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Evans-TCP · Early American imprints

A call to the tempted

by Increase Mather · 1639–1723

Published: 1723
Length: 4,659 words
Reading: 20 min
Divisions: 3

From the title page

A call to the tempted. A sermon on the horrid crime of self-murder, preached on a remarkable occasion, / by the memorable Dr. Increase Mather. ; And now published from his notes, for a charitable stop to suicides. ; [Five lines of quotation in Latin]

Boston Printed by B. Green, sold by Samuel Gerrish, at his shop near the Brick Meeting-House in Cornhill. March 12th. 1723,4.

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

Contents

Front matter
Title page
To the readerTHE Occasion of the Publication.
Text
TextDo thyself no Harm.

3 divisions in the TEI outline

Subjects

Taylor, William, d. 1682Valentine, John, d. 1724SuicideSermons · 1682

Details

Author: Increase Mather (1639–1723)

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Imprint

Boston Printed by B. Green, sold by Samuel Gerrish, at his shop near the Brick Meeting-House in Cornhill. March 12th. 1723,4.

Extent

[4], ii, 17, [1] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)

Language

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Catalogue

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Source

Licence

CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

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