A treatise on the government of the thoughts; by Bishop John Fell, bulk: 18th century

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MS. Rawl. C. 700

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Divided into twelve sections; with a preface.

The following note is prefixed:

"*This which followeth is a true coppy of some papers which are in the hands of Mr. Jones, who was amanuensis to the Right Reverend Father in God John, Lord Bishop of Oxford. The originall, being all written with the said Bishop's owne hand, was not long before his death which happened July 3, 1686, by him deliver'd to Mr. Jones to be by him transcribed, and from that originall was this coppy taken and carefully compared. 1687.

*This is the account of my Lord Hatton's manuscript, of which this is a faithfull coppy."

The treatise bears no resemblance to that on the same subject published in 1694, which is ascribed to the author of The Whole Duty of Man on the title-page, but which in the preface refers to him only in the following vague terms: "The Tract indeed, in point of justice, must own its original theme to that most excellent and learned author of The Whole Duty of Man; and had not the grave and darkness deprived us of so great a luminary, this treatise would have appeared in perfect lustre with all those embellishments which so exquisite a pen could have rendred it." It would seem from this that the published work was only suggested by the knowledge that a similar work had been contemplated or prepared, and was merely issued under the shelter of a wellknown paronym in order to secure general acceptance.

The sections in the present treatise run as follows:

of thoughts in general;
of incogitancy;
of wandering thoughts;
of wandering thoughts;
of pensive thoughts;
of solicitous thoughts;
of partial thoughts;
of overweening thoughts;
of scrupulous thoughts;
of envious thoughts;
of peevish thoughts;
of angry thoughts.

At the end (fols. 53–55) is added, in another hand, "A prayer compos'd by Dr. Fell, late Bishop of Oxford, at the request of the Lord —," on the state of the Church under the prospect of a re-establishment of Romanism in the time of James II.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 18th century

Extent

55 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. C. 700

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. C. 700.

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 12544.

Physical Facet

On paper, in quarto

Related Names

Creator

From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)

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