This manuscript volume begins with notes on a series of sermons on the Lord's Prayer and Sacraments by Richard Culverwell, rector of St Margaret Moses, London (noted between March 1626 and the early 1630s), followed by notes on sixteen sermons delivered between May 1641 and February 1657 and several sermons by Culverwell, Benjamin Needler (his son-in-law and successor at St Margaret Moses), and Needler's successor, Charles Burke. Another set of sermons (written in reverse), dated from August 1657, completes the volume.
Full dark brown calf.
The front paste-down endpaper features the spade shield armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Miller.
Ann Hughes, 'A Moderate Puritan Preacher Negotiates Religious Change', Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 65.4 (2014), pp. 761-779; Hannah Yip.
These full notes are accompanied with 'extensive marginal headings, references and quotations from Greek and Latin patristic and philosophical works as well as the Scriptures'. Ann Hughes conjectures that these notes were 'most likely the product of cooperation between [Richard] Culverwell himself [...] and Harper'. See Hughes, p. 762-763. This manuscript is discussed extensively in Hughes's article. For other references, see Jordan S. Downs, 'The Curse of Meroz and the English Civil War', The Historical Journal, 57.2 (2014), pp. 343-368.
Sermon on Matthew 6:9 -- pp. 1-15
Sermon on Matthew 6:10 -- pp. 15-35
Sermon on Matthew 6:11 -- pp. 35-46
Sermon on Matthew 6:12 -- pp. 46-57
Sermon on Matthew 6:13 -- pp. 57-71
Sermon on Matthew 6:13 -- pp. 72-79
Sermon on Romans 4:11 -- pp. 1-7
Sermon on 1 Peter 3:21 -- pp. 7-18
Sermon on Matthew 3:11 -- pp. 18-22
Sermon on Acts 2:38-39 -- pp. 22-26
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:17 -- pp. 26-30
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:18 -- pp. 30-34
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:19 -- pp. 34-39
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:20 -- pp. 39-42
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:21 -- pp. 42-45
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:22 -- pp. 45-49
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 -- pp. 49-70
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:26 -- pp. 70-78
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:27 -- pp. 78-81
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:28 -- pp. 81-89
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:29 -- pp. 89-94
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:30 -- pp. 94-96
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:31 -- pp. 96-99
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:32 -- pp. 99-105
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:33-34 -- pp. 105-108
Sermon on Joshua 24:15 -- pp. 111-113
Sermon on 1 Timothy 1:20 -- pp. 114-119
Sermon on 2 Peter 2:1-2 -- pp. 119-123
Sermon on 1 Kings 8:37-39 -- pp. 124-129
Sermon on Ezekiel 14:13-14 -- pp. 130-133
Sermon on Joel 2:18-20 -- pp. 134-135
Sermon on Psalms 33:1 -- pp. 136-141
Sermon on Isaiah 28:29 -- pp. 142-147
Sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:18 -- pp. 148-156
Sermon on Isaiah 1:16-17 -- pp. 156-159
Sermon on Psalms 60:9-12 -- pp. 159-161
Sermon on Matthew 3:8 -- p. 162
Sermon on Jeremiah 44:10 -- pp. 162-164
Sermon on Psalms 136:23 -- pp. 164-167
Sermon on Psalms 121:4 -- pp. 167-169
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:4 -- pp. 1-6
Sermon on Ephesians 4:8-10 -- pp. 6-16
Sermon on Mark 16:19 -- pp. 16-18
Sermon on Acts 10:42 -- pp. 18-27
Sermon on 1 John 5:7 -- pp. 27-35
Sermon on Ephesians 5:26-27 -- pp. 35-52
Sermon on 1 John 1:3 -- pp. 52-63
Sermon on Acts 10:43 -- pp. 63-72
Sermon on 2 Timothy 3:16-17 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Hebrews 11:6 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Philippians 2:6 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on 1 John 4:9 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on John 4:26 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Acts 5:4 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on 1 John 5:7 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on John 4:24 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Hebrews 4:13 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Psalms 139:7-10 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Psalms 102:25-27 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Luke 1:37 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Genesis 17:1 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Psalms 119:137 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Psalms 116:5 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Romans 6:1 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Romans 2:4 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on James 5:10 -- 5 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Isaiah 6:3 -- 5 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Romans 9:10-13 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Colossians 1:16 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Genesis 2:7 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Genesis 2:21-22 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Genesis 1:26 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Ecclesiastes 12:7 -- 5 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Psalms 139:14 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Colossians 1:17 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Ephesians 1:11 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Romans 5:12 -- 10 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Romans 3:23 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Psalms 51:5 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Romans 7:7 -- 5 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Psalms 39:12 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Matthew 7:13-14 -- 1 page, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Colossians 2:6 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Luke 11:13 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Acts 26:29 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Luke 10:41-42 -- 8 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on John 6:28-29 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on 1 Peter 1:13 -- 5 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Hebrews 2:3 -- 11 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on 1 Peter 1:16 -- 7 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon on Psalms 118:24 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Zechariah 2:5 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Jeremiah 8:11 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Ezekiel 36:31 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 119:165 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 20:12 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Canticles 4:15 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on 1 John 3:22 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on 2 Timothy 3:5 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on 2 Peter 2:1 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Isaiah 42:16 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 72:3 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 83:4 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Psalms 105:5 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Isaiah 33.24 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Job 7:20 -- 4 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Amos 4:6 -- 3 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)
Sermon on Lamentations 3:33 -- 2 pages, unfoliated and unpaginated (written in reverse)