GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000541
NameCotton Mather
TitleDr.
Gendermale
DenominationDissenter - Congregationalist
Livedb. 1663-02-12 - d. 1728-02-13 (new)
Linked Manuscriptsauditor - Cotton Mather's Sermon Notebook, 1691-1692: MSS Boxes M (Mather Family Papers, 1613-1819)auditor - Cotton Mather's Sermon Notebook, 1692-1693: MSS Boxes M (Mather Family Papers, 1613-1819)auditor - Cotton Mather's Sermon Notebook, 1694-1695 (Vol. 1): MSS Boxes M (Mather Family Papers, 1613-1819)manuscript owner - Notes for a sermon by Cotton Mather: HM 2154manuscript owner - Sermon notes of Cotton Mather: HM 1347manuscript owner - Sermon on Ephesians 1:8: HM 982
Linked SermonsAnother Sermon preached Decem[ber] 31 1694 [sic] -- preacher? (autograph: no)A Sermon Preached by Mr Mather December the 24th 1693 -- preacher? (autograph: no)A Sermon Preached by Mr Mather Febr: 4th: 1693/4 -- preacher? (autograph: no)A Sermon Preached by Mr Mather January the 7th 1693/4 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on 2 Peter 1:10 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Deuteronomy 32:5 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Ecclesiastes 11:9 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Ecclesiastes 12:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Ezekiel 21:27 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Genesis 24:40 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Hebrews 7:22 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Isaiah 6:9-11 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Jude -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Jude 1:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Jude 1:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Jude 1:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Lamentations 1:16 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Matthew 25:46 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Proverbs 11:30 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on 2 Peter 1:10 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Deuteronomy 32:5 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Ecclesiastes 11:9 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Ecclesiastes 12:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Ezekiel 21:27 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Genesis 24:40 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Hebrews 7:22 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Isaiah 6:9-11 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Jude -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Jude 1:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Jude 1:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Jude 1:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Lamentations 1:16 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Matthew 25:46 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Proverbs 11:30 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on 2 Peter 1:10 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Genesis 24:40 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Matthew 25:46 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on 2 Peter 1:10 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Matthew 25:46 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon Luke 2:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:30 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 2:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Peter 1:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 3:3-4 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Timothy 6:12 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 11:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 13:5 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 5:15 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:11 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:20 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:4 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:9 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 2:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 3:14 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 3:14 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Timothy 2:3 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Timothy 3:1 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Acts 20:7 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Canticles 8:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Colossians 2:13 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Colossians 3:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Colossians 4:5 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Daniel 2:30 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Ephesians 1:20 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)Sermon on Ephesians 1:6 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Ephesians 1:8 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Ephesians 1:8 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Ephesians 1:9 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Exodus 21:22 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Exodus 3:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Ezekiel 33:11 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Genesis 32:26 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Genesis 6:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Habakkuk 2:10 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Hebrews 13:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 13:3 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 1:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 2:14 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 2:3 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 3:15 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 4:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 5:7 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 5:7 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 6:20 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 7:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 33:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 49:8 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 56:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 56:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 6:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on James 3:16 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Jeremiah 3:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Job 2:10 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Job 31:23 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Job 34:31 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 14:22 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 3:16 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on John 3:46 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on John 3:6 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on John 6:64 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 6:68 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 7:37 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Jude 1:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Jude 1:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Jude 1:2-11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Lamentations 3:27 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Lamentations 5:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 13:1-3 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 14:32 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Luke 17:32 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 19:41-42 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Luke 19:41-42 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 21:31 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 10:48 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 1:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 9:24 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 15:27 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 23:37 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 25:19 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 3:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 5:20 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 5:48 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 7:24-25 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 7:26-7 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Nehemiah 5:15 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Nehemiah 5:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Nehemiah 5:19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Numbers 21:8-9 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Philippians 1:27 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Philippians 4:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 12:21 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 13:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 14:9 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 14:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 17:14 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 28:13 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 4:23 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 4:2-3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalm 111:5 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalm 36:2 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalm 44:4 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalm 51:17 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalm 75:1 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 107:43 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 119:132 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 119:133 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 119:51 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 119:59 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 119:93 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 121:8 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 141:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 144:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 144:15 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 15:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 25:22 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 25:7 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 27:8 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 40:12 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 44:24 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 18:14 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 3:12 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 5:9 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelations 14:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 12:1 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 2:16 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 3:30 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 5:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 5:19 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 5:21 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 6:21 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 8:3 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 8:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on unidentified text -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on unidentified text -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Zechariah 12:10 -- auditor (autograph: no)
Linked ReportsSermon Report on Colossians 2:10 -- auditorSermon Report on Genesis 24:15 -- auditorSermon Report on John 10:28 -- auditorSermon Report on John 3:14 -- auditorSermon Report on Philippians 1:21 -- auditor
Source of DataAnne James; Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 18321)
Other NoteCotton Mather was born on 12 February 1663 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Increase Mather (1639-1723). He attended Harvard College at the age of twelve. He graduated B.A. in 1678 and proceeded M.A. in 1681. Mather gave his first sermon in August 1680 at his father's church. He was formally ordained in 1685. Mather was also interested in science, and was a member of the Royal Society of London. He published widely; his magnum opus is Magnalia Christi Americana (London, 1702). In 1710, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Glasgow University. Cotton Mather died on 13 February 1728 at Boston.
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| www.congregationallibrary.org/researchers/tools/MatherBiblio | Cotton Mather at the Congregational Library: An Annotated Bibliography. |
GEMMS record createdMay 17, 2016
GEMMS record last editedDecember 12, 2019