ff. 22v-23v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Ecclesiastes 7:29 -- ff. 23r-24r
Sermon on Romans 11:22 -- ff. 23v-24v (written in reverse)
Sermon on unidentified text -- ff. 24r-25r
Sermon on John 4:11-12 -- ff. 24v-25r (written in reverse)
Sermon on John 4:10-12 -- f. 25v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Canticles 5:2 -- f. 26r
Sermon on Hosea 7:12 -- f. 26v (written in reverse)
Sermon on unidentified text -- f. 27r
Sermon on Psalms 80:1 -- f. 27v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Titus 2:11-15 -- ff. 28r-29r
Sermon on Ezekiel 16:5 -- f. 28v
Sermon on Isaiah 61:2 -- ff. 29r-30r
Sermon on unidentified text -- ff. 29v-30r (written in reverse)
Sermon on Romans 11:22 -- f. 30v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Luke 11:21-23 -- ff. 31r-32r
Sermon on John 4:10 -- f. 31v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Luke 6:47 -- f. 32v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 37:34 -- f. 33r
Sermon on Luke 13:24 -- f. 33r (written in reverse)
Sermon on Isaiah 64:6 -- f. 33v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Luke 13:6-8 -- ff. 34r-35r
Sermon on Isaiah 64:6-9 -- f. 34v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Colossians 3:1 -- ff. 35r-36r
Sermon on Romans 8:1 -- f. 35v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Job 14:14 -- ff. 36v-37v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Luke 13:6-9 -- f. 37r
Sermon on Psalms 50:15 -- f. 38r
Sermon on James 3:8 -- ff. 38v-39v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 50:15 -- f. 39r
Sermon on 1 Samuel 7:12 -- ff. 39v-40v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Luke 13:7 -- f. 40r
Sermon on Romans 8:13 -- f. 40v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 124:1-8 -- ff. 40v-41v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Luke 13:7-8 -- f. 41r
Sermon on Canticles 1:9 -- ff. 41v-42v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Jeremiah 3:22 -- ff. 42r-43r
Sermon on Proverbs 30:12 -- ff. 42v-43v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Revelation 2:10 -- ff. 43v-44v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Judges 10:15-16 -- ff. 44r-45r
Sermon on Colossians 1:4 -- f. 44v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Revelation 2:10 -- ff. 44v-46v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Colossians 1:14 -- f. 45r (written in reverse)
Sermon on Ephesians 5:16 -- f. 46r
Sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:9 -- f. 47r
Sermon on 1 John 1:9 -- f. 47v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 2:6 -- ff. 47v-48v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 79:8 -- f. 48r
Sermon on 2 Peter 3:1-18 -- f. 48r
Sermon on Matthew 5:4 -- f. 49r
Sermon on unidentified text -- ff. 49v-50v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Ephesians 5:14 -- f. 50r
Sermon on Psalms 32:1 -- ff. 50r-51r
Sermon on Philippians 1:23 -- ff. 50v-51v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Habakkuk 1:13 -- ff. 51v-52v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 80:3 -- ff. 52r-53r
Sermon on Matthew 8:23-27 -- ff. 53r-54r
Sermon on 1 John 1:9 -- ff. 53v-54v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Jonah 2:2 -- ff. 55r-56r
Sermon on Joel 2:17 -- f. 55v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Ezekiel 16:5 -- f. 56v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Ephesians 5:14-15 -- f. 57r
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:26 -- ff. 57v-58v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 129:1-4 -- ff. 58r-59r
Sermon on James 5:15 -- ff. 58v-59v (written in reverse)
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:28 -- f. 59v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 57:1 -- ff. 60r-61r
Sermon on Matthew 15:26 -- f. 60v (written in reverse)
Sermon on 2 Corinthians 6:14 -- ff. 60v-61v (written in reverse)
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 15:12 -- ff. 62r-63r
Sermon on Psalms 46:7 -- f. 62v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Joshua 24:15 -- f. 62v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Jonah 2:2 -- f. 63v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Joshua 24:15 -- f. 63v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Daniel 9:5 -- f. 64r
Sermon on Lamentations 1:7 -- ff. 64v-65v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Romans 8:38-39 -- ff. 65r-66r
Sermon on Joshua 24:15 -- ff. 65v-66v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Joshua 24:15 -- ff. 66v-67v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Matthew 5:4-5 -- ff. 67r-68r
Sermon on Jeremiah 50:4-5 -- f. 68v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Matthew 5:5 -- f. 69r
Sermon on Matthew 5:6 -- f. 70r
Sermon on 1 Peter 2:12 -- ff. 70v-71v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Revelation 2:17 -- f. 71r
Sermon on Colossians 3:14 -- ff. 71v-72v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Ezekiel 3:11 -- ff. 72r-73r
Sermon on Jeremiah 50:5 -- f. 72v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Ezekiel 20:37 -- f. 73v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Matthew 5:7 -- ff. 74r-75r
Sermon on Jeremiah 50:5 -- f. 74v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 2:8 -- f. 75v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Revelation 2:17 -- ff. 76r-77r
Sermon on Psalms 1:5 -- f. 77v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 1:5-6 -- ff. 77v-78v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Matthew 5:8 -- f. 78r
Sermon on John 16:33 -- f. 78v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Daniel 9:18 -- ff. 79r-80r
Sermon on Psalms 44:1-2 -- ff. 79v-80v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 1:2 -- f. 80v (written in reverse)
Sermon on James 4:9 -- ff. 80v-81v (written in reverse)
Sermon on James 1:15 -- f. 81r
Sermon on Ephesians 6:11 -- f. 81r
Sermon on 1 Peter 4:17-18 -- f. 82r
Sermon on Lamentations 3:40 -- f. 83r
Sermon on Psalms 1:1-2 -- ff. 83v-85v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Matthew 5:9 -- f. 84r
Sermon on Canticles 6:13 -- ff. 85r-87r
Sermon on Psalms 1:1-2 -- f. 85v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Matthew 5:14-16 -- f. 86v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 1:1-6 -- ff. 86v-88v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 50:15 -- ff. 88r-89r
Sermon on Psalms 2:1-5 -- ff. 88v-89v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Isaiah 55:7 -- f. 89v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Ecclesiastes 12:7 -- f. 90r
Sermon on Isaiah 55:7 -- f. 90v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Luke 12:32 -- f. 63v