Meditations by Thomas Swadling, D.D., of St. John’s College, 23 Aug to 30 Dec 1650
In two parts; entitled "The benefit of affliction, or the prisoner’s sacred and civil exercise; in the one whereof he converses with God by meditations and prayers, in the other he converses with the world by imaginations and thoughts; by T.S., D.D.".
The first part contains Sunday meditations from 25 Aug. to 24 Nov. 1650; the second, daily week-day reflections from 23 Aug. to Dec. 30; with two indexes of subjects.
The paper for 23 Aug. begins, "This day I was committed to prison by the l. president of the Council of State for the common-weale of England".
Dates
- Creation: 23 Aug to 30 Dec 1650
Extent
140 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 1289
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. D. 1289.
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. 14019.
Physical Facet
On paper, in duodecimo
Repository Details
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