FOURTEEN SERMONS Preached By HENRY WHARTON / 1700 / Bible Int.

Description: Fourteen Sermons Preach'd in Lambeth Chapel. Before The most Reverend Father in God Dr. William Sancroft, late Lord Arch - Bishop of Canterbury. In the Years M DCLXXXVIII. M DCLXXXIX. By the learned Henry Wharton, M.A. Chaplain to His Grace. With an Account of The Author's Life. The Second Edition Corrected. London: Printed for Ri. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1700. Details: Full-brown calf with stamped decorationsGilt embellishment to spine with five raised bandsLabel absentText-block edges speckled redEngraved portrait frontispieceA Life of the Author14 Sermonspp: [33], 462Size: 190 x 120mmPrinted: 1700 For sermon titles please consult photographs Henry Wharton was born on 9th November 1664 in Norfolk, a son of Edmund Wharton, vicar of Worstead, and his wife Susanna (Burr). He had a brother Edmund and sister Susan. Henry was born with two tongues but he gradually lost the lower one. Educated locally and at Gonville and Caius college in Cambridge, he was a brilliant scholar and William Sancroft ordained him in 1688 and made him one of his chaplains. He served at two churches in Kent. The best known of his writings is Anglia Sacra, 1691, a collection of medieval manuscripts chronicling the history of the English church. He died unmarried. Archbishop Tillotson attended his funeral and Henry Purcell composed anthems for it. Condition:Boards are rubbed especially to the edges; label absent from spine; gilt largely present to spine but wearing away and almost completely to lowest compartment; some leather loss to spine foot; all intact and working well, though hinges cracking; text-block firm; ticks penciled to contents page; leaves age-goldened but clear and bright, with only occasional spots; marginal tear to p.351/2 - text unaffected. Overall condition: very good. Please consult photographs fully as these are part of the description.

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