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Cotton Mather
A cloud of witnesses

A cloud of witnesses; darting out light upon a case, too unseasonably made seasonable to be discoursed on.By Cotton MatherBoston : Printed by B. Green and J. Allen?, 1700?Title, as catalogued: A cloud of witnesses; darting out light upon a case, too unseasonably made seasonable to be discoursed on. — By Cotton Mather — Boston : Printed by B. Green and J. Allen?, 1700?

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N00765

A cloud of witnesses

A cloud of witnesses; darting out light upon a case, too unseasonably made seasonable to be discoursed on.

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Boston: printed by B. Green and J. Allen?, 1700

8 p. ; (4to) · 2.1k words · Evans 921 · Wing M1090

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Cotton Mather, A cloud of witnesses (Boston, 1700). Evans-TCP N00765.

Contents 8

A Cloud of Witnesses; Darting out Light upon a CASE, too Unseasonab…A Cloud of Witnesses; Darting out Light upon a CASE, too Unseasonably made Seasonable to be Discoursed on.pp. 1–855
Authoritiespp. 1–24
The ASSEMBLIES Larger Catechism.pp. 27
FATHERS.pp. 2–33
PAGANS.pp. 38
COUNCILS.pp. 4–510
Divines of the Church of ENGLAND.pp. 54
ROMAN-CATHOLICS.ROMAN-CATHOLICKS.pp. 5–817

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Title as printed: A cloud of witnesses; darting out light upon a case, too unseasonably made seasonable to be discoursed on.
Author: Cotton Mather 1663–1728
Place: Boston
Printer: B. Green and J. Allen?

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Year

1700

Imprint

[Boston : Printed by B. Green and J. Allen?, 1700?]

Size

8 p. ; (4to)

Words

2,121

Catalogue

Evans 921 · Wing M1090

Text

Evans-TCP N00765

Notes

"The case before us, is not, whether people of quality may not employ a dancing-master ... but, whether the dancing humour, as it now prevails ... be not a vanity forbidden by the values of Christianity?"--p. 1.
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Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes.
Imprint supplied by Evans.

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CC0 1.0 (TCP transcription); underlying work in the public domain

Transcription: Evans-TCP N00765