This volume presents the complete "Paradoxes and Problems". It also offers a substantial selection from the "Sermons", including the complete sermon "On the King's Sickness" and others. Other selections will be taken from "Devotions" including the complete sequence of "Meditations".
Despite his great education and poetic talents, he lived in poverty for several years, relying heavily on wealthy friends. In 1615 he became an Anglican priest and, in 1621, was appointed the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London.... Show more