160d Farindon, Anthony. (1598-1658)
[Two Volume Set]
I: XXX. Sermons lately preached at the parish church of Saint Mary Magdalen Milkstreet, London. To which is annexed, a sermon preached at the funerall of Sir George Whitmore, knight, sometime Lord Mayor of the City. By Anthony Farindon, B.D.
II: Forty sermons preached at the parish-church of St. Mary Magdalene Milk-street, London. By the late eminent and learned divine, Anthony Farindon, B.D. divinity-reader of his Majesty’s Chappel-Royal of Windsor. The second volume.

I: London: Printed for Richard Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstain’s Church-yard, Fleetstreet, 1657
II: London: Printed by J.G. for Richard Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstain’s Church in Fleetstreet, 1663

$1,100

Two folio volumes, 7.2 x 11.2 in. and 7.2 x 10.8 in. First edition of both works. I: A2, *-****4, a-l4, m1, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Hhhh4, Iiii1. II: A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Llll4. Both volumes have been recently rebound in full dark calfskin. The leaves are in good condition with only some minor browning.

Volume one contains thirty-one sermons, the second volume, forty. Anthony Farindon, a royalist divine, began his career as a student at Trinity College, Oxford. In 1647 Farindon was chosen as minister of Saint Mary Magdalene Milk Street. “The Milk Street church was known as ‘the scholars’ church,’ and Farindon had Hammond and Sanderson among his auditors. He complied with the existing restrictions by not using the Book of Common Prayer, but this did not save him from the effect of the harsh measures which pursued the sequestered clergy. He is said to have been turned out of his London charge in 1651 or 1652.

“Farindon’s reputation rests upon a hundred and thirty sermons, of which thirty-one were published by himself, in a volume dedicated to Robinson, his patron, the remainder by his executors, John Millington and and John Powney. At the univeristy he had been ‘a noted preacher’ and his discourses, though more remarkable for force of style than polish of manner, will always be valued for their grasp of learning and strength of thought. Jackson very happily says of Farindon’s use of ancient authors, that he ‘employs them only as his servants, not as his masters.’” (DNB)

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