 | 17. These opinions on the powers of unregenerate man to rouse and reform themselves, temporarily, were widely shared.
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| 18. See Mather,
Armour of Christianity
, 34-157,
passim
; and his
Utilia
, 16-44,
passim
.
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| 19. All these matters are discussed at length in Chapters 15 and 18.
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| 20. In
Menachem
(Boston, 1716), Mather reported that some conversions, notably those of men who had good religious educations, occurred in an ''
Insensible
manner.'' (14)
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| 21. Cotton Mather,
Meat Out Of The Eater
, 16-20,
passim
.
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| 22. Cotton Mather,
A Companion For Communicants
(Boston, 1690), 87. This is a very important work for the understanding of Mather's psychological theory.
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| 23. See above, Chapter 4.
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| 24. Mather recognized this problem as early as 1690 and probably much earlier. See
Companion For Communicants
, 76-77.
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| 25. Hooker,
Application of Redemption
, Bk. I, 44; John Cotton,
The Way of Life
(London, 1641), Pt. IV, 331. Cotton also recommended applying the general promises to one's particular condition (Pt. IV, 319-24).
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| 26. Miller,
From Colony To Province
, 67.
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| 27. Cotton Mather,
Early Piety, Exemplified In The Life And Death of Mr. Nathanael Mather
(London, 1689), 20.
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| 28. Mather,
Utilia
, 47; and Mather,
Converted Sinner
, 16-17. Almost all of his sermons cited in this chapter bear on these points.
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