Essays to do good : addressed to all Christians, whether in public or private capacities. / By the late Cotton Mather, D.D. F.R.S. ; [One line from Hebrews] ; To which are added, treatises, on engagements, religious education and sanctifying the Sabbath-day.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.

Contributor:

Burder, George, 1752-1832.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 35227.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

xxv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 28-195 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm

Edition:

A new edition, / improved by George Burder. From the latest Boston and London edition.

Place of Publication:

Johnstown [N.Y.]: : Printed and sold by Asa Child., 1815.

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Notes:

First published under title: Bonifacius. An essay upon the good, that is to be devised and designed, by those who desire to answer the great end of life ... (Boston, 1710).

Editor's preface, with a sketch of the author's life, p. v-xii, dated: London, April 27, 1807.

Edition statement transposed; precedes "To which are added ..." on title page.

"On fulfilling engagements and paying debts. From a sermon by the late President Edwards ..."--p. [179]-181.

"On the religious education of children. (From the Christian observer.)"--p. [182]-193.

"On sanctifying the Sabbath-Day. By Sir Matthew Hale. (From the same.)"--p. [194]-195.

"Contents."--p. [196].

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 35227).

Contains:

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758. On fulfilling engagements and paying debts.

Hale, Matthew, 1609-1676. On sanctifying the Sabbath-Day.

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