Cotton Mather Quotes
That there is a Devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the Devil. For any to deny the being of a Devil must be from ignorance or profaneness worse than diabolical.
You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps.
The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you.
What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with no more Frequency, with nor more Agony.
That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.
Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.
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!
Ye monsters of the bubbling deep, Your Maker's praises spout; Up from the sands ye codlings peep, And wag your tails about.
Charity ... is kind, it is not easily provok'd, it thinks no evil, it believes all things, hopes all things.
Instead of exhorting you to augment your charity, I will rather utter an exhortation, or at least a supplication, that you may not abuse your charity by misapplying it.
