1815. The following essays were first published by Cotton Mather in 1710. It is a book offered, first, in general, unto all Christians, in a personal capacity or in a relative. Then more particularly unto magistrates, ministers, physicians, lawyers, schoolmasters, gentlemen, officers, churches, and unto all societies of a religious character and intention, with humble proposals of unexceptional methods to do good in the world. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.