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A call from heaven, to the present and succeeding generations or A discourse : wherein 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 N. England.
Van Pelt - Microtext Microfiche 821 no. 393
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Van Pelt - Microtext Microfiche 821 no. 394
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- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 393.
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 394.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feaver, Nicholas, -1674.
- Feaver, Nicholas.
- Driver, Robert, -1674.
- Driver, Robert.
- Executions and executioners--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Executions and executioners.
- Crime--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Crime.
- Murder--Massachusetts.
- Murder.
- Grace (Theology).
- Regeneration (Theology).
- Massachusetts.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Genre:
- Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Election sermons -- Massachusetts -- 1677.
- Execution sermons -- 1674.
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 198 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 38 pages ; 15 cm (8vo)
- 4x6 in.
- monochrome
- service copy
- negative
- Edition:
- The second impression.
- Other Title:
- 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).
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, : Printed by R.P. [that is, Richard Pierce] for I. Brunning [that is, Joseph Browning], 1685.
- Notes:
- Edition statement transposed; precedes "By Increase Mather" in title.
- Error in paging: p. 133 misnumbered 123.
- Bookseller's advertisement, p. [8].
- "A discourse concerning the danger of apostacy ... 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. 45-131, with separate title page.
- A sermon on Ecclesiastes XII, p. 133-159.
- "Pray for the rising generation ... the third impression ... "--p. [161]-198, with separate title page.
- "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 brign untimely death. The second impression. By Increase Mather, teacher of a church of Christ. ..."--[2], 38 p. at end, with separate title page (Evans 394). First issued in 1675, under title: The wicked man's portion. Also issued separately?
- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 393).
- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 394).
- Cited in:
- Evans 393
- Evans 394
- Wing (2nd ed.) M1191
- Wing (2nd ed.) M1250
- Holmes, T.J. Increase Mather, 19-B
- Contains:
- Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. Discourse concerning the danger of apostasy.
- Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. Pray for the rising generation.
- Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. Wicked man's portion.
- OCLC:
- 227015159
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