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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 [sic] 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
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- The fourth edition
- London : printed for M. Fabian in Mercers Chappel at the lower end of Cheapside, 1698
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- [24], 118, [2], 80 p. : ill
- 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 p. 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.
- Wing (2nd ed.) F1173.
- Available electronically as part of Early English books online.