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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  • 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
  • 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
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Imprint
London : printed for M. Fabian in Mercers Chappel at the lower end of Cheapside, 1698. The fourth edition.; ..
Publication year
1698
ESTC No.
R216243
Grub Street ID
91169
Description
[24], 118, [2], 80 p. : ill. ; 8°.
Note
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.
Uncontrolled note
This issue of the fourth edition has the same setting of title page and text as the Tho. Parkhurst "fourth edition", with re-set imprint; page numbers are aligned evenly where visible; plate lacking? Cf. Wing (2nd ed.) E1173A