ESSAYS TO DO GOOD; ADDRESSED To all Christians, WHETHER IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PRIVATE CAPACITIES. BY THE LATE COTTON MATHER, D. D. F. R. S. TO DO GOOD, AND TO COMMUNICATE, FORGET NOT, Heb, xiii, 10, A NEW EDITION, IMPROVED, BY GEORGE BURDER. LONDON: AND BURTON AND BRIGGS, LEADENHALL STRÆET. 1816. CONTENTS. PAGE THE Editor's Preface, with a Sketch of the V-xii 1 17 18 20 25 28 34 37 58 62 69 70 73 83 92 97 100 108 118 127 144 154 160 CONTENTS. PAGE THE Editor's Preface, with a Sketch of the V-xii Preface 1 Much occasion for doing good 17 The excellence of well-doing 18 The reward of well-doing 20 The diligence of wicked men in doing evil 25 The true nature of good works 28 On seeking opportunities to do good 34 On internal piety and self-examination 37 Hi On doing good to our relations, children, &c. to our servants 58 to our neighbours 62 Private meetings for religion 69 Meetings of associated families 70 of young men 73 Proposals to the ministers of the Gospel 76 Directions for pastoral visits 83 The duties of schoolmasters 92 Proposals to churches, for doing good 97 magistrates 100 physicians 108 rich men ladies 127 lawyers 144 Societies for the reformation of manners 148 A catalogue of desirable things 154 Conclusion 160 118 |