Navigation Spiritualized, Or, a New Compass for Seamen: Consisting of Xxxii [i.e., 32] Points of Pleasant Observations, Profitable Applications, and S

Publisher Marketing: Title: Navigation spiritualized, or, A new compass for seamen: consisting of XXXII [i.e., 32] points of pleasant observations, profitable applications, and serious reflections, all concluded with so many spiritual poems. Author: John FlavelPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04596300CollectionID: CTRG03-B1128PublicationDate: 17960101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 159, [1] p.; 19 cm Contributor Bio:  Flavel, John John Flavel (1630-1691) was an English Presbyterian clergyman, puritan, and author. John Flavel was born at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and was educated at home and the University of Oxford. Ordained as a Presbyterian in 1650, though later a Congregationalist, he lived in Diptford (in Devon) and Dartmouth. As a nonconformist; he was ejected result of the Great Ejection of 1662. He moved the required 5 miles to Slapton and returned to Dartmouth to preach secretly under great personal risk. After the Declaration of Indulgence 1687, he became a minister of a Nonconformist Church there. He died at Exeter, Devonshire, on 26 June 1691. Flavel is commemorated in the name of Flavel Road on Bromsgrove's Charford Estate. He was a prolific and popular author. Among his works are A Saint Indeed (aka Keeping the Heart), The Mystery of Providence, Husbandry Spiritualised and Navigation Spiritualised, titles which suggest some of his characteristics as a writer.