The certainty of the world of spirits fully evinced. By Richard Baxter. To which is added The wonders of the invisible world by Cotton Mather. The former taken from the edition published by Mr. Baxter, 1691 ... The latter from the 'Ecclesiastical history of New England', published 1702 / [Richard Baxter].

  • Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
Date:
1834
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Credit: The certainty of the world of spirits fully evinced. By Richard Baxter. To which is added The wonders of the invisible world by Cotton Mather. The former taken from the edition published by Mr. Baxter, 1691 ... The latter from the 'Ecclesiastical history of New England', published 1702 / [Richard Baxter]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    condition they continued a fortnight; and thus, for six weeks together, Mr. How, tho’ labouring under much infirmity, was hardly ever dry. Nor had they in all this while the benefit of warm food more than thrice, or thereabouts. When the seventh week dawned upon them, the vessel was driven on the tailings of a ledge of rocks, where the sea broke with no little violence ; and looking out, they spied a dismal, doleful, rocky island unto the lee-ward ; upon which, if the providence of God had not by the breakers given ’em timely no- tice, they had been dash’d in pieces. This extre- mity was heaven’s opportunity ! They immedi- ately let go an anchor, and got out the boat, and God made that storm a calm, so that the waves were still. Being under the astonishments of the circumstances now upon them, they took little out of the vessel; but when they came a shoar, they found themselves on a desolate island (near Cape Sables), which had not either man or beast upon it; and a prospect of being, therefore, starved quickly to death, now stared upon them. While they were under this deadly prospect, a storm arose that staved their vessel to pieces, from whence a cask of powder was brought a shoar, a barrel of wine, and half a barrel of mollossas, to- gether with several other things, which assisted them in making a sort of tent, for their preserva- tion from the terrible cold. However, new and sore distresses now attended them ; for though they had powder, with other necessaries for fowl- ing, there were seldom any fowls to be seen upon this forlorn island, except a few gulls, crows, and ravens, and these were so few, that there could be rarely more than one shot at a time. Often- times half a one of these fowls, with the liquor, made a meal for three. Once they lived five days without any sustenance at all; during all which