Cotton Mather

American religious minister and scientific writer
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1707

Family-religion, excited and assisted

1702

Magnalia Christi Americana

1692

The wonders of the invisible world

1727

Hor-Hagidgad

1706

Free-grace, maintained & improved. Or, The general offer of the Gospel

1808

Essays to do good

1690

The present state of New-England

1699

A family well-ordered. Or An essay to render parents and children happy in one another

1693

The day, & the work of the day

1696

The Christian thank-offering

1723

The Lord-High-Admiral of all the seas, adored

1707

The greatest concern in the world

1725

The palm-bearers

1725

El-Shaddai

1703

A family-sacrifice

1717

Icono-clastes

1708

Corderius americanus

1685

An elegy on the much-to-be-deplored death of that never-to-be-forgotten person, the Reverend Nathanael Collins

1719

A new year well-begun

1712

A true survey & report of the road

1726

Hatzar-Maveth

1693

Winter-meditations

1709

Work within-doors

1713

A present of summer-fruit

1720

The Christian philosopher

1710

To the truly honourable, & venerable, John Maxwel rector. John Stirling vice-chancellor, and principal. James Brown dean of the faculty. James Simpson profes [sic] of divinity. And the rest of the learned & worthy professors, of the renowned University of Glasgow

1712

A soul well-anchored

1711

The fisher-mans calling

1724

Parentator

1703

The day which the Lord hath made

1710

Bonifacius

1689

Memorable providences, relating to witchcrafts and possessions

1727

The terror of the Lord

1985

The United States in Literature

Authors:
1727

Juga jucunda

1690

A companion for communicants

1717

The case of a troubled mind

1700

An epistle to the Christian Indians

1706

The good old way. Or, Christianity described, from the glorious lustre of it appearing in the lives of the primitive Christians

1711

Memorials of early piety

1702

A monitory letter to them who needlessly and frequently absent themselves from the publick worship of God

1697

Faith at work

1692

Blessed unions

1712

Thoughts for the day of rain

1710

The heavenly conversation

1705

A faithful man, described and rewarded

1711

Manly Christianity

1712

Pastoral desires

1726

A good old age

1701

Death made easie & happy

1720

The quickened soul

1705

The religion of the closet

1695

Durable riches

1723

Coelestinus

1722

Bethiah

1691

Ornaments for the daughters of Zion. Or The character and happiness of a vertuous woman

1967

Bonifacius: an essay

1727

Baptismal piety

1706

The Christian temple. Or, An essay upon a Christian considered as a temple

1715

A monitor for the children of the covenant

1707

Another tongue brought in, to confess the great Saviour of the world. Or, Some communications of Christianity, put into a tongue used among the Iroquois Indians, in America

1727

Ignorantia scientifica

1727

Agricola, or, The religious husbandman

1723

Euthanasia

1713

Tabitha rediviva

1691

A scriptural catechism

1712

The wayes and joyes of early piety

1725

Virtue in it's verdure

1719

Desiderius. Or, A desirable man describ'd; in the characters of one worthy to be, a man greatly beloved

1698

Mens sana in corpore sano

1909

Elegy by the Reverend Cotton Mather on the death of the Reverend Nathaniel Collins

1711

Orphanotrophium. Or, Orphans well-provided for

1926

Selections from Cotton Mather

1723

Valerius

1717

The tribe of Asher

1722

Columbanus. Or, The doves flying to the windows of their Saviour

1726

Suspiria vinctorum

1710

Nehemiah

1722

Pia desideria. Or, The smoaking flax, raised into a sacred flame

1721

The way of the truth laid out

1697

The way to excel

1719

The religion of an oath

1719

A testimony against evil customs

1703

Meat out of the eater. Or, Funeral-discourses occasioned by the death of several relatives

1692

Balsamum vulnerarium ex Scriptura

1712

Grata brevitas

1720

The salvation of the soul considered

1696

Things for a distress'd people to think upon

1715

The grand point of solicitude

1725

Une grande voix du ciel a la France

1720

Coheleth

1706

The Negro Christianized

1726

Ecclesia Monilia

1705

Mare pacificum

1713

Advice from the watch tower

1712

Grace defended

1719

The tryed professor

1715

Nuncia bona e terra longinqua

1700

The religious marriner

1715

A sorrowful spectacle

1718

A man of reason

1703

Conversion exemplified

1718

Marah spoken to

1715

Verba opportuna

1723

A father departing

1705

Baptistes. Or, A conference, about the subject and manner of baptism

1774

The good old way, or, Christianity described

1714

The religion of the cross

1741

Ornaments for the daughters of Zion. Or The character and happiness of a virtuous woman

1724

Religious societies

1689

Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness

1700

A monitory letter about the maintainance [sic] of an able and faithful ministry

1707

The best ornaments of youth

1728

The comfortable chambers, opened and visited

1692

Fair weather. Or Considerations to dispel the clouds, & allay the storms, of discontent

1896

A poem and an elegy

1713

What should be most of all tho't upon

1710

Dust and ashes

1696

A good master well served

1720

A year and a life well concluded

1727

Restitutus

1713

The best way of living; which is to die daily

1700

The resolved Christian

1724

The converted sinner

1718

Faith encouraged

1716

The resort of piety

1709

The cure of sorrow

1719

Vigilius. Or, The awakener

1694

Early religion

1719

A glorious espousal

1712

A town in its truest glory

1716

Piety demanded

1701

American tears upon the ruines of the Greek churches

1703

The retired Christian. Or, The duty of secret prayer, publickly inculcated

1727

The balance of the sanctuary

1724

Tela praevisa

1707

A very needful caution

1702

The pourtraiture of a good man

1720

The right way to shake off a viper

1713

Things to be more thought upon

1714

Vita brevis

1717

The valley of Baca

Cotton Mather's tribute to Ezekiel Cheever

1964

The diary of Cotton Mather, D.D., F.R.S. for the year 1712

1716

The stone cut out of the mountain

1726

Diluvium ignis

1725

A proposal for an evangelical treasury

1723

A brief memorial, of matters and methods for pastoral visits

1707

The souldier told, what he shall do

1898

Cotton Mather's Lives of Bradford and Winthrop

1857

Early piety exemplified in the life and death of Mr. Nathaniel Mather

1916

Curious cases and amusing actions at law

1839

Hannah Swanton, the Casco captive, or, The Catholic religion in Canada and its influence on the Indians in Maine

1909

Elegy on the death of the Reverend Nathaniel Collins

2010

Biblia Americana, Volume 1

1911

Diary of Cotton Mather ...

1718

Psalterium Americanum

1721

The accomplished singer

1713

A flying roll, brought forth, to enter into the house and hand of the thief

1714

A short life, yet not a vain one

1726

The choice of wisdom

1700

Grace triumphant. Or, A notable exemple [sic] of a great sinner, becoming a great saint

1715

Parentalia

1712

Reason satisfied: and faith established

1713

Adversus libertinos, or, Evangelical obedience described and demanded

1708

A good evening for the best of dayes

1728

The mystical marriage

1704

Eureka. The vertuous woman found

1796

The comfortable chambers, opened and visited upon the departure of that aged and faithful servant of God, Mr. Peter Thatcher, the never to be forgotten Pastor of Milton

1713

The curbed sinner

1701

A collection, of some of the many offensive matters, contained in a pamphlet, entituled, The order of the Gospel revived

1721

Silentiarius

1723

A good character. Or, A walk with God characterized

1711

Perswasions from the terror of the Lord

1701

A Christian at his calling

1704

A weaned Christian. Or, Some good things, by which a serious Christian may be made easy when great things are deny'd unto him

1700

The great physician, inviting them that are sensible of their internal maladies, to repair unto him for his heavenly remedies

1719

An history of seasonable interpositions; especially relating to the twice-memorable fifth of November

1724

The words of understanding

1700

Monitory letter about the maintenance of an able and faithful ministry

1707

A treacle fetch'd out of a viper

1701

Triumphs over troubles

1710

Elizabeth in her holy retirement

1689

Early piety

1709

A Christian conversing with the great mystery of Christianity

1700

A letter of advice to the churches of the non-conformists in the English nation

1707

Ornamental piety

1719

An heavenly life

1706

Vigilantius. Or, A servant of the Lord found ready for the coming of the Lord

1728

The widow of Naim

1713

Golgotha

1714

A perfect recovery

1712

Repeated warnings

1709

The temple opening

1695

Observanda

1699

The faith of the fathers, or, The articles of the true religion, all of them exhibited in the express words of the Old Testament

1704

Le vrai patron des saines paroles

1709

A golden curb, for the mouth

1715

The Christian cynick

1725

Repeated admonitions

Agricola

1712

The young man spoken to

1705

The hatchets, to hew down the tree of sin, which bears the fruit of death. Or, The laws, by which the magistrates are to punish offences, among the Indians, as well as among the English. =

1712

The old paths restored

1706

A conquest over the grand excuse of sinfulness and slothfulness. Or, The cause of God and religion, pleaded against those, who make their inability to do good, their plea, for their continuance in a way of evil-doing

1726

Terra beata

1707

The fall of Babylon

1722

Sober sentiments

1694

Early religion urged in a sermon upon the duties wherein, and the reasons wherefore, young people should become religious

1713

A Christian funeral

1695

Help for distressed parents. Or, Counsels & comforts for godly parents afflicted with ungodly children

1721

The ambassadors tears

1725

Renatus

1689

Work upon the ark

1692

A midnight cry

1707

The spirit of life entering into the spiritually dead

1704

Faithful warnings to prevent fearful judgments

1727

Christian loyalty. Or, some suitable sentiments on the withdraw of King George the First, of glorious memory, and the access of King George the Second, unto the throne of the British empire. By Cotton Mather, ..

1714

The Savior with his rainbow

2004

Help for distressed parents, or, Counsels and comforts for godly parents afflicted with ungodly children and warnings unto children to beware of all those evil courses which would be afflictive unto their parents

1709

Youth in its brightest glory

1699

The faith of the fathers. Or, The articles of the true religion

1701

Thaumatographia Christiana

1705

Nicetas. Or, Temptations to sin, and particularly to the sin wherewith youth is most usually and easily ensnared; well answered & conquered

1724

Stimulator. Or, The case of a soul walking in darkness awfully & suitably considered

1727

The marrow of the Gospel

1727

Christian loyalty, or, Some suitable sentiments on the withdraw of King George the First of glorious memory, and the access of King George the Second unto the throne of the British Empire

1698

A good man making a good end

1722

The soul upon the wing

1706

Private meetings animated & regulated

1725

Edulcorator

1709

The sailours companion and counsellour

1703

Agreeable admonitions for old & young. Or, Aged piety honoured, and early piety quickened

1822

The biography of Samuel Whiting, minister of Lynn

1693

Warnings from the dead. Or Solemn admonitions unto all people

1724

The nightingale. An essay on songs among thorns. Or The supports & comforts of the afflicted believer

1701

The young mans preservative. Or, Serious advice to all, and especially to young people, about their company

1716

Menachem

1726

The vial poured out upon the sea

1716

Utilia

1725

Deus nobiscum

1702

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

1714

Insanabilia

1695

Batteries upon the kingdom of the Devil

1705

Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ

1713

Reasonable religion

1727

Evident tokens of salvation

1704

The nets of salvation

1720

Detur digniori

1702

Christianus per ignem. Or, A disciple warming of himself and owning of his Lord

1712

Awakening thoughts on the sleep of death

1700

Reasonable religion. Or, The truth of the Christian religion, demonstrated

1714

The Saviour with his rainbow

1698

Eleutheria, or, An idea of the Reformation in England

1693

Unum necessarium awakenings for the unregenerate. Or, The nature and necessity of regeneration

1708

Sober considerations, on a growing flood of iniquity. Or, An essay, to dry up a fountain of, confusion and every evil work; and to warn people, particularly of the woful consequences, which the prevailing abuse of rum, will be attended withal

1719

Genethlia pia; or, Thoughts for a birth-day

1700

Things that young people should think upon. Or, The death of young people improved, in some lively admonitions to the living

1702

Cares about the nurseries

1714

A life of piety resolv'd upon

1722

The angel of Bethesda, visiting the invalids of a miserable world

1713

Reasonable religion, or, The truths of the Christian religion demonstrated

1690

Addresses to old men, and young men, and little children

1720

Undoubted certainties. Or, Piety enlivened from the view of what the living do certainly know of death approaching

1712

Winter piety

1724

The true riches

1701

A companion for the afflicted

1726

Fasciculus viventium. Or, All good wishes in one

1702

Christianity to the life. Or, The example of the Lord Jesus Christ, propos'd unto the meditation, and the imitation, of every Christian

1714

Maternal consolations

1714

The sacrificer

1717

Victorina

1713

A man of his word

1703

The high attainment

1725

Zalmonah

1700

An epistle to the Christian Indians, giving them a short account, of what the English desire them to know and to do, in order to their happiness

1704

A servant of the Lord, not ashamed of his Lord

1717

Febrifugium

1709

Nunc dimittis, briefly descanted on

1714

Verba vivifica

1722

Divine afflations

1704

A comforter of the mourners

1907

The history of Harvard College

1710

Christianity demonstrated

1682

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

1702

Proposals, for the preservation of religion in the churches, by a due trial of them that stand candidates of the ministry

1723

Some seasonable enquiries offered

1744

An essay on comets

1725

The present state of the prison of Ludgate, fully discovering all its customs, privileges and advantages, whereby it exceeds all other prisons and particularly shewing what treatment the prisoners meet with from their first entrance to their discharge

1705

The rules of a visit

1704

Youth under a good conduct

1726

Nails fastened. Or, Proposals of piety reasonably and seasonably complyed withal

1718

Vanishing things

1726

Some seasonable advice unto the poor

1704

A tree planted by the rivers of water. Or, An essay, upon the godly and glorious inprovements, which baptised Christians are to make to their sacred baptism

1715

The city of refuge

1704

The armour of Christianity

1710

Bonifacivs

1721

Honesta parsimonia: or, Time spent as it should be

1907

The first two presidents of Harvard College

2001

A family well-ordered, or, An essay to render parents and children happy in one another, handling two very important cases

1716

Fair dealing between debtor and creditor

1702

Necessary admonitions; containing just thoughts upon some sins, too little thought of. Or, A brief discourse concerning sins of omission

1721

Tremenda

1714

Death approaching

1716

Utilia. Real and vital religion served, in the various & glorious intentions of it

1725

Christodulus. A good reward of a good servant. Or, The service of a glorious Christ, justly demanded and commended, from a view of the glory with which it shall be recempensed [sic]

1726

The instructor

1723

The pure Nazarite

1703

The glory of goodness

1979

Another tongue brought in, to confess the great Saviour of the world ; or, Some communications of Christianity

1698

Eleutheria

1697

[Humiliations follow'd with deliverances

1870

The life of Mr. Thomas Dudley, several times governor of the colony of Massachusetts

1846

Strange phenomena of New England: in the seventeenth century

1837

Hannah Swanton, the Casco captive, or, The Catholic religion in Canada and its influence on the Indians in Maine

1853

Magnalia Christi Americana, or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England

1855

Magnalia Christi Americana, or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England

1707

Another tongue brought in, to confess the great Saviour of the world

1706

An epistle to the Christian Indians

1820

Magnalia Christi Americana, or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England

1911

Diary of Cotton Mather, 1681-1724

2009

Magnalia Christi Americana Vol 2 American Philosophy and Religion

2012

Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possesions

2012

Pillars of Salt An History of Some Criminals Executed in This Land for Capital Crimes

1971

Selected letters of Cotton Mather

1721

A course of sermons on early piety

1950

On witchcraft

1967

Magnalia Christi Americana

2005

Salem witchcraft

Authors:
1977

Magnalia Christi Americana, books I and II

1823

The discipline practised in the churches of New England

1796

The comfortable chambers, opened and visited

1960

Selections

1989

Cotton Mather's verse in English

1970

Days of humiliation, times of affliction and disaster

1976

Paterna

1978

Ornaments for the daughters of Zion

1995

The threefold paradise of Cotton Mather

1972

The angel of Bethesda

2006

Magnalia Christi americana;