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A commentarie upon the epistle of Saint Paule to Philemon. Wherein, the Apostle handling a meane and low subiect, intreating for a fraudulent and fugitiue seruant, mounteth aloft vnto God, and deliuereth sundry high misteries of true religion, and the practise of duties ?conomicall. Politicall. Ecclesiasticall. As of persecution for righteousnesse sake. And of the force and fruit of the ministery. Mouing all the ministers of the Gospell, to a diligent labouring in the spirituall haruest - Written by William Attersoll, minister of the word of God, at Isfiel in Sussex., by William Attersoll, published 1612 (London: William Iaggard) accessible at: British Library

A Sermon preach'd upon the Murder of Mr Richard Dobell, late of Chichester, in the County of Sussex: which murder is not yet brought to light, by Rev. Matthew Woodford, published 1714 (London: T. Wilmer) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Fuller Lib 82]
Together with a Preface giving an Account of what is at present known concerning it. And likewise an Appendix, containing some Relations of the strange Discoveries of Murder; taken out of Mr Glanvil and other authors

A Sermon in aid of the funds of the Sussex County Hospital, by James Stuart Murray Anderson, published 1829 (23 pp., Brighton: T. D. Ruddock) accessible at: British Library

On the Importance of an Established Ministry: a sermon preached at the consecration of Trinity Chapel, Dane Hill, in the Parish of Fletching, Sussex, by James Stuart Murray Anderson, published 1836 (26 pp., J. G. & F. Rivington) accessible at: British Library

Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton, by Frederick W. Robertson, published 1860 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13052]

Bishop Wilberforce. A Sermon preached at the Parish Church of Graffham, Sussex, on its reopening after restoration, Nov 2 1875, by H. P. Liddon, published 1875 (31 pp., London, Oxford and Cambridge: Rivingtons) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Fuller Lib 38]

The Unity of School Life in the Love of God. Two sermons preached in the chapel of Eastbourne College, etc, by Charles Crowden, published 1888

A brief memoir of James Jones, 45 years pastor of the Strict Baptist Church, Shovers Green, Wadhurst, Sussex. With a sermon preached September 11th, 1836. Together with various writings, letters, poems and hymns. Written by himself, by James Jones, published 1889 (viii + 267 pp., Wadhurst: Miss Betts) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Recollections of John Grace: for 29 years Minister of the Gospel at Brighton. Being a review of his eventful life. Together with numerous selections from his sermons, diary, and correspondence; and letters by his first wife, by John Grace, published 1893 (448 pp., London: Houston & Sons) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Memoir of A. J. Baxter, late pastor of Cavendish Place Chapel, Eastbourne, published 1909 (135 pp., London: Farncombe & Son) accessible at: British Library
Includes letters and sermons by A. J. Baxter.

Forest Fold Pulpit: Sermons of Stanley Delves of Crowborough, by Stanley Delves, published 1980 (148 pp., Stanley Delves Trust, ISBN-10: 0904435385 & ISBN-13: 9780904435382) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The Sermons of Henry King, 1592-1669, Bishop of Chichester, edited by Mary Hobbs, published 17 July 1992 (pamphlet, 400 pp., Scolar Press, ISBN-10: 0859678393 & ISBN-13: 9780859678391) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11868][Lib 12052] & West Sussex Libraries
Abstract:
The poems of Henry King, friend of John Donne and executor of his will, were edited in 1965, but his sermons, fine examples of 17th century prose, which span the period from the reign of James I to that of Charles II, have never been reprinted. The Sermons of Henry King makes their text available in the original spelling (with some editing of Greek and Latin). Only 21 survive, 11 of which were published in 1628 as "An Exposition upon the Lords Prayer". King used language lucidly, persuasively, and without the straining of conceits found in many sermon writers of the period. At his best, he has few equals for grace of structure, sweetness of sound, elegiac intensity of mood, and occasional dry wit. His prose is also of importance for a fuller understanding of his poetry, presenting new evidence for the dating and canon of his poems, his methods of composition, and his reading. The sermons offer fresh insights into the reign of Charles I, the Civil War, Interregnum, and Restoration in King's firsthand accounts and assessments of events and characters. His theological importance is beginning to be acknowledged in the current exploration of the "middle" position between Arminian and Puritan in the 17th century Church of England: not a notable original thinker, he can be seen to be a thoroughly representative moderate Calvinist, forced nearer as a Royalist to the Arminian position by the political events of the late 1630s.