A Gentleman, just now sailing for England, undertakes the care of it; and by his Hand I send it for London. Thanks again for another great rare book of the month. 337-350. See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. Mather, Cotton, and Kenneth Ballard Murdock. The gentleman in question was Mather’s friend Edward Bromfield, who delivered the manuscript to Rev. His Manuductio ad Ministerium (1726) was a handbook of advice for young graduates to the ministry: on doing good, on college love affairs, on poetry and music, and on style. Mather had published many sermons and small pamphlets with the local Boston printers. But they tended to see Mather as at best quaint and credulous, and at worst an example of all that was wrong with the Puritan forefathers– most notably the vanity, religious intolerance, and misogyny that led to the Salem witch trials debacle. I WRITE the Wonders of the CHRISTIAN RELIGION, flying from the Depravations of Europe, to the American Strand: And, assisted by the Holy Author of that Religion, I do, with all Conscience of Truth, required therein by Him, who is the Truth it self, Report the Wonderful Displays of His Infinite Power, Wisdom, Goodness, and Faithfulness, wherewith His Divine Providence hath Irradiated an Indian Wilderness. Mather included an errata sheet in some of the copies sold in North America, but most copies remained uncorrected. Magnalia Christi Americana, considered Mather's greatest work, was published in 1702, when he was 39. Finally in August of 1697 he records in the diary a special thanksgiving for “the singular Favour of the Lord unto mee, in upholding, and assisting mee, to finish my CHURCH-HISTORY.”. If his manuscript was to be published, it would have to be sent to London. But he remained firmly committed to the theological outlook of his grandfathers, the first generation of New England Puritans. Hawthorne, Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and many others borrowed Mather’s source material as they formed a mythology of America’s origins. Magnalia Christi americana, or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620, unto the year of Our Lord, 1698 in seven books / by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Many readers praised it, but others thought the work was outdated in both style and substance before it was even published. He had a keen interest in the new pursuit of natural science: he considered giving up the ministry to study medicine at one point, and he campaigned for controversial smallpox inoculation during an outbreak in Boston. Magnalia Christi Americana or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620. unto the year of Our Lord, 1698. Ecclesiarum clypei.--book III. )” The young Rev. Viscount Bruce’s amassed a large personal library, the catalog of which was published in 1733, one of the first published catalogs of private libraries in Britain. Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England (originally published 1702) THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BRADFORD, ESQ., GOVERNOR OF PLYMOUTH COLONY Omnium Somnos illius vigilantia defendit; omnium otium, illius Labor; omnium … But a work the size of the Magnalia was beyond the capabilities of any printing operation in North America. Magnalia Christi Americana or the Ecclesiastical History of New England [abridged] (Milestones of Thought in the History of Ideas) by Cotton Mather (1975-06-03) From Its First Planting, in the Year 1620, unto the Year of Our LORD, 1698. In Cotton Mather His magnum opus was Magnalia Christi Americana (1702), an ecclesiastical history of America from the founding of New England to his own time. Book I. He “sett apart this Day, for solemn THANKSGIVING unto God, for His watchful and gracious Providence over that Work.” But he could not help being somewhat disappointed in the final product. “New England Epic: Cotton Mather’s Magnalia Christi Americana”, ELH Vol. The Magnalia Christi Americana was not published again until 1820, when it appeared in its first American edition. Roberts & Burr, Printers Collection 1600-1775, New England -- Biography Publisher Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus. Writing in the North American Review in 1818, William Tudor famously described the Magnalia as “a chaotick mass of history, biography, obsolete creeds, witchcraft, and Indian wars, interspersed with bad puns, and numerous quotations in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew which rise up like so many decayed, hideous stumps to arrest the eye and deform the surface.”. Sal gentium.--book V. Acts and monuments.--book VI. 1600-1775, John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library. Mather’s style was not the “plain” Puritan idiom admired by future literary historians, but a very late Baroque style– wordy, ornamental, studded with metaphor and with classical and Biblical allusions. Many of his contemporaries accused him of being overly pedantic, and later readers tended to agree. His Manuductio ad Ministerium (1726) was a handbook of advice for young graduates to the ministry: on … American Antiquarian Society. Since Mather likely had no extra copy of his lengthy manuscript, he did not want to send it across the ocean unaccompanied. Magnalia Christi Americana: Volume 1 Paperback – January 10, 2012 by Cotton Mather (Author) Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. Magnalia Christi Americana, Vol 2: Vol. Perhaps his most significant written work was "Magnalia Christi Americana," published in 1702, which chronicled the history of the Puritans in New England from 1620 to 1698. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. Inscribed on t.p. Cambridge, Mass. Excellent to find the 1702 edition online which Lovecraft once used, and in such a fine quality. Summary A General Introduction - Protestants are forced to flee to New England - they attempt the Reformation of the Church, i.e. HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND. It is a work of near 300 sheets; and has lain by me, diverse Years, for want of a fitt Opportunity to send it. http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=witch;idno=wit112. In the accounts of the Salem events in particular, Mather comes across in the Magnalia as a bit defensive but also genuinely conflicted. This edition was published in 1702 by Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and three crowns in Cheapside in London. Published: (1977) Published: (1820) Magnalia Christi Americana, books I and II / by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Magnalia Christi Americana;, ISBN 1341445518, ISBN-13 9781341445514, Brand New, Free shipping in the US I, Book I, Ch. In fact Hackshaw offloaded the printing, along with a large stock of inferior paper from his warehouse, onto another publisher, Thomas Parkhurst. In seven books ... London : Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and three crowns in Cheapside, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL, New England -- History Colonial period, ca. Some of Mather’s critics took him to task for errors that were in fact the fault of his printer. 1, EXCERPTS Magnalia Christi Americana KAREN HALTTUNEN When Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana was finally published in London in 1702, the anxious historian set a day of thanksgiving to God, " for His watchful and gracious Providence over that Work, and for the Harvest of so many Prayers, and Cares, and Tears,x and Resignations." Running to nearly 700 pages in printed form, the Magnalia includes biographical sketches of civic and religious leaders, a history of Harvard College, arguments over church polity and discipline, descriptions of the threats and hardships (Indian attacks, Roger Williams, witches, Anne Hutchinson) endured by the Puritan faithful, and many accounts of the signs and “wonders” experienced by the colonists as evidences of God’s direct intervention in human affairs. Seers of God: Puritan Providentialism in the Restoration and Early Enlightenment. THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BRADFORD, ESQ., GOVERNOR OF PLYMOUTH COLONY. Warren, Austin. web | The Sun Is but a Morning Star. : "John Adams." 33, No. In January of 1647, a mere eight years after the city’s founding, a … So interesting, Megan! Magnalia Christi Americana. Magnalia Christi Americana. According to the book Magnalia Christi Americana, Comenius’ fame grew to the point that in 1654 he was invited to serve as the president of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wake Forest’s copy of the first edition was part of the library of Charles Babcock, which was donated to the University in the 1970s. : Belknap Press, 1977. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Library of Congress . Ecclesiarum prælia. THE ECCLESIASTICAL. (However, I did not actually begin this Work, till the latter End of the year. This tension is evident in Mather’s sprawling, messy, flawed, but fascinating book. on December 19, 2007. See "Works Cited". Magnalia Christi Americana, Volume 1 book. 3 (Sep., 1966), pp. From Mather’s Life of John Eliot, a description of Eliot’s Indian missions and the second edition of his Algonquin Bible. Page number mis-print: In Book three, from pages 134-143. Magnalia Christi americana or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England; from its first planting, in the year 1620, unto the year of Our Lord 1698. Published: (1820) Magnalia Christi Americana, books I and II / by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Map of New England included in the first edition of the Magnalia Christi Americana, In 1693 Cotton Mather recorded in his diary that in July of that year he “formed a Design, to endeavour, THE CHURCH-HISTORY OF THIS COUNTREY.” Encouraged by his fellow-clergy, Mather says that he set himself “to cry mightily unto the Lord, that if my Undertaking herein might bee for His Glory, Hee would grant mee His Countenance and Assistance in it. Publication date 1820 Topics New England -- Church history, New England -- History Colonial period, ca. This was not a small undertaking. See details. GALEACIUS SECUNDUS. Uploaded by The book includes several biographies of saints [vague] and describes the process of the New England settlement. American writers of the mid-19th century in particular had a love/hate relationship with the Magnalia. Magnalia Christi Americana: Books I and II. The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). The Magnalia Christi Americana received a mixed reception on both sides of the Atlantic. - Theodorit.1 1. The text is introduced by three illuminating essays, two by Murdock and one by George H. Williams, which elucidate the Magnalia as a revelation of the climate of the time in New England and of the complex mind and personality of one of that period’s most influential leaders. An insightful survey of some of Mather’s most important works—Diary, Bonifacius, The Christian Philosopher, and Magnalia Christi Americana—Bercovitch combines a psychoanalytical reading of Mather’s self with a careful study of his typology and rhetorical style. alison-wood American writers of the mid-19th century in particular had a love/hate relationship with the Magnalia. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Magnalia Christi Americana : or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620. unto the year of Our Lord, 1698. Polybius.--book IV. * 1702 Vol. It was not until June of 1700 that Mather recorded: I this Day put up my Church-History, and pen down Directions about the publishing of it. Mather worked on his “Church-History ” (as he always referred to it) for the next four years. Published: (1977) Magnalia Christi Americana : or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620. unto the year of Our Lord, 1698. Start your review of Magnalia Christi Americana Or The Ecclesiastical History Of New England V1: From Its First Planting In The Year 1620 Unto The Year Of Our Lord 1698 Write a review Jan 26, 2008 Fara rated it really liked it Cotton Mather (1663-1728) was the third generation of a dynasty of Puritan ministers in North America. MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA; OR . The book also serves as something of a history of the Massachusetts colony, and it became a cherished and widely read book in early America. The latter imitates the opening of Vergil’s epic Aeneid (c. 29-19 b.c… These opening lines of Cotton Mather’s Magnalia Christi Americana set the tone for his epic and exhaustive account of 17th-century Puritan New England. will be the “New Jerusalem” after the second coming of Christ. Omnium Somnos illius vigilantia defendit; omnium otium, illius Labor; Excerpt from Mather’s Life of William Phips, describing the situation in Salem, Mather was not unaware of the changing intellectual currents of his day. Mather finally saw a copy of his published work on 30 October 1702. This is an edited and abridged version of the original work. But London publishers were skeptical about the rather unwieldy manuscript. For Mather, human history was merely a manifestation of the epic struggle between God and the forces of evil. Baltimore, Md. His magnum opus was Magnalia Christi Americana (1702), an ecclesiastical history of America from the founding of New England to his own time. Note. Antiquities.--book II. Thaumaturgus.--book VII. His grandfathers, Richard Mather and John Cotton, were prominent ministers and founders of the New England colony. A GENERAL INTRODUCTION. The Magnalia Christi Americana was not published again until 1820, when it appeared in its first American edition. The Magnalia is, Michael P. Winship observes, “the last great document in the orthodox providential tradition” [74]. An unbiased reading of Mather’s work suggests that this is not quite fair. Mather worked himself into a state of great anxiety about it, but finally in June 1701 he heard from Bromfield that a sympathetic printer, Robert Hackshaw, had been found who was willing to finance the publication. John Adams's signature on second t.p. Pages are printed twice. Several versions of the story were recorded in print, including one recorded by Reverend Cotton Mather in his 1702 book Magnalia Christi Americana, a history of the religious development of early New England. Magnalia Christi Americana consists of seven books and a general introduction. Members save with free shipping everyday! And indeed, many of the “wonders” that Mather recounted as evidence of God’s providence would be explained away by the next generation as natural phenomena. “Grandfather Mather and His Wonder Book”, Thanhouser Theater Posters from the C. H. New Collection. : "Cotton Tufts" and "Saint Shepard 1706." It also bears the bookplate of Charles Bruce, (1682-1747). Magnalia Christi americana: by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. the return to the first stage The Magnalia is, as Kenneth Murdock observes in his introduction to the 1977 scholarly edition, “a completely idiosyncratic document, one which none of Mather’s contemporaries could, or would, have written.”[46]. Magnalia Christi Americana; or The Ecclesiastical History of New-England Reproduced from the Edition of 1852 and Published in 1967 by Russell & Russell A Division of Atheneum House, Inc. From: Volume 2, Article XXV, pages 634-636. O my Lord Jesus Christ, lett thy Good Angels accompany it! Bercovitch, Sacvan. Magnalia Christi Americana, Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New England from Its First Planting, in the Year 1620, Unto the Year of Our Lord 1698, in Seven Books ; with an … Magnalia Christi americana, or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620, unto the year of Our Lord, 1698 in seven books / by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. The Magnalia Christi Americana is an important work of the figural imagination. Cotton, the eldest son, was from a young age acutely conscious of the family expectations. FROM "MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA" Cotton Mather. His father Increase Mather was also an important religious leader, minister of Boston’s Second Church, President of Harvard College, and the colony’s official envoy to the English monarchs James II and William and Mary. After receiving degrees from Harvard and the University of Glasgow, Cotton Mather joined his father in ministry at Second Church in Boston. 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