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Lord Jesus Christ for Salvation. |11. That for Men to Despair of the Forgiveness of their Sins | because they have been Great, is a great Evil. III. That every Man in the World | is going into Eternity. By Increase Mather.... .. | Second Edition. | Boston. 1712. 24mo, pp. iv, 135. w. + Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin. 1743. 18mo, pp. 167. J.C.B. 46748

The first edition was probably printed in 1703.

In the "Brief Relation of the State of New-England" it is stated that this piece of Mather's had been translated into several of the native American dialects. For an English version, see No. 46699, supra, also included in the "Magnalia," 11. 194, and in part in the "Andros Tracts," 11. 166. For a German translation, see "Ein Brieff," etc., No. 46643, supra. The following contains additional matter:

Field says "This is the third edition, having been printed in London in 1688, and at the same place as this in 1697. Copies of either edition are not easy to procure, but that of 1698 is rarer than the others." A blundering note, which, if it proves anything, proves there are four editions; moreover, he translates Crescentius as Cotton.

MATHER. The | Surest way to the Greatest | Honour : | Discoursed in a Sermon, | Delivered | In the Audience of His Excellency the Earl of Bellomont, Captain | General and Governour in Chief, and of the Council, and Repre-sentatives of the General Assembly of the Province of Massachusetts- | Bay, Convened at Boston in New-| England, May 31st. 1699. Being | the day for the Election of Counsellors in that Province. | By Increase Mather. | Boston. Printed by Bartholomew Green, & John Allen, for Samuel Phillips.... 1699. Sm. 8vo, pp. (8), 42.

MATHER. A Testimony | Against several Prophane and Superstitious Customs, | Now Practised by some in New-England, The Evil whereof is evinced from the Holy Scriptures,

and from the Writings both of Ancient and Modern Divines. | By Increase Mather....| London: Printed in the Year 1687. Sm. 8vo, pp. (8), 41 [i. e. 31].

Very rare. Thomas quotes an edition, "With a Preface. the London Edition. 1688."

B., M. 46752 Boston: Reprinted from

MATHER. The Times of men are in the hand of God. | Or| A Sermon | Occasioned by that awfull Providence which hapned in | Boston in New England, the 4th day of the 3d | Moneth 1675. (when part of a Vessel was blown up in the Harbour, and nine men hurt, and three mortally wounded) wherein is shewed how we should | sanctifie the dreadfull Name of God | under such awfull| Dispensations. | By Increase Mather ....Boston, Printed by John Foster. 1675. 4to, pp. (6), 21. BA., M. 46753

The second work printed in Boston. Extremely rare.

MATHER. Two Discourses | Shewing, | 1. That the Lord's Ears are open to the Prayers of the Righteous. | 11. The Dignity & Duty of Aged Servants of the Lord. | Also, | A Preface in which the Congregational Discipline of the Churches in NewEngland is Vindicated, with the Authors | Dying Testimony there-unto. | By I. Mather, D.D. ... | Boston in N. E. Printed by B. Green, for Daniel Henchman. 1716. 12mo, pp. (2), ix, 141, (1). The Preface (pp. ix) is dated July 26, 1716. "Nine and Fifty Years are Lapsed, since I began to Preach the Gospel, in my Youth, in lands afar off... Since God brought me to Boston, Five and Fifty Years are within a few Weeks expired. Changes have I lived to see!"

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MATHER. Two Plain and Practical | Discourses | Concerning | 1. Hardness of Heart. | Shewing, | That some, who live under the Gospel, are by a Judicial Dispensation, given up to that Judgment; and the Signs thereof. II. | The Sin and Danger of Disobedience to the Gospel. | By Increase Mather, President of Harvard-College in Cambridge, and Preacher of the Gospel at Boston in New-England. | London. Printed for J. Robinson, and are to be Sold by Samuel Phillips, Bookseller in Boston, | in New-England. 1699. 12mo, pp. 187. M. 46755

[MATHER.] A Vindication of Nevv-England, | from the | Vile Aspersions Cast upon that Country By a Late Address of a Faction there, Who Denominate themselves of the Church of England in Boston. | Printed with Allowance. | [n. p. 1688?] 4to, pp. 27. H., W. 46756

Excessively rare. Probably Increase Mather furnished much of the material for this work, though indirectly. See "Andros Tracts," 11. 19-82, and Sibley, No. 44.

MATHER. The Voice of God, in | Stormy Winds. | Considered, in Two Sermons, | Occasioned by the Dreadful and Un-1 parallel'd Storm, in the European | Nations. Novemb. 27th. 1703. By Increase Mather. ... [Followed by:] A| Brief DisCourse Concerning the Prayse | Due to God, for His Mercy, in giving Snow like Wool. | Boston in N. E. Printed by T. Green, | for Nicholas Buttolph. 1704. 12mo, pp. 95. B. 46757

In the first tract, the address "To the Reader" contains a brief notice of the attack on Deerfield and the capture of Mr. Williams and his family. The discourse makes frequent allusions to recent events: the great snow of Dec. 1703, and the loss of a Boston ship, in the harbor (p. 8), the storm of April 7th and 8th, 1704, which wrecked the French privateer "designing to do us hurt" (p. 28), the terrible "windy tempest" at Cambridge, in 1682 (pp. 63-4), etc.

MATHER. The Wicked mans Portion. | Or | A Sermon | (Preached at the Lecture in Boston in New England the 18th day of the 1 Moneth 1674, when two men were executed, who had murthered their Master.) | Wherein is shewed | That excesse in wickedness doth bring untimely Death. | By Increase Mather, Teacher of a Church of Christ. | ... | Boston, Printed by John Foster. 1675. 4to, pp. (4), 25. w. 46758

The

Excessively rare. This appears to have been the first work printed in Boston. preface is dated "15. of 2. Moneth [April 15]. 1675." "The Times of Men," No. 46753, supra, have the same date of imprint, but the preface is dated "9th of 4th Moneth [June 9th] 1675," and the accident which occasioned it occurred May 4th, 1675. There is another issue in which two lines are added to the errata, on the last page (25), and an error in a marginal note on the same page is corrected. For the second impression, see "A Sermon (Preached at the Lecture ...)," No. 46736, supra.

MATHER. Wo to Drunkards. | Two | Sermons | Testifying against the Sin of Drunkenness: Wherein the Wofulness of that Evil, and the Misery of all that are addicted to it, is Discovered from the Word of God. | By Increase Mather, D.D. | Cambridge, Printed by Marmaduke Johnson, 1673. And sold by Edmund Ranger Bookbinder in Boston. 4to, pp. (4), 35. + The Second Edition. Boston, Printed... by Timothy Green, ... 1712. Sm. 8vo, pp. (4), 58, (1). BA. 46759

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The third of Mather's published works. Hebrew type is used in a marginal note, p. 9, and Greek type on p. 3, in the first edition. "Cyder, and a Spirit Extracted out of it, has been much abused to Intemperance. Some observe, that since it has been so, a strange Blast has been upon the fruit Trees, in many Places; so as that some whose Orchards have yielded 500 Barrels of Cyder in a Year, now produce very little. But there is another sort of Strong Drink imported from the Sugar Islands, which has been of all others the most fatal. It is now called Rum, but it once had another name, and a ridiculous one, viz. Kill Devil. Renowned Mr. Wilson said, it should rather have been called, Kill Men for the Devil."

MATHER. Word to the Present and Succeeding Generations of New England. Printed at Cambridge by Sam'l Green, and are to be sold by John Tappan of Boston. 1672. 4to, pp. 32.

Title from Thomas' "History of Printing."

46760

MATHER. The Work of the Ministry. See "Practical Truths," No. 46718, supra.

MATHER (J.) A Sermon Occasioned by the Great Fire, Boston, N. England, 1760, by J. Mather. Boston. 1760. 8vo.

MATHER (J.) The Constitutions of Great Britain, France, and the United States of America, from the most Authentic Sources. By James Mather, Esq. London: Effingham Wilson. 1834. 8vo, pp. viii, 76.

46762

MATHER (J. M.) The Christian Record, edited and published by James M. Mather. Vol. 1. Bloomington, Indiana. 1843. 8vo, pp. 286. 46763

[MATHER (John).] Genealogy of the Mather Family, from about 1500 to 1847, with sundry Biographical Notices. Hartford: Press of Elihu Geer. 1848. 12mo, pp. 76. 46764 This little book, by John Mather of Manchester, Conn., is but an outline of such a genealogy of the family as we trust will yet be written.

MATHER (J. C.) Trial of John C. Mather ... in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments, held at the Capitol in the City of Albany, commencing July 27, 1853. By R. Sutton. Albany. 1853. 8vo. 46765

Also: Speech on Repeal of the Metropolitan Police Law. Albany. 1858. 8vo, PP. 14. Speech on the Bill authorizing the New York Protestant Episcopal Public School to sell a part of their Lands. Albany. 1859. 8vo, pp. 9. S.

MATHER (J. H.) Geography of the State of New York. Embracing its Physical Features, Climate ... With Statistical Tables, and a Separate Description and Map of Each County. Accompanied by a Large Outline Map and Geological Chart By J. H. Mather ... . And L. P. Brockett, M.D. Hartford: 7. H. Mather & Co. 1847. 12mo, pp. 432. + Utica: H. H. Hawley & Co. 1848. 12mo, pp. 432. Utica. 1851. 12mo. + Utica. 1853. 12mo. 46766

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MATHER (M.) A Brief View of the ... Controversy about Terms of Communion in the Visible Church ... . By Moses Mather, A.M. ... New Haven: Printed by Samuel Green. 1772. 8vo, pp. 20. 46767

The Rev. Moses Mather, D.D., minister of Middlesex (a parish in Stamford, now the town of Darien,), was the great-great-grandson of Richard of Dorchester,

MATHER. Connecticut Election Sermon, May 10, 1781. By Moses Mather ... . New-London. 1781. 4to. 46768

MATHER. The Visible Church, in Covenant with God: or, an Inquiry into the Constitution of the Visible Church of Christ. ... By Moses Mather, A.M. New-York: Printed by H. Gaine. M, DCC, LIX. 8vo, pp. 60. BA., N. 46769

A defense of the "Half-way Covenant," against the Rev. Dr. Bellamy. MATHER. The Visible Church, in Covenant with God; Further Illustrated. Containing Also, a brief Representation of some other Gospel-Doctrines, which affect the Controversy. Interspersed with Remarks upon some Things advanced by Dr. Bellamy, and Mr. Hopkins By Moses Mather, A.M. New-Haven: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green. M, DCC, LXX. 8vo, pp. 84.

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BA. 46770

"America's Appeal," Vol. 1., No. 1276, is probably by Moses Mather. MATHER (N.), of Dublin and London. A Discussion | Of the Lawfulness of a | Pastor's Acting as an Officer | In Other | Churches Besides that which He is specially Called to take the Oversight of. By the late Reverend | Mr. Nathanael Mather. | London: Nath. Hiller. M DC XC VIII. 12m0, pp. (20), 155. + The Second Edition. Boston: Re-printed by Thomas Fleet. 1730. 12mo, pp. (2), x, 83. B. 46771

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MATHER. A Sermon | Wherein is shewed | That it is the Duty and should be the Care of Believers on Christ, to Live in the Constant Exercise of | Grace. | By Mr. Nathanael Mather.... Printed at Boston in New-England By R. P[ierce], for Joseph Browning. 1684. Sm. 8vo, pp. (2), 28, (1). B., M. 46772

The first work independently published by him. This Nathanael is the author of other sermons which have no special relation to America.

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46773

[MATHER (Nathanael), of Salem.] The Boston Ephemeris. An Almanack ... for the Year of the Christian Æra 1685. Boston: Samuel Green. 1685. 12mo, pp. 16. M. 46774

The author was a brother of Cotton Mather. He prepared this almanac when he was but fifteen years of age. It is devoted strictly to the legitimate purposes of an almanac, and no attempt is made at religious instruction. "His Piety and Learning was beyond his Years. He dyed here at Salem, and over his Grave there is written,

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