Commonplace book from c. 1660 and later in the seventeenth century. Contains heads of a sermon on John 18:36 (f. 26r), notes from sermons by Bishop Jeremy Taylor (ff. 36v-38v, 41-42r), an excerpt from Bishop Edward Stillingfleet's sermon preached before Parliament (ff. 43r-47v), and part of a sermon by Dr. Cotton on John 5:14 (ff. 49r-53v). The volume also contains accounts of the lives of Mohammad and Almanzor (ff. 29-35).
Paper, quarto, 65 leaves. Badly damaged. A note on the outside of the parchment cover reads, "Annotata quredam ex Augustino aliisque Patribus."
Reference to “Simon Leach, Gualteri militis filius et haeres, obit desideratissimus Junii 22, 1660” (i.e., son of Walter Leach who died on 22 June 1660) on f. 55v, rev.
Jeanne Shami; Bodleian Library Rawlinson Catalogue; CELM
Sermon on John 18:36 -- f. 26r
Sermon on 1 Samuel 15:22-23 -- ff. 36r-38v
Sermon on Luke 12:42 -- ff. 41-42r
Sermon on Amos 4:11 -- ff. 43r-47v
Sermon on John 5:14 -- ff. 49r-53v