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An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of God in his late and present dispensations as ever they desire to escape another judgement, seven times greater than any thing which as yet hath been. / By Increase Mather; teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
No full text[4], 26, [2] p. ; 20 cm. (4to)Also issued with: Mather, Increase. Brief history of the warr with the Indians in New-England ... Boston, 1676 (Evans 220)
A sermon (preached at the lecture in Boston in New-England the 18th of the 1. moneth 1674. When two men were executed, who had murthered their master) Wherein is shewed that excess in wickedness doth bring untimely death. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church of Christ. ; [Seven lines of quotations]
No full text[2], 38 p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)Issued with: Mather, Increase. A call from heaven ... Boston, 1685 (Evans 393). Cf. Holmes.First published in 1675 under title: The wicked mans portion.Edition statement transposed: precedes "By Increase Mather" in title
An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of God in his late and present dispensations as ever they desire to escape another judgement, seven times greater that any thing which as yet hath been. / By Increase Mather; teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
No full text[4], 26, [2] p. ; 20 cm. (4to)Issued as part of: Mather, Increase. A Brief history of the warr with the Indians in New-England ... Boston, 1676 (Evans 220). Also issued separately (Evans 221)
Ichabod. Or, A discourse, shewing what cause there is to fear that the glory of the Lord, is departing from New-England. Delivered in two sermons, / by Increase Mather ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
No full text122, [2] p. ; 14 cm. (12mo)Running titles: The glory departing from New-England; The throne of Christ the most glorious throne.Errata note, p. 92."The glorious throne ... "--p. [97]-122, with separate title page. Also issued as part of: Mather, Increase. Four sermons ... Boston, 1707 (Bristol B323)
Heaven's alarm to the world. Or A sermon, wherein is shewed, that fearful sights and signs in heaven, are the presages of great calamities at hand. Preached at the lecture of Boston in New-England; January, 20. 1680. / By Increase Mather.
No full text[8], 38, [2], 32 p. ; (8vo)Also issued as part of: Mather, Increase. Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets ... Boston, 1683 (Evans 352).Signatures: A-E^8.Two states of the imprint noted. The first (Bristol B59; Shipton & Mooney 39220) reads 'by John Browning'; in the second (Evans 320) this is corrected to 'by Joseph Browning.'"The latter sign discoursed of, in a sermon preached ... August, 31. 1682 ... by Increase Mather ..."--[2], 32 p. at end, with separate title page (Evans 321). Apparently not issued separately
The excellency of a publick spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Masachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]
No full text[12], 84 p. ; 14 cm. (12mo)Running titles: The publick spirited man; The righteous man a blessing; The morning star.Also issued as part of: Mather, Increase. Four sermons ... Boston, 1707 (Bristol B323).Dedicatedn to Joseph Dudley."The righteous man a blessing ... "--p. [39]-84, with separate title page. Contains third sermon: The morning star.Errata note, p. 84
A call from heaven to the present and succeeding generations or A discourse wherin is shewed, I. That the children of godly parents are under special advantages and encouragements to seek the Lord. : II. The exceeding danger of apostasie, especially as to those that are the children and posterity of such as have been eminent for God in their generation. : III. That young men ought to remember God their creator. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Nine lines of quotations]
No full text[8], 114, [2], 29, [1] p. ; 14 cm. (8vo)Caption title: A call to the rising generation.Issued with: Mather, Increase. Pray for the rising generation ... second impression ... Boston, 1679., 29, [1] p. (Evans 275). Cf. Holmes.Errors in paging: p. 60-64 and 104, 2nd count, and p. 23, 4th count, misnumbered 59, 59-62, 194, 13.Errata note, p. [8], 1st count."A discourse concerning the danger of apostasy ... delivered in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the Massachusetts Colony ... May 23. 1677. being the day of election there."--p. [33]-94, with separate title page.A sermon on Ecclesiastes XII., p. 95-114
An Arrow Against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing Drawn out of the Quiver of the Scriptures
Get PDFWhen a dancing master arrived in Boston in 1685 and offered lessons and classes for both sexes during times normally reserved for church meetings, the Puritan ministers went to court to suppress the practice. Increase Mather (1639-1723) took the leading part, writing and publishing this tract, which compiles arguments and precedents for the prohibition of “Gynecandrical Dancing, [i.e.] Mixt or Promiscuous Dancing, viz. of Men and Women … together.” These justifications were certainly shared with the court, which found the dancing master guilty, fined him £100, and allowed him to skip town.
Mather’s tract on dancing is an overwhelming compendium of sources and authorities: from the Bible, classical authors, Christian Church Fathers, medieval philosophers, and Reformed theologians both Continental and English. None of them, it appears, approved of mixed dancing—because it leads to adultery and worse. The vilest sins and the direst disasters lie only a short step from the dance floor.
The Arrow is remarkable for two things (at least): for how much allusion and citation are packed into its brief 30 pages, and for how quickly it escalates the issue into life-or-death scenarios, all vividly painted to emphasize the mortal danger of men and women dancing together
A Brief History of the Warr with the Indians in New-England
Get PDFThis ebook represents a new edition of Increase Mather’s influential contemporary account of King Philip’s War, between the English colonists in New England (and their Native allies) and the Wampanoag, Naragansett, and other Indian nations of the region, beginning in 1675. Mather’s account runs through August of 1676, when hostilities in southern, central, and western New England ended; fighting continued in the region of Maine until 1678. The war was disastrous for both sides, but particularly for the hostile Native Americans, who were brought very close to extermination.
Mather describes his history as “brief” (its 30,00 words run to 89 pages in this edition) and “impartial”—a claim that may ring false to modern ears. Mather was not a direct participant, but was an associate of most of the colonial leadership and a spiritual advisor to the war effort. His History has the advantage of being freshly written during the conflict, and reflects the alternating hopes and disappointments that accompanied each bit of news that arrived in Boston. He argues that the United Colonies (Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut) waged a defensive war against a treacherous enemy who assaulted their settlements and plantations without provocation. He does, however, blame the English colonists for their neglect of religion (including insufficient efforts to Christianize the natives) and for the sins of apostacy, inordinate pride of apparel and hair, drunkenness, and swearing—all of which gave God adequate cause to raise enemies against them as a “Scourge” to punish them and motivate them to repentence and reformation.
The Brief History does deliver many telling truths about the conflict: that the English conducted search-and-destroy campaigns against both persons and provisions, slaughtered (Mather’s word) large numbers of women and children as well as men, executed captured leaders by firing squad (on Boston Common and at Stonington, Ct.); and that their “armies” were on several occasions routed or entirely wiped out by Native fighters.
This ebook edition is based on the first printed edition published at Boston in 1676, and it retains the spelling, punctuation, and orthography of the original. Some explanatory notes have been added (at the end), along with a bibliography, and a note on the textual history of the work, the editorial rationale employed, and a list of all emendations.https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeaamericanstudies/1008/thumbnail.jp
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