Heavenly pastime, or, Pleasant observations on all the most remarkable passages throughout the Holy Bible of the Old and New Testament newly allegoriz'd in several delightful dialogues, poems, similitudes, and divine fancies / by John Dunton, author of The sickmans passing-bell.
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- Heavenly pastime, or, Pleasant observations on all the most remarkable passages throughout the Holy Bible of the Old and New Testament newly allegoriz'd in several delightful dialogues, poems, similitudes, and divine fancies / by John Dunton, author of The sickmans passing-bell.
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- Dunton, John, 1627 or 8-1676.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for John Dunton ...,
- 1685.
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- Bible -- Paraphrases, English.
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"Heavenly pastime, or, Pleasant observations on all the most remarkable passages throughout the Holy Bible of the Old and New Testament newly allegoriz'd in several delightful dialogues, poems, similitudes, and divine fancies / by John Dunton, author of The sickmans passing-bell." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36900.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 5, 2025.
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The Epistle to the READER.
Candid Reader,
THy courteous and ready reception of those three well known and delightful Trea∣tises entituled The House of Weeping, &c. Dyeing Pastors last Legacy, &c. And Pil∣grims Guide, with the Addition of the Sick-mans Passing-Bell, in a pleasant Alle∣gory, &c. (All of them in a few Months coming to several impressions) hath encourag∣ed me now a fourth time to present thee with another very useful Piece, bearing my Father Dunton's Name, Entituled HEAVEN∣LY PASTIME, &c. Which is on pur∣pose digested into Dialogues, Poems, Simi∣litudes, and Divine Fancies; as being most easy and taking to the meanest capacity, and which to an ingenious fancy cannot but be wel∣come, here being the pith and marrow of ma∣ny Voluminous Authors of that Bulk and bigness, that many People have not time to read them, more have not Money to buy them, and therefore by that means seeing the tedious∣ness and chargeableness of attaining to know∣ledge break of their Journey at the beginning of their race, and despairing of attaining to the end, begin not to run at all.
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To help then those who are desirous to learn and mind true knowledge this Reve∣rend Author hath taken the pains with the Bee, to extract Honey out of the Flowery Writings of several Authors, taking only that, which was most conduceable to his pur∣pose, and which he imagin'd might draw the Reader on with delight to his own profit.
What his Endeavours have been herein, you will find in the peruseall thereof.
All that I shall desire of thee (Gentle Reader) is to read seriously, judge candidly, and censure rightly, and I make no doubt but when thou hast done, thou wilt for the present thankfully accept of what is here offered, (till something more of this Authors can be trans∣scribed fair for the Press, which will now be very speedily done) and remain a Cordial w••ll-••isher to thy most obliged
Friend and thrice Hum∣ble Servant, IOHN DVNTON.