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A call from heaven, to the present and succeeding generations or A discourse : wherein is shewed I. That the children of godly parents are under special advantages and encouragements to seek the Lord. : II. The exceeding danger of apostasie, especially as to those that are the children and posterity of such as have been eminent for God in their generation. : III. That young men ought to remember God their creator. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church in Boston in N. England.

Author/creator Mather, Increase, 1639-1723
Included WorkMather, Increase, 1639-1723 Discourse concerning the danger of apostasy.
Included WorkMather, Increase, 1639-1723 Pray for the rising generation.
Format Book and Microform
EditionThe second impression.
Publication InfoBoston : Printed by R.P. [i.e., Richard Pierce] for I. Brunning [i.e., Joseph Browning], 1685.
Description8 unnumbered pages, 198 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 38 pages ; 15 cm (8vo)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 393
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 393. ^A478749
General noteSignatures: A⁴ B-N⁸ O⁴ (O4 blank); A-B⁸ C⁴.
General noteEdition statement transposed; precedes "By Increase Mather" in title.
General noteError in paging: p. 133 misnumbered 123.
General noteBookseller's advertisement, p. [8].
General note"A discourse concerning the danger of apostacy ... delivered in a sermon preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the Massachusetts Colony ... May 23. 1677. being the day of election there ... "--p. 45-131, with separate title page.
General noteA sermon on Ecclesiastes XII, p. 133-159.
General note"Pray for the rising generation ... the third impression ... "--p. [161]-198, with separate title page.
General note"A sermon (preached at the lecture in Boston in New-England the 18th of the 1. moneth 1674. When two men were executed, who had murthered their master. ... By Increase Mather ..."--38 p., with separate title page. Also issued separately (Evans 394).
References Evans 393
References Wing (2nd ed.) M1191
References Holmes, T. J. Increase Mather, 19-B
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 393).
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston.
Genre/formElection sermons Massachusetts 1677.
Genre/formExecution sermons 1674.

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