Sermons of William Reid ( -1742), minister of Stevenston, Ayrshire

Fonds

Identifier: MS REI 2

Scope and Contents

Manuscript notebook of sermons

Inscription on front flyleaf reads: 'William Reid Minister of Stevenston was ordained in 1700 and died in 1742'

'Margaret McCall Fairlie Cottage' inscribed on front endpaper.

Volume is written and paginated from both ends, in one exceedingly neat and small italic hand. Both end boards bear dates 1719 - 1720, and 'Book (18)'.

Front flyleaf includes a list of texts:

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Revelations 2:7 - pp.1-12
Zech 9:11 - pp.12-16
A short discourse before go my down to [tha]t tables
Before distributing [th]e Elements
After the tables, [etc.] all to p.18
Philip 1:21 pp.18-24
Psalms 81:10
A discourse before sensing [th]e tables
Before distributing [th]e Eliments
After [th]e Tables. [etc] all from pp.24-30
Hebrew 10:38 pp.30-42
Psalms 49:13 pp.42-52
Zechariah 13:1
A discourse before sensing of [th]e tables
After the tables [etc.] all from pp.52-56
Titus 2:14 pp.66-77

Back flyleaf includes a list of texts:

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John 6:27 p.1
Micah 6:6 pp.2-5
Deuteronomy 31:6 pp.6-9
Ephesians 5:11 p.9
Luke 1:78 pp.10-12
Psalms 119:120 pp.12-27
John 3:19 pp.27-62
1 Timothy 6:10 pp.62-75
Jeremiah 5:29 pp.76-92
Ecclesiastes 7:1 pp.92-108
Ecclesiastes 7:2 pp 108-end

Dates

Creation: 1719-1720

Creator

Reid, William (Minister of Stevenston, Ayrshire) (1 August 1680) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers at Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh Main Library, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LJ. Contact repository in advance: is-crc@ed.ac.uk