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A call to the tempted : A sermon on the horrid crime of self-murder, preached on a remarkable occasion, by the memorable Dr. Increase Mather. And now published from his notes, for a charitable stop to suicides. [Five lines of quotation in Latin].

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Book
Author/Creator:
Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728., Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Suicide--Religious aspects--Christianity--Early works to 1800.
Suicide.
Congregational churches--Sermons--Early works to 1800.
Congregational churches.
Sermons, American--Early works to 1800.
Sermons, American.
Suicide--Religious aspects--Christianity--Sermons--Early works to 1800.
Bible. N.T. Acts XVI, 27-28--Sermons--Early works to 1800.
Bible.
Genre:
Sermons.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([4],ii,17,[1]p. )
Other Title:
Call to the tempted
Place of Publication:
Boston : Printed by B. Green, sold by Samuel Gerrish, at his shop near the Brick Meeting-House in Cornhill, March 12th. 1723,4.
Notes:
Half-title: A sermon on the crime of self murder.
Caption title: Do thyself no harm.
"The occasion of the publication."--p. i-ii, by Cotton Mather.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
Evans, 2563
Holmes, T.J. Increase Mather, 20
English Short Title Catalog, W2875.
OCLC:
642786119

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