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Poetick Miscellanies of Mr John Rawlet

Rawlet, John (1642-1686)

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An Epitaph on the Reverend and truly pious Mr. John Rawlet, B. D. made by his sorrowful Friend J. M.

On his Divine Poems.

AN INVITATION TO THE Holy Communion.

ON THE Holy Communion.

ON THE Holy Communion.

DIRECTIONS FOR RECEIVING THE Holy Communion.

FOR EARLY RISING ON A Lords day Morning.

Morning Thoughts.

DIRECTIONS FOR THE EVENING.

ON Ascension Day.

Midnight Meditations.

A Description of True Prayer, whether with a Form, or without.

How to get and keep a quiet Mind in all Conditions.

A PRESERVATIVE AGAINST Temptations to Sin.

THE Sum of our Duty.

Whilst I was hearing Musick.

On a great Thunder and Storm,

CALMNESS IN A STORM:

On the Rain that fell in June ---81. after a long Drought, from the beginning of April; begun in my Journey.

On a Cross with a Crown upon it, in Burton, betwixt Lancashire and Kendale; Sept. 18. ---80.

On the sight of Furness Fells, June 19. ---71.

On the Parting of Ways in a Journey.

An account of my Life in the North.

On Psal. 19. 57. Thou art my portion, O Lord.

On Psalm 39. 6, 7.

On Luke 11. 14, &c.

A Plain Paraphrase.

A Translation of the first Epistle of Seneca to Lucilius.

Seneca Epist. 70.

A Paraphrase on the 22d. Ode of Horace.

Lib. 1. Martial Epigram 6tum.

For M. M. upon her Recovery, when at Antwerp.

Written on Dr. Patrick's Devout Christian, given to a Friend.

An Epitaph design'd for that most excellently accomplisht and Publick-spirited Gentleman, William Banks Esq;, of Winstanly in Lancashire; who died at Chastleton in Oxfordshire, July 6, ---76.

On A. M. a tender Infant.

ON Bishop Wilkins's Picture.

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A Description of True Prayer, whether with a Form, or without.

God is a Spirit, and in Spirit will
By us be Worshipp'd: But this Holy skill
Of Worshipping aright is not an Art
Of Words from Brain or Book, but in the Heart
'Tis plac'd. An Heart that with the Lips doth move,
Venting the breathings of its inward Love.
An Heart that's awed with greatest Reverence,
Which may consist with filial Confidence:
An Heart whose ardent longings do aspire
After those Blessings which our Tongues desire,

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And puts upon endeavours to attain
The grace we crave, which else we crave in vain.
This Heart prays right, such Cordial Prayers as these
Profit our selves, and do our Maker please.
Thus let us pray, and when we end our days,
Prayer shall be chang'd for everlasting Praise.