Lectures Upon Jonas, Delivered At Yorke In The Yeare Of Our Lord 1594

Printed: London

Measures: 8.25 x 6.25 x 1.75"

"Lectures Upon Jonah: Delivered at York in the Year of Our Lord 1594" are a collection of sermons preached by John Kinge, later Bishop of London, on the book of Jonah. These sermons were delivered in the city of York in the year 1594.

King was born in Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, to Philip King and Elizabeth. After an early education at Westminster School, he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1577, taught under Dr Thomas Holland, graduating B.A. in 1580 and M.A. in 1583. A chaplain to bishop John Piers, King became preacher to the city of York before becoming domestic chaplain to Thomas Egerton in London. As Rector of St Andrews, Holborn in 1597 and prebend of Sneating in St Paul's in 1599, King became a well-known Calvinist anti-Catholic preacher. Appointed a chaplain in ordinary to James I, James then made John King dean of Christ Church in August 1605. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1607 until 1610. He was consecrated Bishop of London on 8 September 1611.