The Poetry of Samuel Slater

by Samuel Slater

Publisher:

Digital Puritan Press

, 2018

Overview

The Poetry of Samuel Slater collects all of the author’s verse into one volume. Included is “A Discourse Concerning the Creation, Fall, and Recovery of Man”, which is modeled on John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”, yet in a much more approachable style and length. “A Dialogue Between Faith and a Doubting Soul” was written for the comfort of a troubled woman who frequently came to the author for counsel and reassurance. Also included are an elegy for Oliver Cromwell and several biblical songs put to verse. Even readers unfamiliar with Elizabethan poetry will find these works both engaging and encouraging. They are useful for both devotional reading and academic study.

Key Features

• Collects all of Samuel Slater’s verse into a single volume
• Presents poetry useful for both devotional reading and academic study
• Offers engaging and encouraging works, even for readers unfamiliar with Elizabethan poetry

Contents

• Biographical Preface
• Introduction
• Author’s Preface
• An Interlocutory Discourse Concerning the Creation, Fall, and Recovery of Man
• Author’s Preface
• A Dialogue Between Faith and a Doubting Soul
• Doubt 1: From the apprehension of God’s holiness
• Doubt 2: From God’s justice
• Doubt 3: From the comparatively small number of redeemed ones
• Doubt 4: From uncertainty of interest
• Doubt 5: From inward corruptions
• Doubt 6: From want of godly sorrow
• Doubt 7: From spiritual unfruitfulness
• Doubt 8: From want of growth
• Doubt 9: From wandering thoughts
• Doubt 10: From fear of apostasy
• Doubt 11: From Satan’s temptations
• Doubt 12: From afflictions
• Author’s Preface
• The Song of Solomon
• The Song of Moses (Exodus 15)
• The Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32)
• The Song of Deborah (Judges 5)
• The Song of Hannah (1 Samuel 2)
• The Church’s Song (Isaiah 26)
• A Rhetorical Rapture
• Glossary

Product Details

• Title: The Poetry of Samuel Slater
• Author: Samuel Slater
• Publisher: Digital Puritan Press
• Print Publication Date: 2018
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 178
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christian poetry, English › Early modern,1500-1700; Bible › Paraphrases, English
• ISBNs: 9781387471829, 1982065419, 9781982065416, 1387471821
• Resource ID: LLS:PTRYSMLSLTR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-09-03T15:10:34Z

About Samuel Slater

Samuel Slater (c.1629–1704) was a Presbyterian pastor who was deprived of his congregation in Suffolk when the Act of Uniformity was passed in 1662. He later succeeded Stephen Charnock as pastor of the church at Crosby Square, Bishopgate Street, in London, where he ministered faithfully until his death.