The Baxter Treatises
From the Papers of Richard Baxter 1615 – 1691 at Dr. Williams Library, London.
The Baxter Treatises were catalogued by Roger Thomas, and a copy of the catalogue is included with the microfilm (it can be perused before purchase). They consist of all the Richard Baxter Papers at Dr. Williams Library except the letters (which are available separately). The bulk of the material belongs to the latter half of Baxter’s life, together with personal and miscellaneous papers, and selected items subsequent to his death.
It includes:
Baxter’s Paraphrase of the New Testament, 1685; the defence at his trial and continuing papers
The “Catholic Communion” controversy
Papers relating to the Oxford oath
Baxter’s Aphorisms of justification, 1649
His dialogues with George Lawson
His conference with William Penn in 1675
Enquiries into the Book of Revelation
6 reels
Reference: DWB
Contents
| Reel | Items | Description |
| 1 | 1 – 20 | First item: Consequences of Baxter’s Paraphrase of the New Testament, 1685 (Section 6) |
| Last Item: Reliquiae Baxterianae Part 3 1683. The true case of the English silenced… (Section 5) | ||
| 2 | 21 – 60 | First item: Reliquiae Baxterianae Book 1, Part 1. Epistle from Dr. John Wallis, 28 June 1652 (Section 1) |
| Last item: Reliquiae Baxterianae Book 1, Part 2 (other items 1661 – 1666). Papers prepared for the satisfaction of the bishops… (Section 3) | ||
| 3 | 61 – 74 | First item: Reliquiae Baxterianae Book 1, Part 2. 8 December 1653. Whether it be lawful to use set forms of prayer? by Baxter (Section 2) |
| Last item: Reliquiae Baxterianae Book 1, Part 2 (other items 1661 – 1666). The reply of the Bishops Disputants (Section 3) | ||
| 4 | 78 – 189 | First item: Reliquiae Baxterianae Book 1, Part 2, 1653. The propositions agreed on by the Associate Ministers of Worcester… (Section 2) |
| Last item: Dated items… 1694. Memorandum concerning the arrangement made by Mr. Joseph Read (Section 7) | ||
| 5 | 190 – 284 | First item: Reliquiae Baxterianae Part 2. 26 April 1684. The humble answer of Richard Baxter to a bill preferred against him… (Section 5) |
| Last item: Undated papers – Church Government, Church Reform, Nonconformity… Propositions concerning the nature of churches (Section 8) | ||
| 6 | 391 – 354/8 | First item: Undated papers, Sermons and Practical Divinity. A discourse… on Romans (Section 8) |
| Last item: Reliquiae Baxterianae Book 1, Part 2, 1658 – 1659. The contents of Mr. Blondel’s book, of the primacy in the church (Section 2) |
Minute Books Of The Presbyterian Fund Board 1690 – 1899
The Board originated in 1689. The aim was to assist the poorer country congregations by making grants to their ministers and to aid in the education of students of the ministry. The Minute Books commence in 1690 and are continuous to the present day, with the exception of the book covering 1760 – 1772, which has long been missing. The books covered in this microfilm give the minutes to 1899, with indexes to aid in finding any specific items.
6 reels
Reference: DWL
The Correspondence Of Richard Baxter 1615 – 1691
Richard Baxter was one of the most influential figures in the religious life of his day. From 1641 until he was removed in 1660, he was pastor of the church at Kidderminster, where he wrote his two best known works, The Saints’ Everlasting Rest (1650) and Gildas Salvianus the Reformed Pastor (1656). His first book was published in 1649 and he wrote over one hundred and thirty more before his death. Efforts to induce him to accept the Restoration Settlement of the Church of England were unsuccessful, and for the remainder of his life he lived in or near London as a reluctant, and sometimes persecuted, Nonconformist.
It was through his writings that Baxter became well known to his contemporaries, who corresponded with him on a wide variety of subjects, theological and ecclesiastical, or who were involved with him in controversy. Baxter preserved much of this correspondence and some of his publications were an utilisation of it. What survived at his death, together with many unpublished papers, came to Dr. Williams’ Library some time after it opened in 1729.
This microfilm is of the approximately eight hundred letters, both written to Baxter and copies he retained of his own letters. These, together with letters which appear in his publications and which are preserved elsewhere, are calendared in N.H. Keeble and Geoffrey F. Nuttall: Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, 2 volumes, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991).
Baxter’s correspondents include some seventy of his fellow ejected ministers of 1660 – 1662, and such others as John Dury, John Eliot, Joseph Glanvill, John Maitland 1st Duke of Lauderdale, and William Penn.
Richard Baxter was one of the most influential figures in religious life. From 1641 until his removal in 1660, he was pastor of the church at Kidderminster, where he wrote his two best known works, The Saints Everlasting Rest (1650) and Gildas Salvianus the Reformed pastor (1656). Baxter’s correspondents include some seventy of his fellow ejected ministers of 1660 – 1662, and such others as John Drury, John Eliot, Joseph Glanvill, etc.
3 reels
Reference: DWM
Contents
| Reel | Volumes |
| 1 | 1 & 2 |
| 2 | 3 & 4 |
| 3 | 5 & 6 |
The Oxford Movement, Tractarian Pamphlets At Pusey House: The Halifax & Church Sub-Collections
The pamphlets of E.B. Pusey reveal the strain of apostolic zeal in the movement, which is later reflected in a concern with missionary work. The pamphlet collection includes works Newman, John Keble, John Ruskin and Thomas Arnold. The importance and interest of this comprehensive collection will be apparent to scholars working in all areas of 19th century history.
70 reels
Reference: TPH