III. That the Chosen of God are comparatively but Few. Boston, 1720. (151) A Further testimony against the scandalous proceedings of the New-North Church in Boston. Boston, 1720. (152) Preface to Hillhouse's Sermon on the Death of his Mother, Rachel Hillhouse. 1720. [Signed also by C. Mather.] (153) Preface to the second ed. of C. Mather's Right Way to Shake off a Viper. 1720. (154) A Seasonable Testimony To Good Order in the Churches Of the Faithful. Particularly Declaring the Usefulness & Necessity of Councils in Order to Preserving Peace and Truth in the Churches. Boston, 1720. (155) Advice to the Children of Godly Ancestors. [Printed from short-hand notes, in A Course of Sermons on Early Piety. By the Eight Ministers who carry on the Thursday Lecture in Boston.] Boston, 172 1. (156) Attestation. Prefixed to C. Mather's Accomplished Singer. Boston, 1721. (157) To the Reader. Prefixed to J. Belcher's God Giveth the Increase. 1721. (158) Several Reasons Proving that Inoculating or Transplanting the Small Pox, is a Lawful Practice, and that it has been Blessed by God for the Saving of many a Life. Boston, 1721. Replied to by J. Williams of Boston in Several Arguments, proving that inoculating ... is not contained in the Law of Physick . . . and therefore unlawful. 1721. Reprinted in I. Mass. Hist. Soc. Col., ix, 275. (159) Some further Account from London, of the Small-Pox Inoculated. The Second Edition. With some Remarks on a late Scandalous Pamphlet Entituled, Inoculation of the Small Pox as practis'd in Boston, etc. Boston, 1721. (160) Charge at W. Waldron's Ordination, May 23, 1722. Printed in C. Mather's Love Triumphant, 1722. (161) A Dying Legacy of a Minister To his Dearly Beloved People, Shewing, I. That true Believers on Jesus Christ may be Assured, of the Salvation of their Souls. II. That Spiritual Wisdom . . . is of all things the most Desirable. III. That there is none whose Dignity and Glory may be compared with that which belongs to our Lord . . . Being the Three Last Sermons Preached. Boston, 1722. (162) Elijah's Mantle. A Faithful Testimony, To the Cause and Work of God, in the Churches of New-England. And the Great End and Interest of these Plantations, Dropt and Left by Four Servants of God [Jonathan Mitchel, John Higginson, William Stoughton, Increase Mather] Famous in the Service of the Churches. Highly Seasonable to be Offered unto the People, etc. Boston, 1722. (163) The Original Rights of Mankind Freely to Subdue and Improve the Earth. Asserted and Maintained by I. M. Boston, 1722. (164) Preface to the Reader. Prefixed to J. Monis's Truth. 1722. (165) An Attestation. Prefixed to C. Mather's Coelestinus. Boston and London, 1723. (166) A Call to the Tempted. A Sermon On the horrid Crime of Self-Murder, Preached on a Remarkable Occasion, by the Memorable Dr. Increase Mather. And now Published from his Notes, for a Charitable Stop to Suicides. Boston, 1723. (167) Diary, during the year 1675-1676. II Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc. xiii, 339-374. (168) Extracts from a diary between 1674-1687. Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc. Portions are printed in First series, III, 317-320, and other portions in Second series, XIII, 398-411. (169) Letters: In Mass. Hist. Soc. Col., First series, III; Second series, VIII; Fourth series, II; New Hampshire Hist. Soc. Col., I; Amer. Antiquarian Soc. Proc, New Series, XIV; Colonial Soc. Mass. Pub., VIII. (170) In manuscript: Autobiography; several vols. Sermons; Notes of Sermons by J. Cotton. In American Antiquarian Society Lib., Worcester, Mass.
B. Biography and Criticism
The public careers of Increase and Cotton Mather were so closely associated, that most of the works which consider the influence of either deal with both. Such titles have been listed under the latter.
