Taylor was natural within Sketchly, Leicestershire, Engl& and emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony within America in 1668. within the period of his voyage to United states of america, Taylor chronicled his Atlantic crossing from either April 26, 1668 to his landing July Five, 1671 in his okay, published Diary. Upon graduating from either Harvard, he became a medico & pastor inside Westfield, Massachusetts.

When Taylor was the prolific poet, his act languished within proportional obscurity until 1937, when his manuscripts were found, by Thomas Johnson, long-buried in the library of Yale University. A number 1 sections of Taylor's Prepatory Meditations (1682–1725) and Gods Determinations bouncing on his Elect (ca. 1680) were published directly following their discovery; yet, Taylor's complete verse form were non published until 1960.

Taylor is the sole known Western poet world health organization wrote in the metaphysical style. His right-known act is the conceit titled "Huswifery," a directly comparison between weaving and God's salvation through divine grace.