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A notebook containing sermons by and in the hand of the Rev. Thomas Levi, together with related notes and pasted-in newspaper cuttings.

A volume containing sermons and miscellaneous religious memoranda written in a small regular secretary hand of the early seventeenth century (ff. 1 verso-37, 53-59, 128-143, 144 verso-148), with additional sermons and memoranda written in shorthand, probably in a system personal to the scribe (ff. 1, 5 recto-verso, 37 verso-52, 60 verso-121, 143; '1625' occurs on ff. 72 verso, 78, 82 verso, 89, 100 and 120 verso, and may be part of a date).
The texts and preachers of the sermons written in secretary are: Genesis xlix.3-4 by 'Mr Maine Petri' (ff. 2-5); Esay l.4 by 'Mr [William] Perkins' (ff. 6-32), together with other sermons on the same text (ff. 33-35, 36-37 verso, 53-59 verso); Luke ii.16 by 'Mr Crowder of St Johns' (ff. 129 verso-131 verso, inverted text); Psalm cxix.1 by 'Mr [George] Estye of Cayes' (ff. 132-139 verso, inverted text); Job xiv.14 by 'Mr Burne' (ff. 140 verso-142 verso, inverted text); and 2 Timothy iii.15 by 'Mr Newton of St Johns' (ff. 144 verso-147 verso, inverted text). Most, if not all, of the preachers seem to have belonged to Cambridge colleges; those that can be identified with any certainty are the puritan divine William Perkins (1558-1602) of Christ College and the divine George Estye (1566-1601) of Caius College. The memoranda include 'Mr Chattertons argum[en]t' relating to the casting of lots and playing cards and dice, probably a reference to the puritan divine Laurence Chaderton (?1536-1640), master of Emanuel College (inside front cover); the views of 'Mr Fisher of Caius' on the qualities of a minister of the gospel (f. 148); and notes on witchcraft and the identification of witches (f. 1 verso, continued f. 128 verso, inverted text), on various sins and virtues (ff. 128-132), and on conscience (f. 143).

Twelve volumes containing sermons written by Abraham Roberts and preached by him in Calvinistic Methodist churches in Glamorgan, Liverpool, etc.

Seven sermons, 1731-1739, of the Reverend William Stephens, vicar of Clyro, co. Radnor, 1749-1764, with details of the date and place of delivery, 1731-1762; a few miscellaneous papers, 1734-1750, of the Reverend John Williams, vicar of Glasbury, co. Radnor, 1720-1750, relating to the parish; and the will, 1746, of Walter Watkins of the parish of Crucadarn, co. Brecon.

A volume of sermons written in a cramped italic hand of the early seventeenth century on the following texts: 'O Lord we come nigh vnto thee wth our lipps let not o let not our harts be farre from thee' (ff. 1-2 verso); I Timothy iii. 9, 'Holding ye mystery of ye faith in a pure conscience' (ff. 5-12 verso); I Timothy iii. 9 (ff. 13-22 verso); Acts vii. 6, 'And when he dead sayd this, he fell asleepe' (ff. 23-29 verso); Luke xxii. 37, 'Woman I know him not' (ff. 38-44 verso); 'A notable lesson for those proud & peremptory enthusiastes of our dayes ...' (f. 45); Luke i. 46-7, 'My soule doth magnifie ye Lord' (ff. 47-55 verso); 'On[e] good turne calles for another' (ff. 56-61); John xii. 27, 'Ye holy child seemes to be in a quandary' (ff. 61 verso-64 verso); Acts xix. 38, 'The law is open & there are deputies' (ff. 65-71 verso); Acts xix. 38, 'The law is open & there are deputies let them implead on an other' (ff. 72-78 verso); and Romans ii. 23, 'For Circumcision verily profiteth if thou keepe ye law' (ff. 80-85 verso).
On f. iii verso is a list in the same hand of the following royal and other eminent patrons of learning: Henry VII and Elizabeth his wife, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary I, Queen Elizabeth I, James I, Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond, Sir Thomas Bodley, William Camden, Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, Cardinal John Kemp, archbishop of Canterbury, Sir Nicholas Kemp, Thomas Kemp, bishop of London, Richard Lichfield, archdeacon of Middlesex, Sir Henry Savile, Sir William Sidney, Walter Stapleton, Dr White and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, archbishop of York.

Eight sermons, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, mainly in Welsh, in various hands.

Drafts of sermons [by Benjamin Millingchamp], sketches in sepia, etc.

A volume, in the hand of Benjamin Millingchamp, containing various texts, including 'An Essay on Picturesque Sketching'; 'A Hymn to Camdeo' and 'A Hymn to Narayena' by Sir William Jones; 'The Exile', a poem; an essay on 'Predestination'; an essay on the history of India; essays and extracts relating to religion, theology, and astronomy; sermons, etc.

A volume containing a copy, [late 17 cent. x early 18 cent.], of a sermon preached on Ephesians iv.11-12 by Humphrey Humphreys, dean of Bangor (later bishop of Bangor and of Hereford), at the consecration of William Lloyd as bishop of St Asaph in 1680.

Two notebooks containing one Welsh and one English sermon, 1693-1697, of the Rev. Richard Edwards, vicar of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, 1691-1730, with details of the date and place of delivery; together with two sermons in an unidentified hand.

Three Welsh sermons and one in English, 1751-1770, of the Rev. David Price, curate of Merthyr Cynog, Breconshire, from 1750, and vicar of Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, 1764-1774, with details of the date and place of delivery.

Four sermons in Welsh, and one in English, 1801-1808, of the Rev. Samuel Evans, perpetual curate of Garthbrengi, Breconshire, 1784-1835, with details of the date and place of delivery.

Five sermons and fragments, 1828-1841, of the Rev. Morgan Davies, curate of Guilsfield from 1830, vicar of Pennant Melangell, Montgomeryshire, from 1831, and rector of Llanrwst from 1852, with details of the date and place of delivery. Partly endorsed on personal correspodence; in Welsh except for one sermon.