Summaries of 93 sermons and sermon records preached by James Boys, John Livermore, rector of Markshall and Thomas Shortlands in Essex. On the fly leaf is written: “The first of these 82 sermons was preached November 26 1693 and the last of them on the 23rd of Jnary 1697/8 And in this space of time there were severall sermons preached which were the same (or very like) with some I had heard before; And Therefore of those I wrote here no notes at all. As there was two of Mr Livermore and one of Mr Thomas Shortlands But of Mr Boys’s there were ten of which Four were on Sundays Two of tem on Good Frydays, Two of them were at Funerals, One on a Thanksgiving, One on a Fast, Mr Boys’s Eleven Sermons were preached one on a Sunday One on a Good fryday, Two on an Easter Day, Two on a Christmas day, three of them on three Fast Days; The other two an Thanksgiving Sermon”. In reverse at the end of the volume is four folios "on the nature of the spirit", possibly copied in from a printed text. Written in a small, clear hand.
A pocket sized volume without a cover, 5 x 10cm. Entered in a copy of Rider's "British Merlin" for 1692.
Catherine Evans
Sermon on Psalms 136:23 -- ff. 1v - 2r
Sermon 1 on Matthew 18:11 -- ff. 2r - v
Sermon 2 on Matthew 18:11 -- ff. 2v - 3r
Sermon 3 on Matthew 18:11 -- ff. 3r - v
Sermon on Ecclesiastes 7:14 -- f. 3v
Sermon on Matthew 3:8-10 -- ff. 3v - 4v
Sermon on Psalms 71:11 -- ff. 4v - 5r
Sermon 1 on Romans 6:5 -- ff. 5r - v
Sermon 2 on Romans 6:5 -- ff. 5v - 6r
Sermon on Luke 16:31 -- ff. 6r - v
Sermon on 2 Timothy 2:19 (last part) -- ff. 6v - 7r
Sermon on 2 Samuel 24:14 -- ff. 7r - 8r
Sermon 1 on Job 22:21 -- f. 8r
Sermon 2 on Job 22:21 -- ff. 8r - v
Sermon on Isaiah 58:4 -- ff. 9r - v
Sermon 1 on Isaiah 55:6 -- ff. 9v - 10r
Sermon 2 on Isaiah 55:6 -- ff. 10r - v
Sermon on Luke 19:41 -- ff. 10v - 11r
Sermon on 1 John 5:4 -- ff. 11r - v
Sermon on Job 21:23-5 -- ff. 11v - 12v
Sermon on Psalms 79:8-10 -- ff. 12v - 13r
Sermon 1 on Mark 8:36-7 -- f. 13v
Sermon 2 on Mark 8:36-7 -- ff. 13v - 14v
Sermon on Psalms 92:11 -- ff. 14v - 15r
Sermon 3 on Mark 8:36-7 -- ff. 15r - 16v
Sermon 4 on Mark 8:36-7 -- ff. 16v - 17r
Sermon 5 on Mark 8:36-7 -- ff. 17r - v
Sermon on Matthew 25:42-3 -- ff. 17v - 18r
Sermon on Psalms 34:19 -- ff. 18r - v, 23r
Sermon on 1 Samuel 12:24 -- ff. 23r-v
Sermon on Isaiah 58:4 -- ff. 23v – 25r
Sermon on Philippians 2:3 -- ff. 25v - 6r
Sermon on Luke 12:40 -- ff. 27r - v
Sermon on John 16:33 -- f. 27v
Sermon on Ecclesiastes 9:1 -- f. 29r
Sermon on 2 Timothy 3:5 -- ff. 29r - v
Sermon 1 on Luke 12:19-20 -- ff. 31r - v
Sermon Acts 3:26 -- f. 31v
Sermon 2 on Luke 12:19-20 -- ff. 31v - 33r
Sermon on Philippians 1:27 -- f. 33v
Sermon 3 on Luke 12:19-20 -- ff. 33v - 35r
Sermon on Titus 2:11-12 -- ff. 35r – v
Sermon 1 on Revelations 22:17 -- f. 36r
Sermon 2 on Revelations 22:17 -- ff. 37r - 39r
Sermon on Ezekiel 20:17 -- ff. 39r - v
Sermon on Matthew 11:29 -- ff. 39v - 41r
Sermon 1 on Psalms 73:25 -- ff. 41r - v
Sermon 2 on Psalms 73:25 -- ff. 41r - v
Sermon on John 9:4 -- ff. 43r - 45r
Sermon 1 on Matthew 22:14 -- ff. 45r - v
Sermon on 1 John 2:6 -- f. 47r
Sermon 2 on Matthew 22:14 -- f. 47v
Sermon 1 on 1 Samuel 2:30 -- ff. 52r - v
Sermon 2 on 1 Samuel 2:30 -- ff. 52v - 53r
Sermon 1 on 1 John 2:6 -- ff. 53r - v
Sermon 2 on 1 John 2:6 -- ff. 53v - 4r
Sermon 3 on 1 John 2:6 -- ff. 54r - v
Sermon on Luke 10:13-14 -- ff. 54v - 55r
Sermon on Matthew 11:21-22 -- ff. 55r - v
Sermon 1 on 1 John 3:3 -- ff. 55v - 56r
Sermon 2 on 1 John 3:3 -- ff. 56r - v
Sermon on Acts 10:1-2 -- ff. 57r - v
Sermon on Hebrews 10:24 -- ff. 57v - 61r
Sermon 1 on 1 John 2:29 -- ff. 61r – v
Sermon 2 on 1 John 2:29 -- ff. 61v - 62r
Sermon on Hebrews 4:2 -- f. 62v
Sermon on Isaiah 5:2 -- ff. 62v - 63r
Sermon on 1 John 2:28 -- ff. 63v - 64r
Sermon on Psalms 50:23 -- ff. 64r - v
Sermon 1 on Joshua 24:15 -- ff. 64v - 65r
Sermon 2 on Joshua 24:15 -- ff. 65r - v
Sermon on Luke 23:42-3 -- ff. 65v – 66r
Sermon 1 on Matthew 15:21-22 -- ff. 66v - 67r
Sermon 2 on Matthew 15:21-22 -- ff. 67r - v
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:31 -- ff. 67v – 68r
Sermon on Colossians 4:2 -- f. 67v
Sermon on Matthew 15:22 -- ff. 67v - 68r
Sermon on Matthew 15:23 - 28 -- ff. 68r – 69r
Sermon on John 3:17 -- ff. 69r - v
Sermon on Matthew 15:28 -- ff. 70r - v
Sermon on 2 Peter 2:1 -- ff. 70v - 71r