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Cotton Mather
Ignorantia scientifica. A brief essay on mans not knowing his time: the just inferences…

Ignorantia Scientifica.A brief ESSAY ON Mans not knowing his TIME: THE Just INFERENCES from it, AND THE Great ADVANTAGES of it. Upon a Special and Mournful Occasion.Psal. xc. 12.So teach us to Number our Days.Fires si scires unum tua tempora Mensem;Rides, quum non sint forsitan una Dies?In English.T'would make thee serious, didst thou surely know,Down to the Grave thou in a Month must go:Why to vain Mirth a loose then canst thou give,Not knowing that thou hast a Day to live?BOSTON in NE Printed by B. Green, for Samuel Gerrish, the lower End of Corn-hill, 1727.Ignorantia Scientifica.A brief ESSAY ON Mans not knowing his TIME: THE Just INFERENCES from it, AND THE Great ADVANTAGES of it. Upon a Special and Mournful Occasion.Psal. xc. 12.So teach us to Number our Days.Fieres si scires unum tua tempora Mensem;Rides, quum non sint forsitan una Dies?In English.T'would make thee serious, didst thou surely know,Down to the Grave thou in a Month must go:Why to vain Mirth a loose then canst thou give,Not knowing that thou hast a Day to live?BOSTON in NE Printed by B. Green, for Samuel Gerrish, the lower End of Corn-hill, 1727.Title page, as transcribed: Ignorantia Scientifica. — A brief ESSAY ON Mans not knowing his TIME: THE Just INFERENCES from it, AND THE Great ADVANTAGES of it. Upon a Special and Mournful Occasion. — Psal. xc. 12. So teach us to Number our Days. — Fires si scires unum tua tempora Mensem; — Rides, quum non sint forsitan una Dies? — In English. — T'would make thee serious, didst thou surely know, — Down to the Grave thou in a Month must go: — Why to vain Mirth a loose then canst thou give, — Not knowing that thou hast a Day to live? — BOSTON in NE Printed by B. Green, for Samuel Gerrish, the lower End of Corn-hill, 1727.Ignorantia Scientifica. — A brief ESSAY ON Mans not knowing his TIME: THE Just INFERENCES from it, AND THE Great ADVANTAGES of it. Upon a Special and Mournful Occasion. — Psal. xc. 12. So teach us to Number our Days. — Fieres si scires unum tua tempora Mensem; — Rides, quum non sint forsitan una Dies? — In English. — T'would make thee serious, didst thou surely know, — Down to the Grave thou in a Month must go: — Why to vain Mirth a loose then canst thou give, — Not knowing that thou hast a Day to live? — BOSTON in NE Printed by B. Green, for Samuel Gerrish, the lower End of Corn-hill, 1727.

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Ignorantia scientifica. A brief essay on mans not knowing his time: the just inferences…

Ignorantia scientifica. A brief essay on mans not knowing his time: the just inferences from it, and the great advantages of it. : Upon a special and mournful occasion. : [Seven lines of quotations]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

printed by B. Green for Samuel Gerrish, 1727

[4], 24 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo) · 6.6k words · Evans 2913

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Cotton Mather, Ignorantia scientifica. A brief essay on mans not knowing his time: the just inferences… (Boston in N E, 1727). Evans-TCP N02458.

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INSTRUCTION Fetch'd from IGNORANCE.pp. 1–2445

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Title as printed: Ignorantia scientifica. A brief essay on mans not knowing his time: the just inferences from it, and the great advantages of it. : Upon a special and mournful occasion. : [Seven lines of quotations]
Author: Cotton Mather 1663–1728
Printer: B. Green
Bookseller: Samuel Gerrish
Year: 1727
Imprint: Boston in N E : Printed by B. Green, for Samuel Gerrish, the lower end of Corn-hill., 1727.
Size: [4], 24 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Words: 6,583
Catalogue: Evans 2913
Text: Evans-TCP N02458
Notes: A funeral sermon on the death of Samuel Hirst.
Half-title: Dr. Mather's essay on mans not knowing his time.
Caption title: Instruction fetch'd from ignorance. On the sudden death of a young gentleman. Jan. 14. 1726,7.
Licence: CC0 1.0 (TCP transcription); underlying work in the public domain

Transcription: Evans-TCP N02458

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