‎"BOYS, JOHN‎
‎The workes of Iohn Boys Doctor in Diuinitie and Deane of Canterburie. (Including: ""An exposition of the dominicall epistles and gospels vsed in our English liturgy throughout the whole year"" & ""An exposition of the proper psalmes vsed in our English l...‎

‎London, William Askley, 1629. Folio (295 x 205 mm). In contemporary full calf with five raised bands. Wear to extremities, boards with scratches and large stain to back board. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Dampstain to lower half of leaves throughout. (8), 988, (12) pp. ""An exposition of the dominicall epistles and gospels vsed in our English liturgy throughout the whole year"" and ""An exposition of the proper psalmes vsed in our English liturgie."" have separate title pages with the imprint: London Printed by George Miller for William Aspley at the signe of the Parot in Pauls Churchyard 1638 - both included in the pagination.‎

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‎Rare second folio-edition of Boys’s collected works first published in 1622 – allegedly being the earliest theological book to contain a section in Thanksgiving for the failure of the Gunpowder Plot"" pp. 779-90 (Maggs, 1943). This present second edition was the basis for the 1854 photolithographed reprint. “Boys himself compiled a one-volume edition of his works in 1622, which included his systematic sermonic exposition of the church’s prescribed lectionary—a ten year project. It also included five miscellaneous sermons, and eleven books of postils first published between 1609-1617. The postils were so popular that they were reissued at least a dozen times in the first decade. The SDG reprint is photolithographed from an 1854 edition published in New York by Stanford and Swords, which is based on a 1629 London edition. It contains Boys’s exposition of Scripture passages used in the services of Morning and Evening Prayer and Holy Communion in The Book of Common Prayer, as well as his writings on the Psalms, expositions on the epistles and gospels, and comments on the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Commandments. Spurgeon said Boys was “one of the richest of writers,” being “all essence.” Indeed, Boys’s writing is lively, witty, clear, and profound. He made complex doctrine plain and practical.” (Beeke & Pedersen, Meet the Puritans) John Boys (1571–1625) was an English churchman and theologian who served as the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral. He was a prominent figure in the Church of England during the early 17th century. Boys is best known for his extensive writings on theology and biblical commentary, particularly his work ""An Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels Used in Our English Liturgie"" (1622). This work provided detailed explanations and interpretations of the biblical passages used in the Anglican liturgy, aimed at assisting clergy and laypeople in understanding and applying these texts to their lives. Boys was highly regarded for his scholarship and theological insights, and his works were widely read and influential within the Church of England during his lifetime and beyond. His works were translated into German in 1683, and again in two volumes in 1685. It was reprinted in English in 1997 taken from 1854-edition published by Stanford and Swords, New York.‎