Choice Sermons Preached – John Stoughton – 1640 | English Puritan Sermons
Three early Puritan texts by John Stoughton printed in 1640, including sermons on divinity and doctrine, all bound in one complete leather volume.
Choice Sermons Preached by John Stoughton is a collection of sermons published in 1640. This book contains three distinct treatises which included numerous separate sermons. Notable sermons include his Happinesse of Peace, as well as The Burning Light. These sermons represent the style of Puritan sermons common in the mid-17th-century.
Bibliographic Details
- Title: Choice Sermons preached upon selected occasions
- Author(s): John Stoughton
- Illustrator(s):
- Contributor(s):
- Publisher: London: Richard Hodgkinson for Daniel Frere, 1640
- Edition: 1640
- Format: (4to), single volume
- Binding: Full leather
- Size: 7.5 in x 5.75 in (19 cm x 14.5 cm)
- Collation:
- “Choice Sermons”: [8], 156, [2], 32, 64pp;
- “Sermons… in Cambridge”: [16], 104, [6], 131, [1]pp;
- “Seven Sermons”: [12], 37, [5], 49-76; [8], 55, [1]; [8], 68pp
- Illustrations:
- Contents Include:
- The happinesse of peace
- The love-sick spouse
- The Burning Light
- The Christians prayer for the Churches peace
- Baruch’s sore gently opened; God’s salve skilfully applied
- A sermon upon 1 Sam, 2.30
- Provenance: provenance
- Reference(s): references
Condition:
Good. Leather binding is rubbed and worn along the hinges, corners, and edges. Text block remains secure. The general title page is stained. All three works are present and legible.
Why Collect This?
- Printed in 1640, early for English-language sermons
- Three distinct Puritan works in one volume
- Example of pre-Civil War Protestant thought
Item Number: # 29302
Categories
European History
Religion
Authors
John Stoughton
Printing Date
17th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Good
Collation
Complete