Mayne’s 1662 Sermon for the end of Oxford’s Term

Mayne, Jasper. Concio ad Academiam Oxoniensem Pro more habita inchoante Termino, Maii 27, 1662. London: J. Grisond & R. Royston, 1662. ESTC R31206; Wing M1469 First Edition. Binding: Disbound. Book Condition: Very Good+ Condition. Item Type: Pamphlet. Pagination: 42 p. Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). This is the text of an address Mayne delivered at Oxford University at the end of the term on May 27, 1662, speaking on the subject of the conduct of life. His own experience must have provided a context for his advice. According to the entry on Mayne in the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, he was a graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, and had two college livings in Oxfordshire, but was disposed during the Commonwealth. At the time of this address, two years after the Restoration, he had himself been restored to church offices. According to the entry, “At the Restoration he was made canon of Christ Church, archdeacon of Chichester and chaplain in ordinary t