Notes on sermons preached predominantly at the First Church in Cambridge, most of which were delivered by Nathaniel Gookin, the resident preacher. Gookin died in the summer of 1692, leading to supply preaching by numerous other ministers, many of which were well known in New England at that point. The sermons preached in 1692 could be read in the context of the Salem Witch trials, as multiple executions occurred from June - September of that year. Increase Mather and Cotton Mather were tangentially involved as advisers to the Court of Oyer and Terminer. There are accounts of Cotton Mather urging for the execution of George Burroughs, the minister at Salem, before a reluctant crowd. Two days after this execution, this manuscript records a sermon by Increase Mather (21 August 1682) on Psalms 119:120 warning against "Evil Angells". A few weeks later, there is another sermon from Rev. Samuel Willard asking for religious reformation.
278 pp. written by at least one anonymous hand. The headings of each sermon give the date, name of the minister and Bible verse. Three sermons are written in reverse at the end of the volume. A fully digitised version is available; see link below.
Gifts of Isaiah Thomas Andrews in 1813, Isaac Goodwin in 1816, and Charles H. Taylor in 1933.
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Sermon on 2 Chronicles 20:9 -- pp. 1 - 4
Sermon on Psalms 50:23 -- pp. 4 - 7
Sermon on Hosea 19:9 -- pp. 7 - 12
Sermon on Galatians 2:20 -- pp. 15 - 19
Sermon on Hosea 14:1-2 -- pp. 13 - 15
Sermon on Matthew 6:12 -- pp. 19 - 27
Sermon on Proverbs 1:20-21 -- pp. 28 - 32
Sermon on Hosea 14:9 -- pp. 32 - 35
Sermon on Proverbs 1:22 -- pp. 35 - 39
Sermon on John 15:8 -- pp. 39 - 44
Sermon on Proverbs 1:26 -- pp. 44 - 49
Sermon on Jonah 1:1-2 -- pp. 49 - 53
Sermon on Proverbs 1:33 -- pp. 53 - 61
Sermon on Ecclesiastes 9:10 -- pp. 62 - 66
Sermon 1 on Luke 6:46 -- pp. 66 - 68
Sermon 1 on Psalms 19:12 -- pp. 68 - 72
Sermon 2 on Luke 6:46 -- pp. 72 - 75
Sermon 2 on Psalms 19:12 -- pp. 76 - 78
Sermon 3 on Luke 6:46 -- pp. 79 - 81
Sermon on Jeremiah 1:4 -- pp. 81 - 82
Sermon 1 on Matthew 6:10 -- pp. 83 - 86
Sermon on Psalms 119:8 -- pp. 86 - 89
Sermon 2 on Matthew 6:10 -- pp. 89 - 92
Sermon on 1 Chronicles 22:16 -- pp. 93 - 97
Sermon 1 on Hebrews 6:11 -- pp. 97 - 100
Sermon 1 on Matthew 6:10 -- pp. 100 - 104
Sermon on Proverbs 28:13 -- pp. 104 - 112
Sermon on Ephesians 5:15 -- pp. 112 - 114
Sermon 2 on Matthew 6:10 -- pp. 115 - 117
Sermon 2 on Hebrews 6:11 -- pp. 117 - 120
Sermon 1 on Matthew 6:11 -- pp. 120 - 123
Sermon 3 on Hebrews 6:11 -- pp. 123 - 124
Sermon 2 on Matthew 6:11 -- pp. 125 - 126
Sermon on Psalms 16:8 -- pp. 126 - 127
Sermon 3 on Matthew 6:11 -- pp. 127 - 130
Sermon on 2 Peter 1:5 -- pp. 130 - 131
Sermon on Romans 1:20 -- pp. 131 - 133
Sermon on Psalms 74:2 -- pp. 133 - 137
Sermon on Psalms 119:20 -- pp. 138 - 142
Sermon on Matthew 9:38 -- pp. 142 - 146
Sermon on 1 Peter 5:6 -- pp. 147 - 154
Sermon on Matthew 16:26 -- pp. 154 - 158
Sermon on Hebrews 2:3 -- pp. 159 - 167
Sermon on Hebrews 3:15 -- pp. 167 - 174
Sermon on Psalms 55:22 -- pp. 175 - 176
Sermon 1 on James 4:8 -- pp. 177 - 178
Sermon 2 on James 4:8 -- pp. 179 - 181
Sermon on John 6:33 -- pp. 181 - 184
Sermon on Romans 3:23 -- pp. 184 - 186
Sermon on Hebrews 7:25 -- pp. 186 - 188
Sermon 1 on Philippians 1:6 -- pp. 188 - 190
Sermon on 1 Timothy 4:9 -- pp. 190 - 193
Sermon on Romans 12:1 -- pp. 193 - 195
Sermon 2 on Philippians 1:6 -- pp. 196 - 198
Sermon on 2 Timothy 3:16 -- pp. 198 - 200
Sermon on Luke 17:10 -- pp. 200 - 202
Sermon on Mark 8:36 -- pp. 203 - 205
Sermon on Psalms 14:5 -- pp. 205 - 211
Sermon on 1 John 2:2 -- pp. 211 - 212
Sermon on Jeremiah 13:16 -- pp. 213 - 214
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 24:20 -- pp. 215 - 217
Sermon on Isaiah 9:6 -- pp. 217 - 219
Sermon on 2 Peter 2:4 -- pp. 220 - 222
Sermon on James 4:8 -- pp. 223 - 225
Sermon on 1 John 2:3 -- pp. 225 - 228
Sermon on Romans 1:16 -- pp. 228 - 229
Sermon on John 14:6 -- pp. 230 - 232
Sermon on 1 Timothy 1:15 -- pp. 233 - 235
Sermon on Psalms 90:12 -- pp. 236 - 241
Sermon on Hebrews 2:3 -- pp. 241 - 245
Sermon on Psalms 103:10 -- pp. 245 - 247
Sermon on Hebrews 12:14 -- pp. 248 - 254
Sermon on Galatians 6:10 -- 2 ff. (written in reverse)
Sermon on James 2:17 -- 3 ff. (written in reverse)
Sermon on unknown text -- 5 ff. (written in reverse)