London pamphlet from 1707. The full title page notes in part: "A SERMON Preach'd before the QUEEN, in Lent, 1704. At Saint James's" with more, the second edition, London, 1707.
Complete in 16 numbered pages, 4 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches, nice condition.

Background: This 1707 second-edition pamphlet serves as a direct artifact of political-religious discourse during the reign of Queen Anne, capturing the exact theological and ideological messaging delivered to the British crown during the height of the War of the Spanish Succession. While royal Lent sermons were regularly printed by royal command and distributed via London booksellers, surviving complete 18th-century ephemera in small formats—such as this 16-page pocket edition—remain notably scarce today due to their ephemeral nature, untrimmed paper fragility, and high rate of loss or binding disassembly over three centuries. Beyond its religious rhetoric, the pamphlet holds distinct historical value as primary period reporting, reflecting the Chapel Royal's influential role in shaping public morality, Anglican orthodoxy, and Tory-Whig church politics during a transformative era in British constitutional history.