A sorrowful spectacle : In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on a miserable woman, for the murder of a spurious offspring. : The one declaring, the evil of an heart hardened, under and against all means of good. : The other describing, the fearful case of such as in a suffering time, and much more such as in a dying hour, are found without the fear of God. : With some remarkable things, relating to the criminal; proper for all to be informed of. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [One line from Acts].
| Author/creator |
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 |
| Format | Book and Microform |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed by T. Fleet & T. Crump, for Samuel Gerrish, on the north side of the Town-House, in King-Street, 1715. |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, vii, 1 unnumbered page, 3-92 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 47 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 14 cm (12mo) |
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| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 1764 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 1764. ^A478749 |
| General note | Caption titles: The worst of plagues; what it is, and how to shun it. [and] The grand concern, of suffering and of dying people. |
| General note | Signatures: [A]⁴ B-I⁶ (I5 blank); A-C⁶ D⁶(-D6) (D5 verso blank). |
| General note | "The divine compassions declar'd and magnified ... upon the sorrowful occasion of a miserable woman present, under sentence of death ... by Benjamin Colman ... 1715."--47, [1] p. at end, with separate title page (on leaf I6). |
| References | Evans 1764 |
| References | Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 367 |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 1764). |
| Genre/form | Execution sermons 1715. |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | NC Microfiche | MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 1764 | ✔ Available |