The sermons of Henry King (1592-1669), Bishop of Chichester
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The sermons of Henry King (1592-1669), Bishop of Chichester
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press , Scolar Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographiy (p. 320-322) and indexes
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The extant sermons of Henry King, friend of John Donne, are here edited with full introduction, explanatory notes, source list, glossary, and chronology. Hobbs reveals a different and important relationship between Donne and King and with other contemporaries. Illustrated.
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: uk ISBN 9780859678391
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The poems of Henry King, friend of John Donne and executor of his will, were edited in 1965, but his sermons, fine examples of 17th century prose, which span the period from the reign of James I to that of Charles II, have never been reprinted. The Sermons of Henry King makes their text available in the original spelling (with some editing of Greek and Latin). Only 21 survive, 11 of which were published in 1628 as "An Exposition upon the Lords Prayer". King used language lucidly, persuasively, and without the straining of conceits found in many sermon writers of the period. At his best, he has few equals for grace of structure, sweetness of sound, elegiac intensity of mood, and occasional dry wit. His prose is also of importance for a fuller understanding of his poetry, presenting new evidence for the dating and canon of his poems, his methods of composition, and his reading. The sermons offer fresh insights into the reign of Charles I, the Civil War, Interregnum, and Restoration in King's firsthand accounts and assessments of events and characters.
His theological importance is beginning to be acknowledged in the current exploration of the "middle" position between Arminian and Puritan in the 17th century Church of England: not a notable original thinker, he can be seen to be a thoroughly representative moderate Calvinist, forced nearer as a Royalist to the Arminian position by the political events of the late 1630s.
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