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)
- Title:
- Miscellanea sacra or a curious collection of original poems [T139791]
- Publication Date:
- 1706
- ESTC No:
- T139791
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea sacra or a curious collection of original poems upon divine and moral subjects [T204200]
- Publication Date:
- 1732
- ESTC No:
- T204200
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea sacra or a curious collection of original poems upon divine and moral subjects [T60907]
- Publication Date:
- 1705
- ESTC No:
- T60907
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea Sacra: or, a Curious Collection of Poems [*IR*]
- Publication Date:
- 1707
- ESTC No:
- N/A
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea Sacra: or, a Curious Collection of Poems [BL] [vol. 2]
- Publication Date:
- 1706
- ESTC No:
- N/A
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea Sacra: or, a Curious Collection of Poems [T139791] [reissue] [vol. 1]
- Publication Date:
- 1708
- ESTC No:
- N/A
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea sacra: or, poems on divine & moral subjects [ESTC R22340]
- Publication Date:
- 1696
- ESTC No:
- R22340
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- 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'.
- 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
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