Awakening thoughts on the sleep of death : A short essay, on the sleep, which by death, all men must fall into; the meaning of that lively metaphor, the nature of the sleep and the method by which we may enter into an happy rest, when we fall asleep. With a debt paid unto the memory of some that sleep in Jesus. By Cotton Mather, D.D. [Two lines from Acts].
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Author / Creator: | Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. |
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Imprint: | Boston in N.E. : Printed and sold by Timothy Green, in Middle Street, 1712. |
Description: | [2],viii,34p. ; 8⁰. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10282683 |
Other authors / contributors: | Green, Timothy, 1679-1757, printer. |
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Notes: | Dedicated to the memory of Mary Higginson. Cf. p. iv. Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). Evans, 1549 Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 21 English Short Title Catalog, W11730. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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