A Sermon, preached on the 17th of April, 1795, to the Congregation of Protestant Dissenters, in Northgate, Halifax, on the death of their late Pastor, the Rev. John Ralph. Leeds: Binns and Brown, 1795 [and] A Sermon, preached at Mill-Hill Chapel, Leeds, on the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century. Leeds: printed by Edward Baines and sold by J. Johnson, London, [1800] [and] A Sermon, preached at Birmingham, June 9, 1805, at the Old Meeting House in the morning, and at the New Meeting House in the afternoon, in aid of a Collection, for the Protestant Dissenting Charity School. Leeds: Edward Baines, 1805.

WOOD, William

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Three disbound sermons, all very rare, 8vo, 19, 22 and 28 pp., isolated spots, generally very good clean copies. 'William Wood (1745-1808) was an English Unitarian minister and botanist who was involved in efforts to remedy the political and educational disabilities of Nonconformists under the Test Acts. His father was Benjamin Wood, who attended the services of Philip Doddridge. Wood was educated at Stephen Addington's school at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, then from 1761, studied for the ministry under David Jennings, Samuel Morton Savage, Andrew Kippis, and Abraham Rees. Wood's first sermon] was preached at Debenham, Suffolk in 1766 and he became minister at Stamford, Lincolnshire the following year. He subsequently preached all over London. Wood and Rees were both ordained in Southwark. Wood served for a while in Ipswich as assistant to Thomas Scott before, in 1773, succeeding Joseph Priestley at Mill Hill Chapel in Leeds, on the recommendation of Priestley himself and Richard Price, the latter having become a close friend. He would remain in post in Leeds until his death. He was buried in Mill Hill Chapel yard' (Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # ABE-1502875348451

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