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A good evening for the best of dayes : An essay, to manage an action of trespass, against those who mispend the Lords-Day evening, in such things as have a tendency to defeat the good of the day. A sermon preached in the audience of the General Assembly, at Boston, 4 d. 9 m. 1708. And, published, by the order of the House of Representatives. [Three lines from Psalms].
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- Author/Creator:
- Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
- Mather, Increase, 1639-1723, author.
- Massachusetts. General Court, author.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sabbath.
- Genre:
- Sermons -- 1708.
- Physical Description:
- 6 unnumbered pages,26 pages ; 8⁰
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed by B. Green, 1708.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Caption title: The cause of the Lords-Day evening, pleaded.
- Order of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, dated Nov. 5, 1708 (p. [2]) names Mather as author.
- "To the reader" signed: Increase Mather. Boston, Nov. 6. 1708.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 1362
- Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 149
- Holmes, T.J. Increase Mather, 147
- English Short Title Catalog, W23148.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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