The Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, Upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils: Acc

Title: The wonders of the invisible world: observations as well historical as theological, upon the nature, the number, and the operations of the devils: accompany'd with I. Some accounts of the grievous molestations by daemons and witchcrafts ... and the trials of some eminent malefactors ... II. Some counsils, directing a due improvement of the terrible things, lately done, by the unusual & amazing range of evil spirits ... III. Some conjectures upon the great events, likely to befall, the world in general, and New-England in particular ... IV. A short narrative of a late outrage committed by a knot of witches in Swedeland ... V. The devil discovered, in a brief discourse upon those temptations, which are the more ordinary devices of the wicked one.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: SABCP02269600CollectionID: CTRG97-B2045PublicationDate: 16930101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "Published by special command of His Excellency the governour of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England" verso of t.p. "The devil discovered" has separate pagination. Errata: p. [1] at end of first part. Errors in paging: p. 89 misnumbered 79, p. 9-16, in second part, skipped in the numbering.Collation: [31], 151, 32 [i.e. 24] p