Be not so set upon poetry, as to be always poring on the passionate and measured pages. Let not what should be sauce, rather than food for you, engross all your application. Beware of a boundless and sickly appetite for… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
What was it that obliged Jerome to write his book, Concerning Illustrious Men? It was the common reproach of old cast upon Christians, 'That they were all poor, weak, unlearned men.' The sort of men sometime called 'Puritans' in the… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear this! I… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
That there is a Devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the Devil. For any to… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
If we admit instrumental musick in the worship of God, how can we resist the imposition of all the instruments used among the ancient… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land. — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you. — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps. — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
Be not so set upon poetry, as to be always poring on the passionate and measured pages. Let not what should be sauce, rather… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World! — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
“The Jews have a saying worth remembering: "Whoever doesn't teach his son some trade or business, teaches him to be a thief." As soon… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil. — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
Chrysostom, I remember, mentions a twofold book of God: the book of the creatures, and the book of the scriptures. God, having taught us… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
