The Yeomans Prerogative – Nathanael Newbury – 1652 | Early Puritan Sermon on Farming

The Yeomans Prerogative, or, The Honour of Husbandry, is a first edition printing of a sermon preached by Nathanael Newbury in Kent. Newbury addressed farmers and yeoman of Kent focusing on the importance of seeking the Lord for prosperity. Based on 2 Chronicles 26:10, the sermon presents the work of husbandry as aligned with obedience to God and civic order. Surviving examples are uncommon, with this imprint representing a direct acknowledgment of the farming class during a turbulent era of English history.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The yeomans prerogative, or, The honour of husbandry. : a sermon preached to some, and dedicated to all the yeomen and farmers of Kent. May 27. 1652
• Author(s): Nathanael Newbury
• Illustrator(s):
• Contributor(s):
• Publisher: London, Printed by J. Moxon, for J. N.
• Edition: First edition, 1652.
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Binding: Modern binding, marbled boards
• Size:  7 in x 5.25 in (17.8 cm x 13.3 cm)
• Collation: [8], 28 pp
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • Sermon on the Honour of Husbandry and farming
  • Scriptural use of 2 Chronicles 26:10
  • Dedication to the yeomen and farmers of Kent
• Provenance: provenance
• Reference(s): references

Condition:

Very Good. Modern hardcover with marbled boards and cloth spine and corners. Binding secure, text block complete, pages clean with only light signs of age.

Why Collect This?

• London sermon from 1652 directed to farmers and yeomen
• Connects agricultural life with religious duty
• Represents the intersection of English religion and rural society

Item Number: # 29444