The Mathers: Three Generations of Puritan Intellectuals, 1596-1728 (169 page)

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Authors: Robert Middlekauff

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fuses chiliasm and Christology, 179-80;
celebrates Christ, 180;
hopes for end of world, 180-80;
looks for national conversion of Jews; 181-82;
renounces this world, 185;
praises John Cotton, 196;
relations with son, 197;
in Bradstreet's ordination, 218;
opposes Proposals, 225;
takes part in smallpox controversy, 355-59;
declines in health, 362ff;
opposes secessionists, 363-64.
Mentioned: 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 53, 56, 75, 79, 134-35, 192, 194, 195, 201-3, 223, 232, 235, 245, 250, 281, 308, 323, 333, 343

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