ECU Libraries Catalog

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.
Included WorkMather, Increase, 1639-1723 Wicked man's portion.
Format Electronic and Book
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)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 393. ^A478749
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) Wherein is shewed that excess in wickedness doth brign untimely death. The second impression. By Increase Mather, teacher of a church of Christ. ..."--[2], 38 p. at end, with separate title page (Evans 394). First issued in 1675, under title: The wicked man's portion. Also issued separately?
References Evans 393
References Evans 394
References Wing (2nd ed.) M1191
References Wing (2nd ed.) M1250
References Holmes, T.J. Increase Mather, 19-B
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 393).
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 394).
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston.
Genre/formElection sermons Massachusetts 1677.
Genre/formExecution sermons 1674.
Other titleSermon (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).