Add MS 6467

A quarto volume containing sermons by Bishop Edward Chandler intended for publication, and papers relating thereto. (266 folios)

1. Rough draft of a preface to an intended publication of some of Bishop Chandler’s sermons, in the handwriting of the Reverend Dr. Thomas Sharp, son of Archbishop Sharp, who undertook the editorship. (folios 1-11)

2. Corrected copy of the preface, in the same hand. (folios 12-17)

3. An account of the Heads and Subjects of fifteen discourses intended to form the first volume of the above mentioned sermons, in the same hand, with a copy of a letter from Dr. Thomas Sharp to the Publisher, and of another in shorthand on the same subject. (folios 18-28)

4. Two sermons on Hebrews VIII 8, in the handwriting of the Reverend John Sharp, Vicar of Hartburn, grandson of the Archbishop and chaplain to Bishop Chandler. Prefixed is a table of the subjects and heads of the discourses intended to form the first volume of Sermons, in Dr. Thomas Sharp’s writing [Disc. I. II]. (folios 29-49)

5. Sermon on Genesis XII 3, in Bishop Chandler’s own hand, first preached at Aldermanbury, 23 December 1694 [Disc. III]. (folios 50-73)

6. First sermon on Malachi IV 5-6. First preached at Eccleshall, 19 December 1697 [Disc. IV]. (folios 74-89b)

7. Second sermon on the same text, copied in Dr. Thomas Sharp’s writing. [Disc. V]. (folios 90-107) (See the original draft in Add MS 6460, item 10)

8. Two sermons on John III 18, in the Bishop’s own hand, with a few notes by Dr. T. Sharp. [Disc. VI. VII]. (folios 108-154) (The above from the first seven discourses of the intended publication. Number 8, 9, and 10 are missing, but perhaps Add MS 6462, folios 207-212 , may be the first of them)

9. Sermon on Luke I 68, in the Bishop’s own hand. [Disc. XI]. (folios 155-172)

10. Sermon on John I 29, in the Bishop’s hand. [Disc. XII]. (folios 173-184)

11. Sermon on 2 Corinthians V 19, in the Bishop’s hand. First preached at St. James’s Chapel, 1 April 1734. [Disc. XIII]. (folios 185-192)

12. Sermon on Luke I 33, in the Bishop s hand, first preached at Lichfield, 5 December 1703. [Disc. XIV]. (folios 193-198)

13. Sermon on 1 Corinthians XV 24-28, in the Bishop’s hand. First preached at Lichfield, 13 February 1703/1704. [Disc. XV]. (folios 199-204)Discourse XVI is missing.

14. Two sermons on John XIV 13, copied in Dr. Thomas Sharp’s handwriting. [Disc. XVII. XVIII] to which is annexed a sheet of remarks in another hand, made on comparing these copies with the Bishop’s originals. (folios 205-229) (See the originals in Add MS 6460, item 22)

15. Sermon on Revelation XII 23, copied by Dr. Thomas Sharp. To which is annexed, by the same hand that wrote the remarks on the last article, some observations on the nature of the Archangel Michael, extracted from Mede, Bishop Lloyd, Pole, etc. (folios 230-247) (See the original draft in Add MS 6461, item 23)

16. Sermon on Ephesians II 18. Prefixed is the following note: ‘A Defence of the Christian Doctrine concerning the Holy Trinity. This I suppose to be a Sermon of Bishop Chandler’s (being found among his papers) but it is in the handwriting of his chaplain, the Reverend Dr. John Sharp, Grandson of Archbishop Sharp, Gr. S. [Granville Sharp]. (folios 248-264)

17. List of eighteen sermons preached by Bishop Chandler, between 1702 and 1741, with a list of the printed sermons of the Bishop, in the same hand as the remarks appended to articles 14 and 15. (folios 265, 266)