Navigation spiritualiz'd: or, A new compass for seamen : consisting of XXXII points of pleasant observations, profitable applications, and serious reflections: all concluded with so many spiritual poems. Whereunto is now added, I. A sober consideration of the sin of drunkenness. II. The harlots face in the Scripture-glass. III. The art of preserving the fruit of the lips. IV. The resurrection of buried mercies and promises. V. The sea-mans catechism. Being an essay toward their much desir'd reformation from the horrible and destable sins of drunkenness, swearing, uncleanness, forgetfulness of mercies, violation of promises, and atheistical contempt of death. Fit to be seriously recommmended to their profane relations, whether sea-men or others, by all such as unfeignedly desire their eternal welfare. By John Flavel, minister of the Gospel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life--Anglican authors--Early works to 1800.

Spiritual life.

Spiritual healing--England--Early works to 1800.

Spiritual healing.

Sailors--Religious life--England--Early works to 1800.

Sailors.

Sailors--Religious life.

Anglican authors.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 unnumbered pages, 118 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 80 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

The fourth edition.

Other Title:

Navigation spiritualized

New compass for seamen.

New compass for sea-men; or, navigation spiritualized.

Pathetical and serious disswasive from the horrid and detestable sins of drunkenness, swearing, uncleanness, forgetfulness of mercies, violation of promises; and atheistical contempt of death.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for M. Fabian in Mercers Chappel at the lower end of Cheapside, 1698.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

An edition of "Navigation Spiritualized", first published in 1677.

Title words "pleasant .. reflections:" are set in three lines, joined at left by a brace.

Frontispiece is a typeset poem, the words framed and intersected by printers' rules in the form of a St. Andrews cross.

Imprimatur at foot of A5r reads: Geo. Stradling, S.T.P. Rev. in Christo Pat. D. Gilb. Archiepisc. Cant. a Sac. Domest. Ex Æd. Lamb. Dec. 14. 1663.

The "essay toward their much desir'd reformation" has separate pagination and a separate title page which reads: A pathetical and serious disswasive from the horrid and detestable sins of drunkenness, swearing, uncleanness forgetfulness of mercies, vioation of promises; and atheistical contempt of death. Applied by way of caution to sea-men, and now added as an appendix to their New compass. ..; there is no edition statement; imprint is dated 1698 and reads in part: Printed by Tho. Parkust [sic] and M. Fabian; register is continuous.

Caption title on pages 1 and running title to the first part of this work reads: A new compass for sea-men; or, navigation spritualized; the appendix has varying running titles and caption titles for each subject.

Copy cropped at head, affecting pagination and text.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1925:15) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition) F1173.

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