Henley, John, 1692-1756
Henley, John
John Henley
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The antiquities of Italy, 1725 | |
Apotheosis : A funeral oration; sacred to the memory of the most noble John Duke of Marlborough. As it was spoken on the day of his interrment. Form'd upon the Manner of the Antients. By Mr. Henley. | |
Books written : and Publish'd, By the Reverend John Henley, M. A. Rector of Chelmondiston, in Suffolk. Inveniam viam, aut faciam. | |
A catalogue of the original manuscripts and manuscript collections of the late Reverend John Henley, A.M. independent minister of the oratory, in Lincoln's-Inn Fields ... : which will be sold by auction, by Samuel Paterson, at Essex House, in Essex Street, in the Strand; on Tuesday the 21th [sic] of June 1759 . | |
Cato condemn'd : or, the case and history of self-murder, argu'd and display'd at large, on the principles of reason, justice, law, religion, fortitude, love of ourselves and our country, ... By J. Henley. | |
The complete linguist 1719-1726. | |
The conflicts of the death-bed, or, the javelin of the king of terrors : A sermon Preach'd at the Oratory in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, Sunday, June 22, 1729. Publish'd at the Desire of the Commercial Society of the Oratory. By John Henley, M. A. | |
The coup de grace : Mr. Bayle's prophesy fulfilled, in Luther Junior his last stroke to compleat the Reformation. Ivalidating [sic] the title of ecclesiastical estates. | |
A course of academical lectures on various subjects; being the substance of several discourses, deliver'd at the late oratory in Newport-Market : By John Henley, M.A. late of St. John's College, Cambridge. Lecture IV. On the languages, ancient and modern. | |
Deism defeated, and Christianity defended : or, the evidence for Christianity set in a new light and proved to amount to Certainty: and the present controversy between Dr. Tindal, Dr. Waterland, and others, relating to the Case between Reason and Revelation stated and solved. Occasion'd by a late pamphlet, entituled, A demonstration of the insufficiency both of reason and revelation, separately or jointly consider'd, in Matters of Religion. With a Conclusion shewing what is sufficient. Detecting that Author, by the Principles of his Pamphlet, to be an Infidel in a Quaker's Coat. By John Henley, M. A. Late of St. John's College, Cambridge. | |
Esther Queen of Persia, 1714: | |
The first sermon preach'd at the opening of the Oratory : On Sunday, July 3. 1726. On the Design, and Reasons, of the Institution. | |
The history and advantages of divine revelation, with the honour that is due to the word of God; especially in regard to the most perfect manner of delivering it, formd on the ancient laws of speaking and action: being an essay to restore them : A sermon preach'd in the Church of St. George the Martyr, London, on Sunday, Nov. the 15th, 1724. Publish'd at the request of many of the audience. By John Henley, M.A. | |
The history of Queen Esther : A poem in four books. Wherein is Describ'd, I. The Grandeur of the Persian Empire, and the Succession of its Emperors, from Cyrus down to Xerxes: The Character of Vashti his Empress. His Entertainment of the Nobles, and the Manner of Sacrificing to their God the Sun. II. Queen Esther's Appearance at Court, and how she came to be settled in Persia. The wretched State of the Jews, during their Captivity in Syria. The good Offices of Mordecai to Esther: Her Beauty, and other Perfections, describ'd. III. Esther's Gratitude to Mordecai; His Character and Advancement. The approaching Danger of Him and the Jews, by the Rise of Haman. His Character, and how by a false Misrepresentation, he gains an Order for the Destruction of all the Jews in Persia. IV. The Distress of the Jews; Mordecai's Concern for them. Ester at his Request intercedes with the Emperor in their behalf. Haman conspires his Death; his Villany detected, and his Execution on the Gibbet which he erected for Mordecai. By John Henley, B. A. Of St. John's College, Cambridge. | |
Introduction to an English grammar; ... Being number X. of the Compleat linguist; ... | |
Italian diary | |
Law and arguments in vindication of the university of Oxford: in two seasonable discourses. I. On the Question, whether the Law of England countenances the Interposition of Extrinsecal Authority, in Corporations call'd Universities and Colleges in general, applicable to any Charge of Non-Feasance, etc. upon the Vice-Chancellor: From Hales, Holt, Atkins, Croke, Stillingfleet, Skinner, etc. II. A Detection of the main primary Author of the Imputation of Jacobitism on the University of Oxford; and He prov'd to be self-condemn'd. | |
A lecture on high fits of zeal; or, Mrs. Cadiere's raptures. Flights beyond the Third Heaven, what a Rapture is, and a Religious Rapture; whether Mrs. Cadiere's Transports were Religious, Father Girard's Duty in that Case; what that Joy of Mind and Heart is that is right in Religion, and what is not so, how far Joy is a Test, what were the Raptures of the Apostles and Prophets, whether Heaven will be rapturous, and when it is that the Understanding and Will begin to be Enthusiastic. The Case of a Spiritual Guide decided, and an Answer to the Popish Argument for the Church, that we take the Scripture from the Church, a Point as yet unattempted, and Essential to all Lovers of Devotion. II. Tracts on other subjects, in humane and divine learning. The third edition. By J. Henley, M.A. | |
Light in a candlestick : to all that are in the house: or, the impartial Churchman, considering the celebrated discourses ... of ... the Bishop of Bristol, ... of ... Dr. Croxall, ... and of ... Dr. Trap, ... With readings in the Hebrew, Chaldee, Arabick, and Vulgate, noted ... By J. Henley. | |
The lord, He is God: or, the atheist tormented, by sure prognosticks of hell fire : Proved From Reason, History, Scripture, and Authentic Remarkable Facts, and Vouchers, as well Heathen as Christian; with a particular Description of the Force and Terror of Lightening: this curious, unconsidered, and awful theme, urg'd and improv'd, in a sermon, by J. Henley, M. A. Late Rector of Chelmondiston in Suffolk, Lecturer in St. Mary, Abchurch; and Founder of the Oratory. | |
Milk for babes : or, a Hornbook for That Able Divine, Eminent Lawyer, and Honest Politician, Mr. H-s, and his Disciples; by way of Answer to his Godly and Conscientious Scruples relating to Oratory. Being No V. of Oratory-Transactions, all enter'd in the Hall-Book, according to Act of Parliament. By J. Henley, M. A. | |
A new argument against transubstantiation : adapted to the Romish controversy, at present reviv'd. In a letter to the author of a book, entitl'd, Discourses of religion, between a Minister of the Church of England, and a Country Gentleman. Wherein The chief Points of Controversy between the Church of England, and Church of Rome, are truly Stated, and briefly Discuss'd. To which is added, the Duke of Buckingham's conference with Father Fitzgerald, an Irish Jesuit, sent by King James the II. to convert His Grace in his Sickness, to the Romish Religion. Also Queen Elizabeth's Opinion concerning the Erroneous Doctrine of Transubstantiation. | |
Oratio habita in schola Meltoniensi, ad comitia cleri calata, Maii 16. 1720. Per alumnum istius ludi primarium. Auctore Johanne Henley, A. M. Gymnasii Praefecto. | |
Oration on grave conundrums, and serious buffoons | |
The orator's miscellany : Numb I. Containing, I. The Lady's Choice. II. The Jokers in earnest, and Laughers in long Sleeves. III. Mr. Huggins Second Thoughts. IV. The Case of the Bishop and St. Clement's about Pictures in Churches. By John Henley, M. A. Late of St. John's College, Cambridge. | |
Oratory transactions. No II : To be occasionally publish'd, by J. Henley, M.A. Containing, I. A compleat list of the theological subjects of the Oratory, ... II. A compleat catalogue of the academical subjects of the Oratory, ... III. A dissertation on nonsense, ... IV. The discourse on action in the pulpit, 2d edition. | |
The primitive liturgy, and Eucharist : according to the institution of Christ and his apostles. For the use of the Oratory. With two homilies, or Theological Lectures on the Liturgy, and Eucharist; and a new preface, explaining the discretionary Use of the Oldest Creeds, and Dorologies, or Gloria Patri, of the Two first Ages | |
The primitive liturgy : for the use of the Oratory. Part 1. Being a form of morning and evening prayer, not impos'd, as necessary, but propos'd, as expedient; as full, regular and compendious, as the usual Method will admit; taken entirely from Scripture, and the primitive Writers, but especially the most antient and authentick Liturgy of the Apostolical Constitutions | |
The reed of Egypt piercing the hand that leans upon it : Or, a demonstration that the arguments of the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London, in his second pastoral letter against the deists, are inconsistent with his principles, ... Submitted in a discourse deliver'd at Rumford in the county of Essex, May 2, 1730. By Simon Croxeall, D.D. To which is prefix'd, an essay in defence of commendams and pluralities. | |
Samuel sleeping in the tabernacle: or, the model of Christian preaching asserted, in vindication of the Reverend Mr. Guise's idea of preaching Christ, in his Two Sermons lately publish'd, from the Exceptions of the Reverend Mr. Chandler, in his Letter to him: Tracing historically the Difference of Preachers, on this Head; proving it by Instances, comparing the Reverend Mr. C's Conduct of the Point with his Motto from Erasmus, and proposing the most ready and sure Scheme to discuss and decide the Question. By John Henley, M.A. | |
Second St. Paul : in Equity-Hall, to Felix, Caesar, and all, or what his rational preacher would plead to a king, ... Towards a scientific display of his religion, ... By John Henley. | |
The sermon that shou'd have been preach'd before the Societies for Reformation of Manners, on Monday, January 17. 1731-2. II. A specimen of the sentiments and genius of the primitive church, in some discourses and devotions, Ordinary and Sacramental. By John Henley, M.A. | |
Sion in perfect beauty : or, the heaven of heavens: a sermon deliver'd in the Oratory by Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, on Sunday, April 26, 1730. By John Henley, M. A. Late Rector of Chelmondiston in Suffolk, Lecturer in St. Mary Abchurch, and Assistant Preacher to the Rev. Dr. Burscough, (now Bishop of Limerick) at St. George's, Queen-Square, and now Founder of the Oratory. | |
A theological lecture on the blunders of painters in Church-work. Jer. X. 14, 15. His image is flasehood, ---they are vanity, and the work of errors. | |
Universal grammar of all the considerable tongues in being | |
The victorious stroke for old England : all preachers make all hearers one man against her enemies, and down Jericho: Explain'd and engorc'd in several remarkable discourses, occasion'd by a case, interesting every man in Britain, of a preacher in London, here fully clear'd and vindicated, and the rights of the country concisely demonstrated: Necessary to be perus'd, not only by all Preachers, but magistrates, jury-men, lawyers, evidences, political writers, scholars, and all gentlemen and ladies, who would form an exact idea of what is strictly meant by writing or speaking for or against the Government of a free nation: To which is prefixed, a pathetic short address to jury-men. | |
Why how now, gossip Pope? : Or, the sweet singing-bird of Parnassus taken out of its pretty cage to be roasted: In one short Epistle (preparatory to a Criticism on his Writings) to that Darling of the Demy-Wits, and Minion of the Minor Criticks. Exposing the malice Wickedness and Vanity of his aspersions on J. H. in that Monument of his own Misery and Spleen, the Dunciad. | |
The works of the most noble John Sheffield, late Duke of Buckingham. |