Three very scarce and lovely Puritan works in original vellum binding.
John Boys [1571-1625] “is one of the richest of all writers” being “all essence." C. H. Spurgeon. Spurgeon also quotes Boys extensively in his Treasury of David.
Additionally, Boys was chosen as one of the scholars to work on the King James Version translation of 1611, and served as secretary, keeping a journal of the Committee's work, discussions, decision making processes, etc.,
The present volume, containing three separately issued expositions, includes Boys expositions of Scripture passages used in the services of Morning and Evening Prayer and Holy Communion in the Book of Common Prayer, as well as his writings on the Psalms, expositions on the Epistles and Gospels, and comments on the Apostle's Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments. Puritan exposition at its best.
Boys, John. An Exposition of the Dominical Epistles & Gospels Used in our English Liturgie. Throughout the Whole Yeere. Together with a Reason why the Church did Chuse the Same. From the First Sunday in Lent. London. Imprinted by Felex Kyngston. 1611. 246pp.
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Boys, John. An Exposition of the Dominical Epistles & Gospels Used in our English Liturgie. Throughout the Whole Yeere. Together with a Reason why the Church did Chuse the Same. By John Boys, Doctor of Diuinitie. The Summer-part from Whitsunday to the Twelfth after Trinitie. London. Imprinted by Felex Kyngston. 1611. 247pp.
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Boys, John. The Autumne Part from the Twelfth Sundy after Trinitie, to the Last in the Whole Yeere. Dedicated Unto the Much Honoured and Most Worthy Doctor John Overal Deane of Pauls. London. Printed by Melchisedech Bradvvood. 1613. 227pp.
A good + attractive copy, bound in early vellum. Stable, but generally shaken. Some toning and handled pages, especially toward the rear of the text block. No text obstructed. The title page for the first work is absent. All else complete. Newer endpapers at front and rear.
