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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Mather, Increase. Burnings Bewailed: In a Sermon, Occasioned by the Lamentable Fire Which was in Boston, October 2d,
(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Mather, Increase. Burnings Bewailed: In a Sermon, Occasioned by the Lamentable Fire Which was in Boston, October 2d, 1711... The Second Edition. [1], [2], 36 pages. bound with: Sewall, Joseph. A Caveat against Covetousness in a Sermon. [1], 22 pages. and with: Mather, Increase. A Discourse Concerning the Grace of Courage. [1], [2], 44 pages. Together, 3 volumes in 1. 8vo, early 18th-century sheep, very worn and abraded, rear cover split; lacks front free endpaper, title to third pamphlet torn with loss to a portion of the imprint, trimmed with some minor loss to the third work; early owner's signature on verso of each title (David Edwards) and other early signatures on the front pastedown. Boston, 1712; 1718; 1710
- Notes: Bound in the order given above. Holmes notes that in Burnings Bewailed, Mather "enquires into the scriptures to show the kind of sins which the Lord was wont to punish by destructive fires." The Great Fire of 2 October 1711 was among the worst ever seen by the region, destroying over 100 houses and the town hall. This second edition, though similar to the first edition, appears to be reset. Holmes located 9 copies of the second edition of Burnings Bewailed (of which 2 are defective). The second Mather title bound into this volume -- A Discourse concerning the Grace of Courage -- was a sermon given by Mather to the Artillery Society of Boston. Holmes comments that this sermong "probably took two full hours in delivery." Evans 1565, 1997 and 1474; Holmes, Increase Mather 18B and 35.
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