Bøger af Cotton Mather

Title: The Lord-High-Admiral of all the seas, adored: a brief essay upon the miracle of our Saviour walking upon the water: with admonitions of piety, profitable to all, but very particularly agreeable to them, whose business calls them to sailing on the water.Author: Cotton MatherPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02231500CollectionID: CTRG97-B1491PublicationDate: 17230101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 22 p.; (12mo)

Title: Edulcorator: a brief essay on the waters of Marah sweetened: with a remarkable relation of the deporable [sic] occasion afforded for it, in the praemature death of Captain Josiah Winslow, who (with several of his company) sacrificed his life, in the service of his country, engaging an army of Indians, May 1, 1724.Author: Cotton MatherPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02237800CollectionID: CTRG97-B1521PublicationDate: 17250101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Dedication to Col. Isaac Winslow and wife, signed: Co. Mather. "The tragedy of Green-Island, and the memorable end of Captain Josiah Winslow."--P. 27-33. "Mantissa. A copy of a letter sent unto Colonel Winslow ... from a minister [i.e., Cotton Mather] ... "--P. 35-38, dated Boston, July 1, 1724.Collation: [6], 38 p.; 15 cm. (8vo)

Title: Winter meditations: directions how to employ the leisure of the winter for the glory of God: accompanied with reflections as well historical as theological, not only upon the circumstances of the winter, but also upon the notable works of God, both in creation and providence: especially those, which more immediately concern every particular man, in the whole course of his life: and upon the religious works, wherewith every man should acknowledge God, in and from the accidents of the winter.Author: Cotton MatherPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02269300CollectionID: CTRG97-B2034PublicationDate: 16930101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: [14], 82 p., [1] p. of plates: ill., port

Title: The comfortable chambers, opened and visited: upon the departure of that aged and faithful servant of God, Mr. Peter Thatcher [i.e., Thacher], the never to be forgotten pastor of Milton, who made his flight thither, on December 17, 1727.Author: Cotton MatherPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02236600CollectionID: CTRG97-B1515PublicationDate: 17960101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "The last sermon the author ever delivered." Thacher obituary (p. 25-26) from the (Milton) Weekly journal, 1727. Description of Milton, from the Geographical gazetteer of the towns in the Commonweath of Massachusetts ... 1785: p. 27-28.Collation: 28 p.; 24 cm. (8vo)

Title: The old paths restored: in a brief demonstration, that the doctrines of grace hitherto preserved in the churches of the non-conformists, are not only asserted in the sacred Scriptures, but also in the articles and homilies of the Church of England: and that the general departure from those doctrines, especially in those who have subscribed them, is a most unaccountable apostasy.Author: Cotton MatherPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02231300CollectionID: CTRG97-B1489PublicationDate: 17120101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Attributed to Cotton Mather. "With a preface by Will. Whiston." "Extracted from some things formerly publish'd; and contrived into a single sheet, for the use of some that want and ask, for the armory of Christianity, against the seducers of this evil time."Collation: [7], 24 p.; 16 cm

Title: The sad effects of sin: a true relation of the murder committed by David Wallis, on his companion Benjamin Stolwood, on Saturday night, the first of August, 1713, with his carriage after condemnation, his confession and dying speech at the place of execution, &c.: to which are added, the sermons preached at the lecture in Boston, in his hearing, after his condemnation, and on the day of his execution, being Sept. 24, 1713.Author: Cotton MatherPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02285200CollectionID: CTRG97-B2129PublicationDate: 17130101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. "The curbed sinner ... by Cotton Mather ..."--[4], 64 p., with separate title page. "The hainous nature of the sin of murder ... by Benjamin Colman ..."--34, [2] p. at end, with separate title page.Collation: [2], 14, [4], 64, 34, [2] p.; 14 cm

Title: A poem dedicated to the memory of the reverend and excellent Mr. Urian Oakes: the late pastor to Christ's flock and praesident of Harvard-Colledge in Cambridge, who was gathered to his people on 25d 5mo 1681, in the fiftyth year of his age.Author: Cotton MatherPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02249600CollectionID: CTRG97-B2261PublicationDate: 16820101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "Mather's first published work."--Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints.Collation: 16 p

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The Christian Philosopher is a book written by Cotton Mather that compiles the best discoveries in nature and science, with religious improvements. The book is a collection of essays and observations on various topics ranging from astronomy, botany, and physics to medicine, geology, and zoology. Mather, a prominent Puritan minister and scholar, believed that the study of nature was essential to understanding God's creation and the workings of the universe. He argued that science and religion were not mutually exclusive but rather complementary, and that a deeper understanding of nature could lead to a deeper understanding of God. The Christian Philosopher is a fascinating read for anyone interested in the history of science and religion, and how they have intersected throughout history.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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""A Discourse On The Good Education Of Children"" is a book written by Cotton Mather in 1828. The book is a guide for parents and educators on how to provide the best education for children. Mather emphasizes the importance of instilling moral values in children from a young age and provides practical advice on how to achieve this. He also stresses the need for a well-rounded education that includes not only academic subjects but also physical exercise and religious instruction. The book is written in a clear and concise style, making it accessible to a wide range of readers. Mather draws on his own experiences as a parent and educator, as well as on the teachings of the Bible and other religious texts. Overall, ""A Discourse On The Good Education Of Children"" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in providing children with a strong foundation for success in life.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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An authoritative selection of the writings of one of the most important early American writers

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The History Of King Philip'S War has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

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