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16. Cotton Mather and others,
The Principles Of The Protestant Religion Maintained
(Boston, 1690), 110. Note that he says "preparatory common works."
 
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17. These opinions on the powers of unregenerate man to rouse and reform themselves, temporarily, were widely shared.
18. See Mather,
Armour of Christianity
, 34-157,
passim
; and his
Utilia
, 16-44,
passim
.
19. All these matters are discussed at length in Chapters 15 and 18.
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)
21. Cotton Mather,
Meat Out Of The Eater
, 16-20,
passim
.
22. Cotton Mather,
A Companion For Communicants
(Boston, 1690), 87. This is a very important work for the understanding of Mather's psychological theory.
23. See above, Chapter 4.
24. Mather recognized this problem as early as 1690 and probably much earlier. See
Companion For Communicants
, 76-77.
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).
26. Miller,
From Colony To Province
, 67.
27. Cotton Mather,
Early Piety, Exemplified In The Life And Death of Mr. Nathanael Mather
(London, 1689), 20.
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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