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Miscellanea sacra: or, poems on divine & moral subjects. the second edition [ESTC R9864]

DMI number:
1705
Publication Date:
1698
Volume Number:
1 of 1
ESTC number:
R9864
EEBO/ECCO link:
http://ezproxy-prd.bodleian.ox.ac.uk:2176/search/full_rec?ACTION=ByID&SOURCE=pdfdownload.cfg&ID=11906771
Shelfmark:
EEBO - BOD
Full Title:
[i] Miscellanea Sacra [/i]: | OR, | POEMS | ON | [g] Divine & Moral [/g] | SUBJECTS. | [rule] | Collected by [i] N. Tate [/i], Servant to His | MAJESTY | [rule] | The second Edition, with Additions of | several Poems and Meditations in | Prose. | [rule] | [i] LONDON [/i]: | Printed for [i] Hen. Playford [/i] in the [i] Temple-Change [/i], | in [i] Fleet-Street [/i]. 1698.
Place of Publication:
London
Genres:
Collection of religious verse, Collection including prose, and Collection of translations/imitations
Format:
Octavo
Pagination:
[i-xxv], 1-140, [i-vi], 1-12 pp.
Bibliographic details:
Separate title-page for prose, p.vi [i] MEDITATIONS [/i] | On Several | SUBJECTS, | [i] VIZ [/i] | I. Of the Lord's-Supper. | II. Of the Spiritual War-fare. | III. Of Religion. | IV. Of Vice. | V. A Reprobate on his Death-Bed. | VI. A Saint on his Death-Bed. | [double rule] | [ornament]
Comments:
Prose: 'Meditations on Several Subjects', pp.1-12 Plates: plate facing the title-page with biblical inscription underneath.
Other matter:
Prefatory matter: (1) Dedication 'To The Right Honourable The Marchioness of Tavistock' (2) 'Preface' End matter (1) 'The Contents'
References:
NCBEL 340 (1698)
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Related People
Editor:
Nahum Tate
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Collected by N. Tate, Servant to His MAJESTY'; dedication signed by 'N. Tate'.
Publisher:
Henry Playford
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Printed for Hen. Playford in the Temple-Change'.
Content/Publication
First Line:
Beneath this monument is laid
Page No:
p.v-vi
Poem Title:
Epitaph on an Infant
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Long may the laurel flourish on your brow
Page No:
p.i-ii
Poem Title:
To Mr. Tate, On his Publishing these Poems on Divine and Moral Subjects
Attribution:
J. Ovington
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When heaven did first poetic gifts dispense
Page No:
p.iii-iv
Poem Title:
Upon the Present Corrupted State of Poetry
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Life's taper thou presents to me
Page No:
p.vii
Poem Title:
Verses for a Monument of Twin-Infants whereof, the last born dy'd first. The Device thus; the Elder points to a Death's-Head. The Younger is supposed to speak.
Attribution:
Mr. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
Since God who reigns without control
Page No:
pp.vii-viii
Poem Title:
The three first Verses of the 23d Psalm, Paraphras'd
Attribution:
Mr. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
What do I wish No more than what I have
Page No:
p.v
Poem Title:
Out of Horace Epist. Lib. I. Epist. 18.
Attribution:
Mr. Wright
Attributed To:
James Wright
First Line:
Thou wakeful shepherd that dost Israel keep
Page No:
pp.1-2
Poem Title:
A Morning Hymn
Attribution:
Dr. Fuller, formerly Bishop of Lincoln
Attributed To:
Samuel Fuller
First Line:
Another day is passed but can I say
Page No:
pp.2-3
Poem Title:
An Evening Hymn
Attribution:
Ezr. Simson
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
What's innocence - A brighter gem
Page No:
p.4
Poem Title:
Innocence: Or the Inestimable Gemm
Attribution:
A Young Lady
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Lord what is man lost man that thou should be
Page No:
p.5
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Dr. Fuller
Attributed To:
Samuel Fuller
First Line:
In the black dismal dungeon of despair
Page No:
pp.6-7
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Dr. Fuller
Attributed To:
Samuel Fuller
First Line:
How have I strayed my God where have I been
Page No:
pp.7-8
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Dr. Fuller
Attributed To:
Samuel Fuller
First Line:
Oh that mine eyes would melt into a flood
Page No:
pp.8-9
Poem Title:
Hymn
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Come honest sexton take thy spade
Page No:
pp.9-10
Poem Title:
The Passing-Bell
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Let the night perish cursed be the morn
Page No:
pp.11-12
Poem Title:
Job's Curse
Attribution:
Dr. Jeremy Taylor
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
There's no disturbance in the heavens above
Page No:
p.12
Poem Title:
The Words
Attribution:
A Young Lady
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Hark how the wakeful cheerful cock
Page No:
pp.13-15
Poem Title:
A Dialogue between two Penitents
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Help father Abraham help for mercies sake
Page No:
pp.16-18
Poem Title:
A Dialogue betwixt Dives and Abraham
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Close thine eyes and sleep secure
Page No:
p.16
Poem Title:
Upon a Quiet Conscience
Attribution:
K. Charles I.
Attributed To:
Charles I
First Line:
Dear saviour oh what ails this heart
Page No:
pp.18-20
Poem Title:
Soliloquy
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Bless God my soul thou God alone
Page No:
pp.21-27
Poem Title:
Psalm the CIV
Attribution:
Mr. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
Now that the sun hath veiled his light
Page No:
p.27
Poem Title:
The Evening Hymn
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Earth trembled and heaven's closing eye
Page No:
p.28
Poem Title:
On our Saviour's Passion
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Lord I have sinned and the black number swells
Page No:
p.29
Poem Title:
The Penitent
Attribution:
Dr. Jeremy Taylor
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Tell me some pitying angel quickly say
Page No:
pp.30-31
Poem Title:
The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation
Attribution:
N. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
Behold the man inhuman Pilate No
Page No:
pp.32-34
Poem Title:
On Pilate's Exposing our Lord to the Jews, and saying to them, Behold the Man
Attribution:
Mr. Arwaker
Attributed To:
Edmund Arwaker
First Line:
Who here with a serene and settled mind
Page No:
pp.35-36
Poem Title:
Translation out of Boethius, Lib. 2. Metre the Fourth
Attribution:
Mr. Arwaker
Attributed To:
Edmund Arwaker
First Line:
He that would choose a station so secure
Page No:
p.36
Poem Title:
Metre Fifth
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Happy the former age to which each field
Page No:
p.37
Poem Title:
Metre Sixth
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Awake ye dead the trumpet calls
Page No:
p.38
Poem Title:
The Last Trumpet
Attribution:
Mr. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
Sweet innocents that found the way
Page No:
p.39
Poem Title:
The Slaughter of the Innocents Matth. ii. v. 16
Attribution:
Mr. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
Stay start not at that skeleton
Page No:
pp.40-44
Poem Title:
Upon the Sight of an Anatomy
Attribution:
Mr. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
Happy the man who shuns the beaten road
Page No:
pp.45-46
Poem Title:
Psalm the First
Attribution:
Capt. Walker
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Awake my glory e'er the rosy morn
Page No:
pp.47-48
Poem Title:
Psalm lvii. Vers. 8, 9, 10.
Attribution:
Capt. Walker
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
How long o lord of everlasting might
Page No:
pp.48-51
Poem Title:
A Paraphrase on the 79th Psalm
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
If ever tears did flow from eyes
Page No:
pp.51-52
Poem Title:
The Convert
Attribution:
Mr. George Herbert
Attributed To:
George Herbert
First Line:
Elijah long and faithful service boasts
Page No:
pp.53-57
Poem Title:
The Prophet Elijah Translated up to Heaven
Attribution:
Mr. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
Thou God for ever blessed
Page No:
pp.58-59
Poem Title:
Hymn
Attribution:
H.W.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
With double pleasure sprung the cheerful dawn
Page No:
pp.60-64
Poem Title:
Hezekiah's Sickness and Recovery: Kings the II. Chap. 20.
Attribution:
Mr. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
Pretending private study when thy mind
Page No:
pp.65-67
Poem Title:
On the Death of Mr. Fell, who was found Dead upon his Knees in his Chamber
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart
Page No:
pp.68-69
Poem Title:
The Introduction. Lord thou knowest all my Desire, and my Groaning is not hid from thee, Ps. 38. v. 9
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Nymphs of the flood how truly blessed are you
Page No:
pp.71-72
Poem Title:
Jeremiah 9. Vers. I. O that my Head were turned into Water, and my Eyes a Fountain of Tears, that I might weep Day and Night
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
My life's a sea now raging now at rest
Page No:
p.73
Poem Title:
Psalm 69. Vers. 15. Let not the Water-Flood overflow me, nor the Deep swallow me up
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
O who would not this strict tribunal dread
Page No:
pp.74-75
Poem Title:
Psalm 143. Vers. 2. Enter not into Judgement with thy Servant, &c.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Acteon's fortune seems in me renewed
Page No:
pp.75-76
Poem Title:
Psalm. The Sorrows of Hell compass me, and the Snares of Death take hold of me
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
A sullen planet frowned upon my birth
Page No:
pp.77-79
Poem Title:
Psalm 31. Vers. 10. My Life is spent in Grief, and my Years in Sighing
Attribution:
N. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
Ye happy souls of heavenly Salem's race
Page No:
pp.79-82
Poem Title:
Out of Hermannus Hugo
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Hark sure I hear Urania play
Page No:
pp.82-84
Poem Title:
On Easter-Day
Attribution:
An Unknown Hand
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Let no bold prayer presume to rise
Page No:
pp.85-86
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
If all the appointed days of man were fair
Page No:
pp.87-89
Poem Title:
Gold is try'd in the Fire, and acceptable Men in the time of Adversity
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Welcome whatever my tender flesh may say
Page No:
pp.89-90
Poem Title:
On Affliction
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Proud Babylon thou saw us weep
Page No:
pp.91-92
Poem Title:
Psalm the 137th, Paraphras'd to the 7th Verse
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
How weak is man that would himself persuade
Page No:
p.93
Poem Title:
The Second Chapter of the Wisdom of Solomon, Paraphras'd
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Thus reasoned thy said he but not aright
Page No:
pp.94-97
Poem Title:
The Chapter Begins
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
How far the sweets of solitude excel
Page No:
pp.98-102
Poem Title:
Solitude
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
I've searched the barren world but cannot find
Page No:
pp.102-6
Poem Title:
The Enquiry
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Double allegiance Lord to thee I owe
Page No:
pp.107-12
Poem Title:
Soliloquy
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The treacherous fortune of a royal crown
Page No:
pp.112-15
Poem Title:
The Safety of a low State
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Sure there's a zeal that's born of heavenly race
Page No:
pp.116-19
Poem Title:
Right Zeal
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Alas I walk not out but still I meet
Page No:
pp.119-22
Poem Title:
Temptations
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Of our dead friends ill truths we may not tell
Page No:
pp.123-25
Poem Title:
Upon a most Virtuous and Accomplish'd Young Gentleman, Who Died of the Small-Pox
Attribution:
S.H. Esq.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The curious wonders we preserve with care
Page No:
pp.126-28
Poem Title:
To a Lady, Upon the X. Commandments cut by Her on White-Paper, and Presented to S. John's College in Oxford
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Approach celestial dove
Page No:
pp.129-31
Poem Title:
Hymn. Veni Creator Spiritus
Attribution:
Mr. Wright
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Before the altar the devoted maid
Page No:
pp.132-35
Poem Title:
Jeptha's Vow
Attribution:
N. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate
First Line:
What's worldly empire pomp & power
Page No:
p.136
Poem Title:
Worldly Greatness
Attribution:
Mr. Ezr. Simson
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Much injured grace for being mild
Page No:
p.137
Poem Title:
Humility
Attribution:
Mr. Ezr. Simson
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The day of wrath that dreadful day
Page No:
pp.138-40
Poem Title:
On the Day of Judgement
Attribution:
E. of Roscommon
Attributed To:
Wentworth Dillon