Sermons

Sermon notebook of Professor David Dickson (c.1583-1663)

Fonds

Identifier: MS DIC

Scope and Contents

Notebook of sermons preached by Professor David Dickson, Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh. Vellum binding inscribed: Sermones preched by Mr David Dick minister at Irvine.

For printed text, see Select practical writings of D. Dickson, v.1, Edinburgh, 1845.

Dates: 1635

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon notebook of Rev George Chalmers (1671-1746), Kilwinning

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Identifier: MS CHAL 2

Scope and Contents

Manuscript volume of sermons preached at Kilwinning.

Dates: 1702-1703

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon notebook of Rev James Monteith (c.1670-1744), minister of Borgue

Fonds

Identifier: MS MON

Scope and Contents

Notebook of sermons by Rev. James Monteith.

Sermons are undated, but begin with a reference to a biblical passage.
Oblong octavo notebook with 374 numbered pages.
The vast majority of the volume is in a consistent italic hand, with an additional note in a second hand on the final leaf from 1785 that relates to salvation.

Dates: 1720-1721

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon notebook of Walter Douglas (1673-1727), minister of Linton in Teviotdale

Fonds

Identifier: MS DOU

Scope and Contents

Sermons preached at Earlston, Kelso, etc. Texts and locations of preaching are listed on front flyleaf.

Pages are numbered 545-720.

From the General Assembly Library.

Dates: 28 July 1709 - 29 July 1710

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon notebooks of James Chalmers (1686-1744)

Fonds

Identifier: MS CHAL 3

Scope and Contents

3.1 Sermons at Dyke. 1713.

3.2 Sermons at Dyke. 1719-20. With additional sermons by John Brown and George Meldrum, in a different hand.

3.3 Sermons at Dyke. 1720.

Dates: 1713-1720

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon notebooks of John Drummond (1677-1754), minister of Crieff

Fonds

Identifier: MS DRU 4

Scope and Contents 60 notebooks of manuscript sermons, each with ownership marks and pen trials on end boards, and an index of sermons in Drummond's hand. Some sermons are dated, but others are less clear. Most volumes have text beginning at the front and at the back, which do not necessarily meet in the centre. Resultantly, volumes mostly have two systems of pagination that end at different points. The sermons are cumulative, and frequently refer to previous volumes and discussions. The sequence is...

Dates: c.1700-1754

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon notes of William Gurnall (1617-1679)

Fonds

Identifier: MS GUR

Scope and Contents Notes of Sermons, taken from William Gurnall's 'The Christian in compleat armour'. The first page of the volume is paginated 105, and this continues to the end of the second part on page 358. The third part is unnumbered, but spans 54 pages. The hand which writes these sections is a clear and simple secretary hand, showing some italic influences.The last 8 pages of the volume are in a much neater hand and are written in Latin. Some of the pages are inverted, and one shows signs...

Dates: 1655-1667

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon of John Howe (1630-1705), minister in London

Fonds

Identifier: MS HOW

Scope and Contents Handwritten manuscript titled:"The principles of ye oracles of God. The second part. Preached by the Reverend Mr John How, pastor of a congregation in London at his weekly lecture in ye yeares 1691, 1692 [and] 1693". 404 numbered pages, with an index of the four sections at the front. The hand is a consistent italic, which displays many secretary features.Front flyleaf bears ownership marks - an Elias Pullen, 1778, and an E. Middleton, undated.Spine title...

Dates: 1691-1693; Modified: January 1984

Found in: New College Library Special Collections