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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, expecially 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. ; [Seven lines of Scripture texts].

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, 2 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm (8vo)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 393
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 393. ^A478749
General noteAlso issued with: Mather, Increase. Sermon preached at the lecture in Boston ... Boston, 1685 (Evans 394). Cf. Holmes 174-B.
General noteSignatures: A⁴ B-N⁸ O⁴ (O4 blank).
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.
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.

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