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Order of Contents
General Works
Bible Songs
Old Testament
Genesis
Judges
Ruth
Esther
Job
Psalms
Ecclessiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Minor Prophets
. Jonah
New Testament
Gospels
Acts
The Epistles
James
Revelation
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General Works
Barton, William – A Catalogue of Virtuous Women Recorded in the Old and New Testaments 13 pages
Clapham, Henoch – A Brief of the Bible Drawn First into English Poësy, and then Illustrated by Apt Annotations 1596
Graile, Edmund – Timothy’s Lesson: or, a Summary relation of the historical part of Holy Scripture, plainly and familiarly comprised in meter, for the help of memory, and instruction of the ignorant Ref 1699
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Bible Songs
Sandys, George – A Paraphrase upon the Songs Collected out of the Old and New Testaments 1638
Erskine, Ralph – Songs Selected from the Historical Books in Works, vol. 7
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Genesis
Lesly, George – Joseph Revived, or, The Twelve Last Chapters of Genesis Metaphrased, Containing the Life & Death of Holy Joseph (London, 1676)
Bunyan, John – ‘The Life of Joseph in Verse’ (Genesis 37-50) 14 pp. in Works, vol. 2
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Judges
Quarles, Francis – The History of Samson 1631
Bunyan, John – The History of Samson in Works, vol. 2
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Ruth
Bunyan, John – The Book of Ruth in Verse 4 pp.
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Esther
Quarles, Francis – Hadassa: or The History of Queen Esther with Meditations thereupon, divine and moral 1621
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Job
Blackmore, Richard – A Paraphrase on the Book of Job 1700
Blackmore (1654-1726) was an Anglican.
Brett, Arthur – Patentia Victrix, or, The Book of Job in Lyric Verse (London, 1661)
Erskine, Ralph – Job’s Hymns in Works, vol. 7
Garden, Charles – An Improved Metrical Version attempted of the Book of Job; a Poem, with preliminary dissertation and notes 1796 The poem is on pp. 5-75 after the preliminary dissertation.
King, Edwin – The Poem Of Job Translated In The Meter of The Original 1914
Malet, Arthur – The Books of Job, Ecclesiastes and Revelation rendered into English Verse, also Solomon and His Bride, A Drama from the Song of Songs Buy PoD
Meikle, W. – Job in Meter 1869
Mumford, A.H. – The Book of Job: a Metrical Version 1922
Quarles, Francis – Job Militant with Meditations Divine and Moral 1624
Ramsaeus, T. Ramsay – The Book of Job, Chapter 3 to the End
Raymond, Rossiter – The Book of Job: Essays, and a Metrical Paraphrase 1878
Schmidt, Nathaniel – The messages of the poets : the books of Job and Canticles and some minor poems in the Old Testament, with introductions, metrical translations, and paraphrases, p. 112 ff. 1911
The work cycles through sections of Job in verse and notes on the passage by the author.
Scott, Thomas – The Book of Job in English Verse, with Remarks 1733
This is not the Scott that produced the whole Bible commentary, but rather was a dissenting minister at Ipswich, England.
Stather, W.C. – The Book of Job in English Verse; with Notes 1859
Stock, Joseph – The Book of Job Metrically Arranged according to the Masorah and newly translated into English with Notes Critical and Explanatory 1805
Thomas, Manley – The Affliction and Deliverance of the Saints: or, The Whole Book of Job composed into English heroical verse metaphrastically (London, 1652)
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The Psalms
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Ecclesiastes
Sandys, George – A Paraphrase upon Ecclesiastes 1638
Malet, Arthur – The Books of Job, Ecclesiastes and Revelation rendered into English Verse, also Solomon and His Bride, A Drama from the Song of Songs Buy PoD
Morgan, Aaron – The Book of Solomon called Ecclesiastes metrically paraphrased and accompanied with an analysis of the argument, being a retranslation of the original Hebrew… 1856
“This is an article de luxe, and is rather for the drawing room than for the study. A graphic pencil, first class typography, and a carefully written metrical translation make up an elegant work of art.” – Spurgeon
Quarles, Francis – Solomon’s Recantation, entitled Ecclesiastes Paraphrased with a Soliloquie or Meditation upon every chapter 1644
Roe, George – Koheleth: a Metrical Paraphrase of the Canonical Book of Ecclesiastes 1912
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The Song of Solomon
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Isaiah
Erskine, Ralph – Songs Selected form the Prophet Isaiah, etc. in Works, vol. 7
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Lamentations
1600’s
Sandys, George – A Paraphrase upon Lamentations 1638
Anonymous – A Bottle of Holy Tears, or, Jeremiah’ throws and lamentations for Israel’s misery and Jerusalem’s woeful desolation metrically and meta-phrastically laid out in verse, explaining plainly the meaning of the prophet in his lamenting phrases. Very suitable to these times, wherein we have a call every day to learne the lessons of England’s lamentation, war and plague having made a strong entrance into diverse parts of the land, and lean famine and desolation knocking at the door for entrance Ref 1645
Quarles, John – The Lamentations of Jeremiah in Fons Lachrymarum, or, A Fountain of Tears from whence doth flow England’s complaint, Jeremiah’s Lamentations Paraphrased, with Divine Meditations… (London, 1649)
Anon. – The Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah Paraphrased, Suitable to the Exigencies of these Times (London, 1667)
Chamberlaine, James – A Sacred Poem wherein the Birth, Miracles, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of the Most Holy Jesus are Delineated… also Eighteen of David’s Psalms, with the Book of Lamentations Paraphrased, together with poems on several occasions ToC (London, 1680)
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1700’s
Erskine, Ralph – A Short Paraphrase on the Lamentations of Jeremiah in Works, vol. 7
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1800’s
Slight, Henry – A Metrical Version of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, p 403 ff. 1848
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Ezekiel
Newcome, William – An Attempt Towards an Improved Version, a Metrical Arrangement and an Explanation of the Prophet Ezekiel 1788
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The Minor Prophets
Erskine, Ralph – Poems Selected from the Minor Prophets in Works, vol. 7
Newcome, William – An Attempt Towards an Improved Version, a Metrical Arrangement, and an explanation of the 12 Minor Prophets 1809
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Jonah
Quarles, Francis – A Feast for Worms Set forth in a Poem of the History of Jonah 1620
Bunyan, John – The Prophecy of Jonah in Verse 4 pp.
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The Gospels
The Whole
Coles, Elisha – Christologia: or, a Metrical Paraphrase on the History of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: dedicated to His Universal Church (London, 1671)
Coles (c.1608-1688) was an English puritan and an official in the University of Oxford before the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660. He also wrote, A Practical Discourse of God’s Sovereignty…
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Parts
Bunyan, John – Christ’s Sermon on the Mount in Works, vol. 2
Erskine, Ralph – Songs Selected from the Four Evangelists in Works, vol. 7
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Acts
Tye, Christopher – The Acts of the Apostles [chs. 1-14], translated into English meter… for all Christians that cannot sing, to read the good and Godly stories of the lives of Christ’s Apostles 1553
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The Epistles
Erskine, Ralph – Songs Selected from the Apostolical Epistles in Works, vol. 7
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James
Bunyan, John – The General Epistle of James in Works, vol. 2
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Revelation
Malet, Arthur – The Books of Job, Ecclesiastes and Revelation rendered into English Verse, also Solomon and His Bride, A Drama from the Song of Songs Buy PoD
Erskine, Ralph – Songs Selected from the Revelation in Works, vol. 7
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