Collected poems of Samuel Davies : 1723-1761

Davies, Samuel (1723-1761)

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, CHIEFLY ON Divine Subjects.

BOOK I.

BOOK II.

I. The obstinate Security of Sinners lamented. (annext to a Sermon on Matt. iii. 10. April 15, 1750.)

II. Penitential Sorrows. (annext to a Sermon on Luke xiii. 3.)

III. SELF-DEDICATION. (annext to a Sermon on Rom. vi. 13. June 15, 1750.)

IV. Sight thro' a Glass, and Face to Face. (annext to a Sermon on Matt. v. 6. March 18, 1750. before the Lord's Supper.)

V. The Law and Gospel. (annext to a Sermon on Gal. iii. 9, 10. Aug. 19, 1750.)

VI. CHRIST the Beloved and Friend of His Church. (annext to a Sermon on Cant. v. 16. Oct.—1748.)

VII. The Spiritual Warfare. (annext to a Sermon on Rev. xxi. 7.)

VIII. A guilty Conscience. (annext to a Sermon on 1 John iii. 20. Nov. 25. 1750.)

IX. Love to God for His Holiness. (annext to a Sermon on 1 John iv. 16. Dec. 2, 1750.)

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X. Brotherly Love. (annext to a Sermon on 1 John iii. 14. Dec. 9, 1750.)

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XI. The doubting Christian. (annext to a Sermon adapted for Self-Examination, on 1 John iii. 7, 8. December 16, 1750.)

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XII. CHRIST's Agony in the Garden. Luke xxii. 41, 44.

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XIII. Spiritual Inactivity lamented.

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XIV On a sudden Death. (annext to a funeral Sermont on Eccles. ix. 12. Jan. 5. 1750–1.)

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XV. The Conflagration. (annext to a Sermon on 2 Pet. iii. 11. Jan. 27, 1750–1.)

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XVI. Separation from GOD the most intolerable Punishment. (annext to a Sermon on Gen. iv. 13, 14. Jan. 13, 1750–1.)

THE APPENDIX

UNCOLLECTED POEMS

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POEMS ASCRIBED TO DAVIES

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[A PRAYER IN TIME OF STORMS]

May he whose Nod the Hurricanes & Storms
And blustering Waves in all their dreadful Forms
With calm adoring Reverence obey;
May He with friendly Vigilance preside
O'er the outragious Winds & boisterous Tide,
And safe thro' Crowds of Deaths conduct your dang'rous Way!

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[A PRAYER IN TIME OF STORMS]