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Sermons of the Great Ejection by Various Authors

Much has been written on that Great Ejection, but nothing is more important than to hear the ejected speak for themselves.

A fine introduction to Puritan preaching, this little book also recalls one of the great turning points in English Christianity — for these sermons were preached on ’the Farewell Sunday’ in August, 1662, when two thousand ministers left the national Church for conscience’ sake. Their watchword was:

I preach as never sure to preach again,
And as a dying man to dying men.

This new edition of Sermons of the Great Ejection not only commemorates the 350th anniversary of a noteworthy historical event but, more importantly, gives a real insight into the theology, godliness, and preaching of the Puritans. Why is this relevant? For two reasons: (i) as the blurb on the first edition said, ’such preaching could set England alight again in our own times’; and (ii) the issues of 1662 are directly relevant to the present situation in the church when the emphasis is once again upon conformity and unity at the expense of truth and holiness. May this little book be an encouragement to men of gospel truth and integrity everywhere.

Includes an Introduction by Iain H. Murray and The Nonconformist’s Catechism by Samuel Palmer. Sermons by:

  • Edmund Calamy
  • Thomas Brooks
  • John Collins
  • Thomas Lye
  • Thomas Watson
  • John Oldfield
  • John Whitlock

276 Pages
Published 1962, Revised and reset 2012