This manuscript comprises two autograph sermons by 'S. W.' The sermons have been dated according to the date on which John Egerton succeeded his father as Second Earl of Bridgewater, up to his death. The full title of the manuscript, displayed on a separate title page, is as follows: 'The Everlasting Covenant or The Covenant of faith, explained in two Sermons.'
Facsimile of a large quarto volume. 99 pp.
'JBridgewater ex dono Authoris S. W.' is inscribed on the title page.
The Bridgewater House Library was purchased by Henry E. Huntington from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, Fourth Earl of Ellesmere, in 1917.
Egerton Family Papers online finding aid (see link below); Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), p. 69; Hannah Yip.
See Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), pp. 21-25 for more information about the Ellesmere Collection.
The first Sermon -- pp. 1-54
The second Sermon -- pp. 55-99