The volume contains listener's notes in the hand of Dr. Gasper Needham. The title page is in the hand of John Evelyn. The sermons took place at Exeter House in the Strand, and elsewhere in London, for the purpose of catechism.
v + 136 leaves, 155 x 125 mm. Contents of several notebooks put into a modern blue leather binding. The notes have been written from both sides of the volume; the sermons beginning on f. 53 proceed from the back.
Anne James
Several of the notes identify a Bible text "and following", without indicating a precise range of verses.
Sermon on unidentified text -- ff. 1r-3v
Sermon on Luke 2:34, 38 -- ff. 4r-7r
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 13:1 and following -- ff. 8r-11r
Sermon 1 on Luke 5:32 and following -- ff. 12r-15r
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 13:8 and following -- ff. 16r-18v
Sermon on Luke 1:26, 38 -- ff. 19r-22r
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:23, 29 -- ff. 23r-25v
Sermon 2 on Luke 5:32 and following -- ff. 26r-27v
Benefits of the Sacr. of ye Eucharist. -- ff. 29r-33r
Sermon on Jeremiah 8:4-8 -- ff. 34r-36r
Sermon on Exodus 20 -- ff. 53v-86r
Sermon on Luke 18:31-34 -- ff. 55r-57v
Sermon on John 6:57-58 -- ff. 58r-60r
Sermon on 1 Chronicles 16:32-37 -- ff. 61r-65v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 24:3-10 -- ff. 75v-77v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Matthew 26:47 and following -- ff. 70r-74v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 16:10 -- ff. 66v-69v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Romans 8:31-34 -- ff. 79r-81r
Sermon on Hebrews 6:1-3 -- ff. 82r-86v
Sermon on Exodus 20:8-11 -- ff. 87r-90v
Sermon on Exodus 20:12 -- ff. 91r-94r
Sermon on Psalms 91:11-16 -- ff. 95r-97v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Ephesians 1:21-23 -- ff. 98r-100r (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 91:11-14 -- ff. 100v-102v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Deuteronomy 21:5 -- ff. 103r-105v
Sermon on Isaiah 19:19 and following -- ff. 105r-108v
Sermon on John 14:3-10 -- ff. 109r-111v
Sermon on Isaiah 59:19-21 -- ff. 112r-114r
Sermon on John 16:12-15 -- ff. 115r-116v
Sermon on Romans 2:6-11 -- ff. 117v-119v (written in reverse)
Sermon on Galatians 2:6-11 -- ff. 121r-124r
Sermon on Jeremiah 31:18-22 -- ff. 125r-128r
Sermon on 2 Samuel 12:5-15 -- ff. 130r-136v