Preacher's Sermon Diary

Note stating “Mr Boys did preach the same sermon from Philippians 1:21 June 28 1696 at the funeral of old John Wilbore which he preached from Philippians 1:23 Novemb. 24 1687 at the funeral of Mrs Judeth Shortland”.

A list of sermons preached over the years, given exact dates and with the texts specified.

A thorough account of the manuscript and its contents is provided in the Introduction to The Diary of Thomas Crosfield, ed. F. Boas (London: Oxford UP, Humphrey Milford, 1935), pp. ix-xi. The handwriting is minuscule and almost impossible to read, what Boas terms a "crabbed hand" (p. x), with the ink smudged throughout. The introduction to the printed selections also contains information about the university, Queen's College, the Crosfield family, and other contextual material.

Sampson's record of sermons he preached between 1703 and 1717 including texts as well as dates and places of preaching. The sermons are numbered, and these numbers correspond with the numbering of the sermons that have been written out in the volume.

Joseph Hussey used this book to record his work as a Congregationalist minister, first in Cambridge and later in London. He described it as "A church book kept for my own Private Use, to register many Incedental Things; and especially my Preaching, Baptizing, and administiring the Lord's supper: together with a Register of the Names of my Pastoral Flock in Cambridge, from the year 1691. when they first call'd me to office and on to the year 1719. written with my own Hand and attested by me Joseph Hussey," (facing f. 1).