The wonders of the invisible world. : Observations as well historical as theological, upon the nature, the number, and the operations of the devils[.] : Accompanyd with, I. Some accounts of the grievous molestations, by daemons and witchcrafts, which have lately annoy'd the countrey; and the trials of some eminent malefactors executed upon occasion thereof: with several remarkable curiosities therein ocurring. II. Some counsils, directing a due improvement of the terrible things, lately done, by the unusual & amazing range of evil spirits, in our neighbourhood: & the methods to prevent the wrongs which those evil angels may intend against all sorts of people among us; especially in accusations of the innocent. III. Some conjectures upon the great events, likely to befall, the world in general, and New England in particular; as also upon the advances of the time, when we shall see better dayes. IV A short narrative of a late outrage committed by a knot of witches in Swedeland, very much resembling, and so far explaining, that under which our parts of America have laboured! V. The Devil discovered: in a brief discourse upon those temptations, which are the more ordinary devices of the Wicked One. / By Cotton Mather.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 657.

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39303.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--Massachusetts--Salem.

Witchcraft.

Massachusetts--Salem.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (32 unnumbered pages, 151 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 32 id est, 24 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston : printed by Benj. Harris for Sam. Phillips., 1693 [id est, 1692]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Date of publication supplied by Holmes.

Errors in paging: pages 89 misnumbered 79; page numbers 9-16 omitted, last count.

Errata note, pages [152].

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 657).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 39303).

Cited in:

Evans 657

Shipton and Mooney 39303

Wing (2nd edition) M1172

Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 454-A1

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