MS 243: John Applebee, On the Liturgy of the Church of England.

Fair copy of a sermon preached at St Mary le Bow, London, by the Rev. John Applebee (1756-1825), Fellow of St John's, on St Mark's Day, 1779.

1. Fols 1r-28r: Applebee, John. On the Liturgy of the Church of England (from front cover.). English. Single 18th c. hand in black ink. Written in long lines with ca. 15 lines to a page on rectos only. Occasional note on versos. Catchwords throughout.

• a. Front cover, fol. 1r: "On the Liturgy | of the Church of England. | A Sermon | preached at St Mary le Bow, Cheapside, | pursuant to the will | of the late | Mr John Hutchin, Citizen of London, | by The Revd. John Applebee. A.B. | Fellow of St John's College | in Oxford. | St Mark's day. 1779."
• b. Prayer, fols 2r-3r: "[Caption] Let us pray. [text] O Almighty God who hast instructed thy holy Church... the power, and the glory, for ever and ever."
• c. Sermon, fols 3r-21r: "[Caption] 1 Corinthians. Ch. 14, v. 15 ... [text] The worship of some superior being seems natural to the mind of man ... closing that dangerous breach, which the intemperate vehemence of party zeal, hath already kept open too long."
• d. Prayer, fol. 21r: "[Caption] A prayer for Unity. [text] O God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ ... The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the holy Ghost, be with us all, evermore. The End." [fols 22-28 blank.]

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Presumably one of the manuscripts donated by Applebee's great grand-daughter, Miss Mabel Williams, in 1943 (see correspondence accompanying MS 242).

Pencil shelfmark at top right of front cover.

This catalogue entry derives from Stewart Tiley's unpublished descriptive catalogue of the post-1500 western manuscripts at St John's College, Oxford (2018). This entry was uploaded to ArchivesHub in April 2023 as part of the St John's College Library digitization project. To learn more about the project and to find digital resources, please visit the Digital Library