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The wonderful works of God commemorated : Praises bespoke for the God in heaven in a thanksgiving sermon; delivered on Decemb. 19. 1689. Containing just reflections upon the excellent things done by the great God, more generally in creation and redemption, and in the government of the world; but more particularly in the remarkable revolutions of providence which are every where the matter of present observation. With a postscript giving an account of some very stupendous accidents, which have lately happened in France. / By Cotton Mather. ; To which is added a sermon preached unto the convention of the Massachuset-Colony in New-England, with a short narrative of several prodigies, which New-England hath of late had the alarms of heaven in.

Author/creator Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Other author/creatorAshurst, Henry, 1614?-1680, dedicatee.
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoPrinted at Boston : By S. Green & sold by Joseph Browning at the corner of the Prison Lane, and Benj. Harris at the London Coffee-House, 1690.
Description8 unnumbered pages, 62 [i.e., 64], 7 unnumbered pages, 26 [i.e., 36], 5 pages, 8 unnumbered pages ; 14 cm (8vo)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 540
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 540. ^A478749
General noteDedicated to Henry Ashurst.
General noteSignatures: A⁴ B-E⁸; A-C⁸ D⁴ (D4 verso blank).
General noteErrors in paging: 2nd count, p. 39, 64 misnumbered 93, 62; 4th count, p. 36 misnumbered 26.
General note"The way to prosperity. A sermon ... By Cotton Mather ..."--[7], 26 [i.e., 36], 5, [8] p., with separate title page. Two varied imprints noted: Boston. Printed by R. Pierce. For Joseph Brunning, Obadiah Gill, and James Woode. and Boston. Printed by Richard Pierce. For Benjamin Harris. Both variants were evidently issued separately as well.
References Evans 540
References Wing (2nd ed.) M1171
References Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 453
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 540).
Genre/formThanksgiving sermons 1689 Dec. 19.
Genre/formElection sermons Massachusetts 1689.

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