Cotton Mather

Military Duties 1687 Mather's sermon to an artillery company emphasizes military duty as a Christian obligation, connecting martial service with religious responsibility and moral conduct. → Early Piety 1689 Mather's biographical sermon celebrates the exemplary piety and early death of his brother Nathanael, promoting youthful devotion and spiritual maturity. → Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions 1689 Mather's account documents witchcraft phenomena in New England, providing theological interpretation and pastoral guidance regarding supernatural afflictions and demonic possession. → Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions 1689 Mather's comprehensive work examines witchcraft and possession in New England, combining theological analysis with documented cases and pastoral counsel for afflicted communities. → Right Thoughts in Sad Hours 1689 Mather's sermon offers Christian consolation and spiritual guidance to those experiencing grief, particularly the death of children, within a theological framework. → Soldiers Counselled and Comforted 1689 Mather's discourse encourages soldiers engaged in frontier warfare to maintain Christian virtue and faith during military conflict against Native American forces. → Work Upon the Ark 1689 Mather provides typological meditations on Noah's ark as representing the church, designed for general edification and particularly for those engaged in maritime concerns. → A Companion for Communicants 1690 Mather provides comprehensive theological and practical guidance on the Lord's Supper, addressing its nature, purpose, and proper preparation for communicants in colonial Boston. → Speedy Repentance Urged 1690 Mather preaches repentance to a condemned murderer, documenting the criminal's character and execution while recounting other notable murders and instances of repentance. → Speedy Repentance Urged 1690 Mather delivers a sermon on speedy repentance to a condemned murderer, including accounts of his character and execution alongside memorable providences of other murders. → The Principles of the Protestant Religion Maintained 1690 Boston ministers defend Protestant doctrine and New England churches against Quaker criticisms, asserting Reformed theological principles and ecclesiastical practices. → The Serviceable Man 1690 Mather's election sermon to Massachusetts legislators emphasizes the importance of capable, virtuous public servants in maintaining godly commonwealth governance. → The Way to Prosperity 1690 Mather addresses Massachusetts colonial leadership on spiritual and material prosperity, delivered to the governor, council, and representatives in 1690. → The Wonderful Works of God Commemorated 1690 Mather's thanksgiving sermon celebrates God's providential works and military deliverances, offering gratitude for divine protection and blessing upon New England. → A Scriptural Catechism 1691 Mather's catechism presents Christian doctrine through scriptural questions and answers, designed for systematic religious instruction and doctrinal confirmation. → The Life of John Eliot 1691 Mather's biography celebrates John Eliot's missionary achievements among Native Americans, documenting evangelical success and the triumph of Reformed Christianity in America. → Things to Be Looked For 1691 Mather describes glorious characteristics of the church's future state and duties incumbent upon believers, delivered to the Massachusetts artillery company in 1691. → A Midnight Cry 1692 Mather calls for spiritual awakening from sinful complacency through discourse on present dangers and hopes, accompanied by church reformation documents from 1692. → Blessed Unions 1692 Mather advocates for Christian union through faith in Christ and ecclesiastical unity, referencing recent Presbyterian-Congregational reconciliation in England. → Fair Weather 1692 Mather addresses discontent through theological argument and historical examples, offering remedies against this vice alongside a comprehensive catalogue of sins against the commandments. → The Day and the Work of the Day 1693 Mather reflects on contemporary fears and hopes for New England's church, offering prayers and prophecies relating to the colony's spiritual circumstances in 1693. → The Wonders of the Invisible World 1693 Mather's theological treatise examines witchcraft and demonic activity, offering historical accounts of New England cases alongside spiritual counsel and apocalyptic reflections. → Unum Necessarium 1693 Mather examines the theological necessity and nature of spiritual regeneration, targeting unregenerate individuals and youth through sermonic discourse on conversion to God. → Warnings from the Dead 1693 Mather issues solemn warnings against sin through discourses occasioned by executions, including a dying woman's confession, targeting especially young persons. → Winter Meditations 1693 Mather provides theological and historical meditations on winter, directing readers toward spiritual reflection on divine creation, providence, and personal religious duties. → Early Religion 1694 Mather urges young people toward early religious commitment through sermon and collected testimonies from dying youth, emphasizing youthful piety and exemplary lives. → Durable Riches 1695 Mather addresses material loss and prosperity through two discourses on divine judgment and spiritual thriving, occasioned by maritime and commercial disasters. → Memoria Wilsoniana 1695 Mather pays memorial tribute to John Wilson, Boston's first pastor, preserving his memory and ministerial significance for the colonial church. → Observanda: The Life and Death of the Late Queen Mary 1695 Mather reflects on divine providence through observations on Queen Mary's life and death, with nonconformist ministers' address of condolence to King William. → Things for a Distressed People to Think Upon 1696 Mather's election sermon addresses provincial concerns and divine providence, recounting miraculous deliverances and expressing hope for future spiritual and political blessings. → Terribilia Dei 1697 Mather documents remarkable divine judgments upon various offenders in New England through two sermons, illustrating God's justice in specific instances. → The Life of Jonathan Mitchel 1697 Mather provides a biographical memorial of Jonathan Mitchell, a prominent Cambridge pastor and college figure, celebrating his ministerial and academic contributions to New England. → A Sound Mind in a Sound Body 1698 Mather directs recovery from physical sickness toward spiritual health, instructing the recently healed on improving natural recovery into spiritual advancement. → The Bay Psalm Book 1698 Mather's collection of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs in English meter serves congregational worship and private edification throughout New England communities. → Pillars of Salt 1699 Mather compiles histories of executed criminals with their dying speeches and theological discourse on divine justice, warning against destructive ungodliness. → A Pillar of Gratitude 1700 Mather's election sermon celebrates God's favors to New England, incorporating accounts of missionary success in the East Indies and expressing gratitude for divine providence. → An Epistle to the Christian Indians 1700 Mather's epistle instructs Native American converts in Christian doctrine and practice, promoting spiritual instruction and cultural assimilation through religious education. → Grace Triumphant 1700 Cotton Mather presents a redemptive narrative of spiritual transformation, offering theological guidance and encouragement to those seeking salvation from grave sins through divine grace. → Reasonable Religion 1700 Mather argues that Christian religion is rationally defensible and morally necessary, demonstrating the wisdom of Christian precepts against sinful behavior. → The Religious Mariner 1700 Mather provides practical religious guidance for seafarers, directing maritime workers toward spiritual salvation through faith and moral conduct during their voyages. → Christianus Per Ignem 1702 Mather offers meditative devotions designed for Christian contemplation during winter leisure, blending practical piety with theological reflection on divine providence and seasonal observations. → Magnalia Christi Americana 1702 Mather's monumental ecclesiastical history chronicles the achievements and spiritual significance of New England Protestantism from settlement through early eighteenth century. → Meat Out of the Eater 1703 Mather's funeral sermons offer theological comfort to the bereaved, particularly those mourning spouses and children, within a framework of Christian consolation. → The Glory of Goodness 1703 Mather celebrates God's goodness through remarkable instances, particularly the redemption of English captives from Barbary corsairs' cruelties. → Faithful Warnings to Prevent Fearful Judgments 1704 Mather issues warnings against fearful judgments through discourse occasioned by pirates' executions, emphasizing moral consequences of capital crimes. → The Nets of Salvation 1704 Mather outlines glorious divine designs and methods for winning souls to serious religion through brief theological essay. → A Faithful Man Described and Rewarded 1705 Mather commemorates Michael Wigglesworth's life and ministry through biographical narrative and funeral sermon, preserving his written spiritual experiences. → The Negro Christianized 1706 Mather's essay advocates Christian instruction for enslaved African servants, addressing their spiritual welfare and moral development within colonial society. → The Temple Opening 1709 Mather's sermon celebrates church formation and pastoral ordination, emphasizing congregational duties and the sacred nature of gathered Christian communities. → Nehemiah: On Divine Consolations 1710 Mather's essay on divine consolation addresses grief and loss, particularly the death of family members, offering theological comfort and spiritual guidance. → Theopolis Americana 1710 Mather's sermon to Massachusetts legislators critiques commercial corruption while expressing hope for moral and spiritual improvement in American society. → Compassions Called For 1711 Mather reflects on miserable spectacles through profitable meditations, including a detailed account of shipwreck and deliverance on New England's coast. → The Young Man Spoken To 1712 Mather recommends early religion and private devotion to young persons through sermon, emphasizing closet prayer and youthful spiritual commitment. → Golgotha 1713 Mather meditates on death's reality and proper spiritual preparation, occasioned by early mortality including a Boston schoolmaster's death. → The Sad Effects of Sin 1713 Mather documents a 1713 murder case with the criminal's confession and execution, accompanied by sermons preaching moral lessons on sin's destructive consequences. → Insanabilia 1714 Mather addresses incurable griefs through theological essay offering comfort and counsel to those suffering irremedial afflictions requiring patient endurance. → Maternal Consolations 1714 Mather offers consolation on the death of his mother Maria Mather through theological essay on divine comfort, reflecting on her piety and legacy. → A Sorrowful Spectacle 1715 Mather presents two sermons occasioned by a capital murder case, exploring hardened hearts, divine judgment, and the spiritual condition of the dying and condemned. → Febrifugium 1717 Mather prescribes spiritual cure for ungoverned anger through sermon preached to a man condemned for murder committed in rage. → The Valley of Hinnom 1717 Mather describes hell's terrors and methods of escape through a sermon preached to a condemned murderer, emphasizing divine punishment and spiritual salvation. → Zelotes 1717 Mather exhorts Christian zeal for God's house in a sermon at the dedication of a new Boston meeting house, emphasizing devotion to public worship. → Psalterium Americanum 1718 Mather's metrical Psalter provides blank verse translations of the Psalms with musical notation and theological commentary for congregational worship and private devotion. → A Glorious Espousal 1719 Mather illustrates Christ's espousal of believers and proper Christian marriage conduct, designed for those promoting spiritual conversion and celebrating weddings. → A Vision in the Temple 1721 Mather celebrates divine majesty and glory at the dedication of Boston's New Brick Meeting House, offering theological reflection on God's kingship and church worship. → India Christiana 1721 Mather's discourse to missionary commissioners promotes evangelical work in America and Asia, advancing Protestant expansion and the Christianization of indigenous peoples. → Silentiarius 1721 Mather offers consolation through essays on holy silence and godly patience in grief, occasioned by the death of Abigail Willard with accompanying sermon. → The Christian Philosopher 1721 Mather reconciles Christian theology with natural philosophy, demonstrating how scientific observation and religious faith complement each other in understanding God's creation. → Tremenda 1721 Mather delivers a sermon on divine judgment against wickedness, incorporating a conference with an African prisoner condemned for murder, addressing themes of justice and redemption. → The Way of Wicked Men Remarkably Exemplified 1723 Mather's sermon on pirate executions examines divine justice and the tragic consequences of wickedness, incorporating accounts of condemned criminals' final statements. → The Converted Sinner 1724 Mather's sermon on conversion, preached to condemned pirates before execution, explains genuine spiritual transformation and offers pastoral counsel to the condemned. → The Stimulator 1724 Mather awakens souls from spiritual lethargy and uncertainty about eternal destiny through essay addressing darkness and doubt about the unseen world. → The Edulcorator 1725 Mather reflects on divine consolation amid tragedy, using Captain Josiah Winslow's sacrificial death in service to his country as occasion for spiritual instruction on enduring hardship. → Ecclesia Monilia 1726 Mather celebrates the spiritual legacy of Elizabeth Cotton, examining the treasures of God's church through her exemplary piety and devotional writings presented at a Boston lecture. → The Vial Poured Out Upon the Sea 1726 Mather's apocalyptic sermon interprets contemporary events through biblical prophecy, addressing divine judgment and spiritual significance of historical occurrences. → The Terror of the Lord 1727 Mather interprets a New England earthquake as divine judgment, offering theological reflection and spiritual exhortation to Boston residents on this catastrophic event. → The Mystical Marriage 1728 Mather's essay explores Christ's spiritual union with believers, presented as devotional instruction particularly suitable for young people and marriage celebrations. →