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Cotton Mather was a prominent American author, physician, and theologian of the colonial period. Born on February 12, 1663, and passing away on February 13, 1728, Mather is renowned for his advocacy for colonial America and his contributions to theology.

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

Thinking Believe Kind Evil All Things Charity

Book:Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches

Source: Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches

“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.”

May Abuse Charity Philanthropy Philanthropic Supplication

Book:Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in the Year 1620, Unto the Year of Our Lord, 1698

Source: Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in the Year 1620, Unto the Year of Our Lord, 1698