John Taylor (dissenting Preacher) - Works

Works

He published, besides single sermons and tracts:

• ‘A Narrative of Mr. Joseph Rawson's Case … with a Prefatory Discourse in Defence of the Common Rights of Christians,’ 1737, (anon.; the ‘Narrative’ is by Rawson; Sloss replied in ‘A True Narrative,’ 1737); 2nd edit. with author's name, 1742.
• ‘A Further Defence of the Common Rights,’ 1738; 2nd edit. 1742; reprinted, 1829.
• ‘The Scripture Doctrine of Original Sin,’ 1740 (three parts); 2nd edit. 1741. ‘A Supplement,’ 1741, (reply to David Jennings)
• ‘Remarks on such additions to the second Edition of the Ruin and Recovery of the Arguments Advanced in the Supplement to the Scripture Doctrine of Original Sin,’ London: printed and sold by M Fenner at Turk's Head, Gracechurch Street, 1742, (reply to Isaac Watts), all included in 3rd edit. Belfast, 1746; 4th edit. 1767, (with reply to Wesley).
• ‘A Paraphrase with Notes on the Epistle to the Romans … Prefix'd, A Key to the Apostolic Writings,’ 1745; Dublin, 1746.
• ‘A Scripture Catechism,’ 1745.
• ‘A Collection of Tunes in Various Airs,’ 1750.
• ‘The Scripture Doctrine of Atonement,’ 1751.
• ‘The Hebrew Concordance adapted to the English Bible … after … Buxtorf,’ 1754–7, 2 vols.
• ‘The Lord's Supper Explained,’ 1754, 8vo; 1756.
• ‘The Covenant of Grace and Baptism the token of it, explained upon scripture principles’, John Taylor, D.D. of Norwich 1755; Printed for J Waugh, at the Turk's Head, in Lombard Street, and M Fenner, at the Angel and Bible in Paternoster Row. .
• ‘An Examination of the Scheme of Morality advanced by Dr. Hutcheson,’ 1759.
• 12. ‘A Sketch of Moral Philosophy,’ 1760.

Posthumous works were:

• ‘The Scripture Account of Prayer,’ 1761; the 2nd edit. 1762, has appended ‘Remarks’ on the liturgy edited by Seddon.
• ‘A Scheme of Scripture Divinity,’ 1763; part was printed (1760?) for class use; reprinted, with the ‘Key,’ in Bishop Watson's ‘Collection of Theological Tracts,’ 1785, vols. i. and iii.

He left in manuscript a paraphrase on Ephesians, and four volumes of an unfinished abridgment (1721–2) of Matthew Henry's ‘Exposition’ of the Old Testament, of which specimens are given in the ‘Universal Theological Magazine,’ December 1804, pp. 314 sq. A selection from his works was published with title, ‘The Principles and Pursuits of an English Presbyterian,’ 1843.