x Contents
The Author to Her Book 98
Before the Birth of One of Her Children 98
To My Dear and Loving Husband 99
A Letter to Her Husband… 100
In Reference to Her Children 100
Upon the Burning of Our House… 103
As Weary Pilgrim 104
Michael Wigglesworth 105
From The Day of Doom 107
Edward Taylor 128
Prologue 130
From Preparatory Meditations
The Reflexion 131
Meditation Eight (First Series) 132
Meditation Thirty-nine (First Series) 133
Meditation 150 (Second Series) 135
From God’s Determinations
The Preface 135
The Joy of Church Fellowship Rightly Attended 137
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly 138
Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold 139
Huswifery 140
Upon Wedlock and Death of Children 141
The Ebb and Flow 142
A Fig for Thee Oh! Death 143
Cotton Mather 145
From The Wonders of the Invisible World 147
From Magnalia Christi Americana 155
From Manuductio ad Ministerium 165
Samuel Sewall 169
From The Diary of Samuel Sewall 171
Mary Rowlandson 181
From A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson 182