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Cotton Mather quotes: Ignorance is the Mother not of Devotion, but of Heresy.

Ignorance is the Mother not of Devotion, but of Heresy.

Cotton Mather quotes: Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.

Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.

Cotton Mather quotes: Ah, children, be afraid of going prayerless to bed, lest the Devil be your bedfellow.

Ah, children, be afraid of going prayerless to bed, lest the Devil be your bedfellow.

Cotton Mather quotes: Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.

Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.

Cotton Mather quotes: Ye monsters of the bubbling deep,Your Maker's praises spout;Up from the sands ye codlings peep,And wag your tails about

Ye monsters of the bubbling deep,
Your Maker's praises spout;
Up from the sands ye codlings peep,
And wag your tails about

Cotton Mather quotes: Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear this! I can bear this!

Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear this! I can bear this!

Cotton Mather quotes: There may be some so very Ignorant, that they know not how to Pray.

There may be some so very Ignorant, that they know not how to Pray.

Cotton Mather quotes: You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps.

You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps.

Cotton Mather quotes: Charity ... is kind, it is not easily provok'd, it thinks no evil, it believes all things, hopes all things.

Charity ... is kind, it is not easily provok'd, it thinks no evil, it believes all things, hopes all things.

Cotton Mather quotes: Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!

Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!

Cotton Mather quotes: History is the story of events, with praise or blame.

History is the story of events, with praise or blame.

Cotton Mather quotes: The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you.

The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you.

Cotton Mather quotes: Religion brought forth Prosperity, and the daughter destroyed the mother.

Religion brought forth Prosperity, and the daughter destroyed the mother.

Cotton Mather quotes: A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.

A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.

Cotton Mather quotes: Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

Cotton Mather quotes: That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.

That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.