1618 JOHN KING. Lectures Upon the Book of Jonah. Rare Puritan Exposition - Spurgeon Recommended

Lively and evangelical expository sermons on the book of Jonah by John King [1559-1621]. King was one of the earliest of the English puritans to reach a station of influence. In 1611 he was consecrated the Bishop of London, a station which would not have been possible for an experimental Calvinist of the puritan school at later periods of the 17th century. King James called him the King of Preachers.  While Bishop of London, when visiting churches he would always require that the pulpit be occupied by a copy of the latest translation, i.e. the "King James Translation." Thus, he is often said, somewhat tongue in cheek to most, to be the very first King James Only preacher.  A. B. Grosart, editor of many of the volumes in the Nichols Series of Puritan Divines from the 19th century, called him the Bishop with the royal name, and highly praised his works. C. H. Spurgeon recommends it, saying it was the book of the time and characterising its energetic and illustrative prose as "quaint and