Great Works of Christ in America: 2 [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Cotton Mather (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2 pages
• Publisher: The Banner of Truth Trust; illustrated edition edition (August 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 085151281X
• ISBN-13: 978-0851512815
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,126,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An American classic full of revealling anecdotes and lessons, August 5, 2001

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John B. Carpenter (Yanceyville, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Great Works of Christ in America : Magnalia Christi Americana (Hardcover)

Cotton Mather (d. 1728) was called "the Lord's remembrancer" for his love of memorializing the first two generations of Puritans in New England. This classic is his magnum opus. If you want to know about the people who founded arguably the most important region in colonial America and you want to learn about them from their own point of view, then this book is a must. But even for the lay Christian who wants to find spiritual lessons for living a committed life, this book is full of such lessons lived out in the lives of real people. For example, Mather's account of how a Puritan pastor (presumably himself) ministered to a condemned prisoner being escorted to the gallows not only exemplifies Puritan theology in practice (showing the relationship of law and grace) but is a priceless example of the Puritan idea of counselling.

The book is so long (well over a thousand pages in two volumes) that you can use it like an encyclopedia: sampling little stories from here and there, refering to various people. The Banner of Truth version (I believe), also title "The Great Works of Christ in America", comes with inserted illustrations of various personalities and footnotes translating the frequent Latin quotes. It's my prefered version.