Cain's lamentations over Abel : in six books / by Rowland Cotton.

Author/creator Cotton, Rowland
Format Electronic
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Printed by Wayland and Davis for the author, 1795.
Description239 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Contents book 1. His astonishment at Abel's death, his melancholy relation of the event to Adam and Eve, and his sorrowful separation from his parents when he became a fugitive exile -- Book 2. His conviction and penitence in his solitary retirement, with Satan's appearing to him -- Book 3. The appearance of Abel unto him as a messenger from Heaven, and their discourse -- Book 4. His relfections on Abel's descension and ascension to Heaven and the consolation it produced to his soul -- Book 5. The appearance and discourse of Adam with him from Heaven, Adam's departure, his second apearance to him as the messenger of glad tidings, with Cain's melancholy reflections and doubts in the interval -- Book 6. His patient waiting the will of God to depart from this spot of solitude and earnest desire to see his mother before she goes to his father and brother, with the death of Eve in the presence of Cain.
Local noteLibrary's copy imperfect: bleed-through of text and foxing.
General notePage numbers 73-84 omitted from paging, letter G omitted from register; the text, however, is complete.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 17106.
References RLIN, CTRG03-B212
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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