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Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England from its first planting in the year 1620 unto the year of Our Lord 1698, in seven books
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137 editions published between 1702 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 1,319 libraries worldwide http://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/text/accesspolicy.html
The wonders of the invisible world : being an account of the tryals of several witches lately executed in New-England
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113 editions published between 1692 and 2009 in English and held by 1,110 libraries worldwide In this fascinating account of witches and devils in colonial America, the famous minister of Boston's Old North Church attempts to justify his role in the Salem witch trials. His strange but engrossing book provides readers with guidelines for discovering witches, explanations of how good Christians are tempted by the devil to become the devil's consort, and methods of resisting such temptations. Written by the most famous and influential Puritan writer and scholar, this volume is essential reading for students of the Salem trials and anyone interested in early American social and cultural history. 15 woodcut illustrations. --Publisher.
Diary of Cotton Mather
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13 editions published between 1957 and 1997 in English and held by 1,061 libraries worldwide
Selections from Cotton Mather
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14 editions published between 1926 and 2010 in English and held by 912 libraries worldwide
Selected letters of Cotton Mather
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5 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 804 libraries worldwide
Bonifacius : an essay upon the good
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13 editions published between 1966 and 1997 in English and held by 761 libraries worldwide
Narratives of the Indian wars, 1675-1699
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10 editions published between 1913 and 1941 in English and held by 683 libraries worldwide
The diary of Cotton Mather, D.D., F.R.S. for the year 1712
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2 editions published in 1964 in English and held by 557 libraries worldwide
The Christian philosopher: a collection of the best discoveries in nature, with religious improvements
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17 editions published between 1720 and 1968 in English and held by 546 libraries worldwide
The angel of Bethesda
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7 editions published between 1722 and 1972 in English and held by 431 libraries worldwide
The Christian philosopher
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5 editions published between 1993 and 2000 in English and held by 421 libraries worldwide The prominent Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather published The Christian Philosopher in 1721, eight years after he had been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. The first comprehensive book on science written by an American, it was intended to demonstrate the harmony between science and religion. Mather surveyed all the known sciences from astronomy and physics to human anatomy. He presented evidence that both celestial and terrestrial phenomena imply an intelligent designer.
The life of Sir William Phips
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24 editions published between 1697 and 1979 in English and held by 400 libraries worldwide
Manuductio ad ministerium : directions for a candidate of the ministry
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11 editions published between 1726 and 1978 in English and held by 392 libraries worldwide
Paterna : the autobiography of Cotton Mather
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7 editions published between 1976 and 1978 in English and held by 329 libraries worldwide
Days of humiliation, times of affliction and disaster; nine sermons for restoring favor with an angry God, 1696-1727
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3 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 317 libraries worldwide
Essays to do good addressed to all Christians, whether in public or private capacities
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49 editions published between 1807 and 1967 in English and held by 220 libraries worldwide
The life and death of the renown'd Mr. John Eliot, who was the first preacher of the Gospel to the Indians in America with an account of the wonderful success which the Gospel has had amongst the heathen in that part of the world, and of the many strange customes of the pagan Indians in New-England
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19 editions published between 1691 and 1976 in English and held by 192 libraries worldwide
Memorable providences relating to witchcrafts and possessions a faithful account of many wonderful and surprising things that have befallen several bewitched and possesed person in New-England, particularly a narrative of the marvellous trouble and releef experienced by a pious family in Boston, very lately and sadly molested with evil spirits : whereunto is added a discourse delivered unto a congregation in Boston on the occasion of that illustrious providence : as also a discourse delivered unto the same congregation on the occasion of an horrible self-murder committed in the town : with an appendix in vindication of a chapter in a late book of remarkable providences from the calumnies of a Quaker at Pen-silvania
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25 editions published between 1689 and 1976 in English and held by 181 libraries worldwide
Eleutheria, or, An idea of the Reformation in England, and a history of non-conformity in and since that Reformation with predictions of a more glorious reformation and revolution at hand, written in the year 1696
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9 editions published in 1698 in English and held by 128 libraries worldwide
A monitor for communicants an essay to excite and assist religious approaches to the table of the Lord. Offered by an assembly of the New-English pastors, unto their own flocks, and unto all the churches in these American colonies ; with a solemn testimony to that cause of God, and religion, in them. [Two lines from Malachi
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20 editions published between 1714 and 1750 in English and held by 85 libraries worldwide Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. more
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Bibliography Biography Catholic Church Christianity Christian life Christian life--Puritan authors Church history Clergy Conduct of life Congregational churches Congregational churches--Clergy Controversial literature Criticism, interpretation, etc. Death Diaries Early works Epidemics Faith Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790 Funeral sermons History Indian captivities Indians of North America--Missions Intellectual life Jesus Christ Juvenile works King Philip's War (1675-1676) King William's War (United States : 1689-1697) Massachusetts Massachusetts--Boston Mather, Cotton,--1663-1728 Mather, Increase,--1639-1723 Mather, Richard,--1596-1669 Medicine Natural theology New England Piety Political science Prayer Puritans Repentance Salvation Sermons Sermons, American Sermons, English Society of Friends Sources United States Witchcraft Youth--Conduct of life
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American, 1663-1728
Another hand, 1663-1728
C. M. (Cotton Mather), 1663-1728
English minister, 1663-1728
M., C. (Cotton Mather), 1663-1728
Mather, C. (Cotton), 1663-1728
Philalethes, 1663-1728
Philopolites, 1663-1728
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