Basic Puritan Beliefs 
.... of
God" (9). By proclaiming to know "
God" from "non-
God",
Mather felt justified in persecuting anyone whose beliefs did not coincide with Puritan mentality. ....
(739
3
)
Puritan American Writers
.... her own suffering. This stands in contrast to
Mather's piece which mentions Satan more than it mentions
God. Again and again, Rowlandson ....
(1642
7
)
Writings of Puritan Americans
.... her own suffering. This stands in contrast to
Mather's piece which mentions Satan more than it mentions
God. Again and again, Rowlandson ....
(1642
7
)
Cotton Mather and Nathaniel Hawthorne
.... the irrational as the reality of spiritual experience of
God and the .... of irony that Goodman Brown embodies the Diabolism that Cotton
Mather describes, though ....
(1602
6
)
Abortion
.... In doing so, he might as well be positing himself as knowing what is sacred as much as
Mather posited himself as knowing
God's word. ....
(1536
6
)
Abortion Debate & Issue of Morality
.... In doing so, he might as well be positing himself as knowing what is sacred as much as
Mather posited himself as knowing
God's word. ....
(1536
6
)
Scarlet Letter
....
Mather called the people of Massachusetts "a people of
God," but in order to do so he posited himself in the position of knowing
God more than others and ....
(2348
9
)
Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692
.... Citing the people of New England as "a people of
God" (9),
Mather explained (and rationalized) the justice of the prosecutions and executions, more or less in ....
(4694
19
)
Witch Hunts
.... belief that
God punishes every sin with sickness, sorrow, pain, or worse appears to have caused terrible anxiety in Puritan children. Cotton
Mather, a clergyman ....
(2151
9
)
Puritans
.... Apparently to
Mather junior Satan could control the minds of judges, but to
Mather senior
God could not change the physical properties of a witch in order to ....
(4528
18
)
The Organization of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
.... height of the Salem Witch trials that culminated in a number of judicial murders,
Mather (1950) defined the people of New England as "a people of
God" (9). Thus ....
(3220
13
)
Denominational Switching Switching Religious Denominations
....
Mather recognized that as the Congregationalists prospered they were less likely to see themselves as radically dependent upon
God's grace. ....
(2777
11
)
The Salem Witch Trials
.... In 1697 Samuel Sewall, whose right-with-
God position might have been questioned in .... deluded of Satan." On the other hand there was Goodson Mr.
Mather, who in ....
(2817
11
)
Colonial America
.... Despite such violent acts of intolerance,
Mather (1950) defined the people of New England as "a people of
God" (9). Arthur Miller (1959) likened the fanatical ....
(1496
6
)
Religious melancholia
.... His analysis covers Martin Luther, John Calvin, Cotton
Mather, and a great many lesser but .... one to take the step of submitting to the will of
God and undergoing ....
(2219
9
)
Witchcraft Hystreia in Massachusetts
.... Parris' role, and that of such distinguished clergymen as Cotton
Mather and his father .... The voice of
God, for example, was no longer enough for hanging someone ....
(2694
11
)
Salem Witch Trials
.... Irresistible Grace:
God showers one with a quality of grace, and one cannot resist it. .... May 14: Increase
Mather returns from England. ....
(2197
9
)
Religion in English Colonial Life in North America
.... of living, convinced themselves that they could best serve
God by renouncing .... Cotton
Mather, who preached against the evils of witchcraft, warned against "resign ....
(922
4
)
American Methodism
.... of the Methodist Societies in America" (Daniels 469) then, along with
Mather, ordained six .... that man can set the terms of his own salvation, come to
God when he ....
(3313
13
)
Entry into the New World by Europeans & Africans
.... a representation of the
god Ra in .... unknown kind of writing he had found engraved on a stone in County Kerry, Ireland; and in the same year Cotton
Mather (of all ....
(10683
43
)
