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  A poem dedicated to the memory of the Reverend and excellent Mr. Urian Oakes, the late pastor to Christ's flock, and praesident of Harvard-Colledge, in Cambridge. Who was gathered to his people on 25d 5mo 1681. In the fifty'th year of his age. : [Seven lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1682
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
  Description:
  Signed on p. 16: N.R. [i.e., Cotton Mather, using the final letters of his fore- and surnames]. "Advertisement."--p. 16.
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  Agreeable admonitions for old & young. Or, Aged piety honoured, and early piety quickened. In a brief discourse, delivered, April 25. 1703. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1703
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
  Description:
  Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. "Conversion exemplified."--p. 43-48.
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  Christianus per ignem. Or, A disciple warming of himself and owning of his Lord: with devout and useful meditations, fetch'd out of the fire, by a Christian in a cold season, sitting before it. A work though never out of season, yet more particularly, designed for the seasonable and profitable entertainment, of them that would well employ their liesure [sic] by the fire-side. : [Three lines in Latin from Alsted]
  Date of publication:
  1702
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
  Description:
  Running title: A disciple warming himself, and owning his Lord. Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. "A praefatory poem"--p. 2-6, signed: Nicholas Noyes. Errata statement, p. 198.
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  Eureka. The vertuous woman found. A short essay on the memory of Mrs. Mary Brown, late consort of Benjamin Brown Esq. in Salem. : [Three lines from Ruth III]
  Date of publication:
  1704
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
  Description:
  First word of title translated from the Greek. The title appears in Samuel Mather's catalogue of Cotton Mather's publications under the year 1703, when the work was sent to press. Dated 1703 by Evans. Signatures: A^8 (A8 ...
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  Fair weather. Or Considerations to dispel the clouds, & allay the storms, of discontent: in a discourse which with an entertaining variety, both of argument and history, layes open, the nature and evil of that pernicious vice, and offers diverse antidotes against it; / by Cotton Mather. ; Whereto there is prefixed a catalogue of sins against all the commandments, whereof all that would make thorough work of repentance, especially at this day when the God of heaven so loudly calls for it, should make their serious and sensible confessions before the Lord; with an humble and fervent address unto this whole people, there-about.
  Date of publication:
  1692
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
  Description:
  The last digit of the imprint date is poorly printed, and the date was misread by Evans as 1691. "A narrative of a very tragical accident, which happened while the foregoing treatise was in the press ..."--p. 83-92. With ...
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  Meat out of the eater. Or, Funeral-discourses occasioned by the death of several relatives. Work accommodated unto the service of all that are in any affliction; but very particularly such as are afflicted with the loss of their consorts or children. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines from I Corinthians]
  Date of publication:
  1703
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. ; Noyes, Nicholas, 1647-1717. and Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. House of mourning.
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  Ascribed by Holmes to the press of Bartholomew Green and John Allen. Error in paging: p. 142 misnumbered 124. "An house of mourning. The death of desireable relatives, lamented & improved, in a sermon occasioned by the ...
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  Ornamental piety.
  Date of publication:
  1707
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
  Description:
  The only known copy, held by Harvard University, lacks the first two leaves; page numbers torn from p. 25-26. Title from running title. Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. Imprint supplied by Holmes. "A young person ...
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  Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the great blessedness, which Christian parents desire, both for themselves, and for their children. In a discourse, now put into the hands of such parents, as would be assisted in their duty, by putting such things into the hands of their children. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1705
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
  Description:
  Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. "The consent."--p. 58-60, twelve stanzas of four lines.
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  The angel of Bethesda, visiting the invalids of a miserable world [Seven lines of quotations] / By a Fellow of the Royal Society.
  Date of publication:
  1722
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. and Winthrop, John, 1681-1747.
  Description:
  This text forms ch. 5 of the larger work of the same name. Running title: Mishmath-chajim. The seat of all diseases & their cure. Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. "De flatibus humanum corpus molestantibus. By another ...
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  The nets of salvation. A brief essay, upon the glorious designs & methods of winning. The minds of men unto serious religion, : [Four lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1704
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
  Description:
  Urging listeners to endeavor to win people to the Christian life. Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. "The language of a soul taken in the nets of salvation."--p. 55-56, 38 lines in verse.
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