The religion of the cross. A brief essay upon the cross whereof our great Saviour, once crucified for us, will have every Christian to be a sufferer. With some instructions unto the Christian, how to bear the cross appointed for him. Occasioned by what was encountred, in the death of that vertuous gentlewoman, Mrs. Elizabeth Mather. Who expired, 9. d. IX. m. 1713. [Four lines of quotation]

People / Organizations

• John Allen: ("printed by")
• Cotton Mather (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed by John Allen: and are to be sold by Nicholas Boone, at the sign of the Bible in Cornhill, 1714.

Publication year

1714-1714

ESTC No.

W19412

Grub Street ID

329065

Description

[4],47,[1]p. ; 12⁰

Note

Caption title: The cross-bearer.

Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes.

Extracts from the papers of Elizabeth Mather, p. 42-47.

Hymn, by Isaac Watts, p. 48.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: A-D? E?