McGregor, James, 2, 558.
McNish, George, 2, 132, 318.
McSparran, James, 2, 619n.
'Magnalia' (church history), planned,
1, 166; introduction, 229; encourage-
ment, 242, 247, 375; prayers for
direction, 253; sent to London, 255,
353, 361; prayers for publication,
358, 360, 366, 399, 405, 407, 408;
offers, 400, 427; assurances, 404, 409,
411; expectation, 419; vigil, 424;
first sight, 445; abridgment, 2, 88,
392; mentioned, 251n, 411.
Makemie, Francis, 1, 550, 596; 2, 132n;
trial, 1, 599.

Malabar, mission of, 2, 333, 348, 365,
411n, 516, 517, 520, 544.
'Malachi,' 2, 456, 485, 493.

Malden, Mass., 1, 517, 561; 2, 746, re-
newal of church covenant, 6, 30; or-
dination of David Parsons, 9, 30;
lecture 216, 286; object of need, 348.
'Man eating the Food of Angels,' 2, 42n.
Man of God, 1, 37; good, 434.
'Man of his Word,' 2, 214.
'Man of God furnished,' 1, 572, 575.
'Man of Reason,' 2, 14, 541, 542.
Manifesto church, 1, 326, 332; men,
attack from, 472. See Brattle Street
Church.

'Manly Christianity,' 1, 596; 2, 82.
Mansfield, Conn., 2, 112n.
Mantissa, 1, 81.

'Manual for Self-Examination,' 2, 136.
'Manuductio,' 2, 481.

Manuscripts, experiences of, 1, 173, 402;
2, 541.

'Many-Reader,' 2, 815.

Marshall, John, 1, 596n.
Marshall, Mercy, 1, 261n.
Marshall, Walter, 2, 603.
Marshfield, Mass., 2, 174, 735.

Martha's Vineyard, 2, 190, 396, 431;
Indian commissioners, 233; Indians,
396, 493, 550, 553, 809.

'Marah spoken to,' 2, 517, 525.
Marblehead, Mass., visit to, 2, 206, 218,
220, 221, 287; church, 221; Barnard,
359, 360, 361, 670.
March, John, 1, 595n.
'Mare Pacificum,' 1, 524.
'Mariners Companion and Counsellor,'

2, 14.

Martinico, 1, 167.
Maryland, popery in, 1, 594.
Martyn, 2, IIN, 22n.
Martyr, P., 2, 112.
Martyrdom, welcoming, 2, 660, 661.
Maschil, see 'Faithful Instructor.'
Massachusetts, charter vacated, 1, 93n;
granted, 140; French Protestants in,
135n; new officers, 148; reformation,
268; defence of, 2, 122, 128, 167;
advice and warning, 222; government
for, 293; bank, 296, 418; troubles
and remedy, 578, 580, 607, 609, 613,
691; eastern part, 676; return, 706.
Mast fleet, 2, 35, 136.

Mather, Abigail (1694-1721), baptized,
1, 181; falls into fire, 217, 369; small-
pox, 445; measles, 2, 249; illness,
355; marriage, 371, 372, 373. See
Willard.

Mather, Abigail (Phillips), marriage, 1,
126; travail, 217, 218, 306, 374, 375,
430; Latin used against, 264; sick-
ness, 368; praise of, 405; illness, 431,
432-448; consumption, 443; vision
and remedy, 444; death, 449; epi-
gram, 450; sermon, 450, 455, 463;
character, 451.

Mather, Anna (Lake), 2, 499, 589.
Mather, Atherton, (Suffield), 2, 277;
letter to, 403.

Mather, Azariah, 2, 60, 66, 160, 207, 535.
Mather, Catherine (Wise), 2, 66n.
Mather, Cotton, diary for publication,
1, xiii; training, xiv; influence, xviii;
religious practices, xix; writing activ-
ity, xxi; portrait, xxiii; anxiety for
father, xxvii; stuttering, 2, 4; first
preaching, 2, 51, 37; study of medi-
cine, 3; fasting, 6; sickness and
thoughts, II; master of arts, 25, 26;
invited to New Haven, 42, 53; pastor,
47, 53n; on marriage, 69, 106, 107,
109; our fasts, 81; almanac, 85n;
in Randolph persecution, 85n, 138n;
ordination, 92, 93, 96, 98; covenant,
96; first baptism, 102; Lord's table,
102; country lecture, 103; overseer
of Harvard, 105; courtship of Abigail

in

Phillips, 121; marriage, 126;
Charlestown, 128; removes to Boston,
129; sickness, 129, 147, 257; church
of England, 133; on Stoughton, 154n;
fleet fever incident, 167; representa-
tion to King, 168; charges by a
woman, 178; heart-burn and plaster,
194; true picture, 195; preaches in
South Church, 196; reformation, 201;
on his labors, 229; conference with
daughter, 239; sickness, 247, 285;
Calef, 264, 373, 383, 393, 397; flocking
to, 272; health, 273; bridge accident,
274; bishop of London, 312; chal-
lenge, 318; anagram, 335; libels on,
379, 383, 397; attacks Sewall, 406n;
widowhood, 457, 476, 479, 482;
courted by a gentlewoman, 457 (see
gentlewoman); and Dudley, 464;
presidency Harvard, 472; temptations
475, 585; courts Mrs. Hubbard,
490; marriage, 494; diaries, 532; how
time is spent, 545; cold, 562; labors,
568; illness, 597; illness, 1709, 2, 5,
50, 52; suspected of authorship, 8;
at Reading, 11; to secure publica-
tion, In; converses with Godhead,
12; enemies, 15; illness (1710), 22;
books, 28; self-examination, 28; Glas-
gow degree, 40; provides for children,
59, 65; illness, 89, 105; conversion of
souls, 98; examination of, 119;
headache, 137, 140, 141; and Walley,
147n; year's work (1711), 162; new
church, 183, 187, 188, 192, 194, 206,
211, 213, 214, 216, 224; facing death,
199, 218, 228; represses vehemence,
214; sick, 235; endurance, 236;
Royal Society, 246; unsuccessful
ministry, 249; task for unusual, 250;
widowhood, 261, 269, 272, 281; sacri-
ficer, 266; temptation to remarry, 273;
thoughts on 50th year, 283; on Ship
Street, 299n; wishes to be messenger,
303; wooing Mrs. George, 303, 305,
308; on Dummer, 313, 414, 417, 419,
420; marriage to Mrs. George, 322,
337; letter to son Increase, 323;
accident at Spy Pond, 366; money
need, 403; squire, 423, 424, 429; pro-
phetic spirit, 454; crucified, 475;
temptations, 483; summary, 489;
catalogue of writings, 505; relations
with wife, 523; lecture not printed,
596; opposition in town, 613; small-
pox, 624n, 631, 638, 655, 659, 662;
poverty, 630; regrets language, 655,
662; granado, 657; address to min-
isters, 670; weakness, 681; money
troubles, 703, 713, 734, 739, 745;
failures, 705; preparation for farewell,

712; pirates, 722; oppressed, 754;
sickness, 774, 785, 790; silenced, 793;
study rifled, 794; last illness, 817;
death, 818.

Mather, Eleazar (1637-1669), 2, 87n,
25In.

Mather, Eleazar (1713), birth, 2, 250;
baptism, 251; measles, 258; death,
260; funeral, 261.

see

Mather, Elizabeth (1704-1726), 1, 148n;
kindness to Samuel, 2, 44; catechis-
ing, 85; patron for, 95; training,
112, 278, 387, 523, 527, 556, 631;
scorched, 234; measles, 252; essays,
276; smallpox, 626, 645; conversion,
628; marriageable, 739, 744;
Elizabeth (Mather) Cooper.
Mather, Elizabeth, see Byles.
Mather, Elizabeth (Clark Hubbard),
marriage, 1, 494; admitted to church,
539; travail, 573; 2, 45, 57, 250; to
write sermons, 97; books for, 132;
improvement, 210, 232; measles, 252;
death, 254; burial, 256; sermon on,
259, 289; memorials, 262.
Mather, Elizabeth (Davenport), 2, 87n.
Mather, Esther (Warham), 2, 234, 251n.
Mather, Eunice, 2, 93n.
Mather, Hannah, see Hannah Oliver.
Mather, Hannah (1697-1721), birth,
1, 218; illness, 258; falls into fire,
282, 295; convulsions, 303; fevers,
366, 367, 454, 508, 513, 532; 2, 641;
sickness 1, 376, 378, 394, 396; 2, 124,
460; smallpox, 1, 447; instruction,
2, 112, 236; measles, 252; dying, 643,
644; ill-treatment, 712; care for, 747,
767; reading, 762, 772; conversion,
770.

Mather, Hannah (Treat), 2, 6on.
Mather, Increase (1639-1723), intro-
spection, 1, xiii; sails for England,
xxvii; Indian servant, 22; president
Harvard, 26, 105, 359; watch, 63;
at Lynn, 69; letter to Gouge, 85;
ordination of Cotton, 96n, 99; books,
106, 123, 134; sermon, 121; on
Church of England, 133n; letter to,
136n, 137; in England, 137, 138n;
returns, 148; on witchcraft, 153; on
Devil, 156n; size of congregation,
266n; remove to Cambridge, 282n,
359, 397, 40бn; to go to England, 305,
308, 327, 353, 356, 400; on Stoddard's
book, 384; Stoddard's answer, 2, 35;
work for, 49, 343; letter of non-
Conformists, 175; division of church,
181, 182, 194, 280, 615, 617; on
antinomianism, 184n; preparation for
death, 186, 356; care for, 194, 196,
236, 246, 252, 474, 476, 520, 530, 539,

579, 586, 629, 652; preface, 206, 490,
517n, 537n; visits, 219, 461; sal vola-
tile, 224; sermon on Mrs. Mather, 265;
and Dummer, 313; plate of, 323; me-
morial to Assembly, 353, 407, 408; at
table, 451; successor, 477; will of, 505;
ordination sermons, 572; preaches,
612, 629; smallpox, 625n, 66on; dis-
turbed family, 626; health, 686; death,
689; epitaphium, 697; mention, 1,
315n, 328n, 358, 376, 475, 486, 604n;
2,321, 512, 596.
Mather, Increase (1699-1724), birth,
1, 307; convulsions, 336, 339, 345,
346, 348, 367; smallpox, 447; scarlet
fever, 508; grandfather, 583; train-
ing, 2, 49, 53, 107, 155, 204, 231, 238,
251, 278, 356, 465, 487, 526, 665;
admonitions, 64, 151, 195, 203, 212,
323, 466, 519; anxieties, 76, 218, 225,
230, 233, 281, 348, 352, 465, 474, 480,
486, 487, 528; companions, 92, 447;
questions, 107, 225; conversion, III,
269, 451, 485, 674; clothes, 134;
themes, 161, 199, 398; scorched, 234;
apprenticed, 239, 298; illness, 249,
347; introduced to Ashurst, 299;
Reynolds on, 319; at Witney, 322,
324, 347; returns, 352; in business,
354, 608; on Parsons, 433; charged
with child, 484; misconduct, 489, 548,
611, 664, 736; project, 495, 606; cast,
out, 612, 613, 615; recalled, 647;
death of, 753, 755, 756, 764; rumor
of return, 759, 760; sermon, 760, 762,
763, 771, 776, 789.

Mather, Jerusha, see Jerusha Oliver.
Mather, Jerusha (1711-1713), 2, birth,
57; baptism, 59; sickness, 187, 188,
190; measles, 252; 256, 258, 261;
death, 261; burial, 262; memorial,
262; sermon, 264.
Mather, Joseph, (1693), 1, 163.
Mather, Katharine (1682-1683), 1, 65.
Mather, Katharine (1689-1716), health,
1, 179; conference in study, 239;
burnt, 293; fever, 371; scarlet fever,
508; marriageable, 2, 47; illness, 79,
83, 350, 355, 360, 362, 370, 371, 372,
373, 376, 378, 382, 383, 386, 387, 388;
essays by, 84, 276; training, 101; to
study physic, III; disposal, 180;
measles, 250, 255, 256; joining church,
275; anxiety for, 352, 354, 361;
lesson from, 385, 389, 390, 391, 396;
death of, 388, 390; sermon, 391, 402.
Mather, Lydia (Lee), marriage, 2, 322,
337; morning readings, 335, 341, 376;
prayers with, 339, 536; visits to poor,
340; conversion, 346; premonition
of danger, 367; health, 392, 481, 499,

Mather, Nathaniel (1669-1688), atheism
of, 1, 32n; returns from England, 148;
introduction, 187n; life of, 273; 2, 134.
Mather, Nathaniel (1709), birth, 2, 8;
baptism, 8, 30; death, 20, 33.
Mather, Richard (1596-1669), 1, xv;
in Clarke's volume, 65.
Mather, Richard (1653-1688), 2, 66.
Mather, Samuel (1674-0000), 2, 34, 319;
church history, 88, 142, 312; advice,
262; Increase visits, 298; letter to, 301,
719; on Increase, 322; retreat, 437;
encouragement, 484, 526; projections
547, 549, 553, 563, 606; book on
temptations, 657, 665.

Mather, Mrs. Samuel, 2, 325, 398.
Mather, Samuel (1700-1701), birth, 1,

375; particular faith, 380; convul-
sions and death, 382.

Mather, Samuel (1706-0000), birth, 1,
574.

Mather, Samuel (1706-1785), on stutter-
ing, 1, 2n; revolution, 139n; fever,
2, 6, 73, 345; sister, 44; education,
68, 358, 361, 362, 379, 435, 465, 469,
470, 473, 474, 475, 476, 478, 496, 523,
525, 526, 544, 557, 580, 602, 772;
piety encouraged, 74; measles, 252;
play, 353, 357, 459; anxiety for, 471;
fever, 482, 486, 490, 493; reading
scriptures, 498, 540, 578; companions,
499, 524; hopes, 551; Latin, 554,
557, 733; sermons, 565, 637; idle-
ness, 606; returns to Cambridge, 606,
610; smallpox, 626; spending of
time, 629; inoculation, 635, 637, 638,
639, 641, 643; recovery, 644, 645, 652,
660; poem, 670; oration, 688n, 691;
public preaching, 741, 744, 748, 753,
766, 769, 775; goes to New Haven,
759, 760, 805; degree, 762; voyage
to England, 777, 779; assistant to
Gee, 818.

2, 6on, 341, 364, 739.

Mather, Samuel (1677-1746), 2, 211.
Mather, Sarah, 1, 148n; 2, 91n. See
Sarah Walter.

Mather, Warham, 2, 87.

Maxims of Piety, 2, 16, 215, 448, 456,
530; the Kingdom of God, 200, 201,
202, 213, 220, 247, 277, 329, 501; the
everlasting Gospel, 337, 465; of use-
ful labor, 472; love, 494.

May, Samuel (Axel), preaching of, 1,
313; plagiarism, 315; exposure, 318,
323, 329, 338, 350, 351.
Mayes (widow), 2, 65.

Mayhew, Experience, 1, 512n.
Mayhew, Jonathan, 1, 520n.
Mayhews, the, 2, 248n, 809.
Mead, Matthew, 1, 187n.

Measles, appearance of, 2, 248; in
family, 249, 291; advice for sick, 252,
256; day of prayer, 270, 289; letter,
272; admonition, 278, 279; sermon,
288.

'Meat out of the Eater,' 1, 456.
Mede, Joseph, 1, 108n.
Medfield, Mass., 1, 274.

Medford, Mass., 1, 481; relatives, 2, 229,

249, 336, 350, 361; ordination, 774.
'Medicina Mentis,' 2, 337, 405.
Medicines, 2, 372; from London, 392.
Meditation, method of, 2, 358.
'Meditations on the Glory of the
Heavenly World,' 2, 114n.
Meekness, grace of, 2, 454.
Meeting of afflicted, 2, 383.
Meetings, private religions, 1, 411, 566.
Memorials, paucity of, 1, 496.
'Memorials of early Piety,' 2, 38, 42, 57.
'Menachem,' 2, 378.
Mendon, Mass., 2, 9n.

'Mens sana in corpore sano,'.1, 254.
Merchant, abusive (John Colman?), 2,

44, 99.

Merchants, project for, 2, 92.
Mercy, thoughts on, 1, 518.
Messinger, Henry, 2, 225.
Metcalf, Joseph, 1, 562n.

'Methods and Motives,' 1, 500.
Methods to do good, 1, 81.
Mexico, reported revolt, 1, 284.
Micajah, 2, 18n.

Mico, John, 1, 375n.

Middelburg, Holland, daughters

clergyman, 2, 370, 451, 546.
Middlecot, Richard, 1, 13, 291n.

Middlesex, artillery company, 1, 132.
'Midnight Cry,' 1, 146, 147.
Midwife and tract, 2, 618.

Milan, duchy of, 2, 171.

'Military Duties,' 1, 132.

, 2, 10.

Mills, Edward, 1, 309n.
Milton, Mass., 2, 200.

Mind, tendency of, in works, 2, 155.
Minister, a fallen (Cotton?), 1, 79, 194;
prayers for sick, 235; description of a,
412; disturbed, 427; aided, 2, 496,
635, drink, 747, 762.
'Minister,' 2, 684, 685.
Ministers, aid for needy, 1, 54, 351; 2,
190, 473; facts, 1, 106; meeting, 113,
429, 522; 2, 66, 437, 442, 450, 456,
494, 547, 581, 603, 623, 627; prayers
with wives, 1, 125: address to Bello-
mont, 302; meetings at Cambridge,
306; melancholy, 327; convention, 2,
9, 77, 210, 353, 684, 727, 736; speech,
737; rum, 51, 78; southern colonies,
101; election, 74, 343; salary, 78;
wives, 185; sons, 194, 235; ordaining,
232; jejune performances, 354; sick,
382, 383, 394, 398, 435, 591; negli-
gent, 385; donation, 501; libels
against, 663, 672, 674; Island, 721;
subsistence, 738; profitable conversa-
tion, 761, 763; unbrotherly, 792;
Indian commission, 809.

Ministry, candidates, 2, 280, 725, 754;
directions, 733, 744, 749.
'Mirabilia Dei,' 2, 692n.

Miracles of the Lord, 1, 144; loaves,
192; wrought on Ellis, 274; sermon,
2,620.

Miscarriages of others, 1, 553.
Mistic, Mass., see Medford.
Mohegan, Indians, 2, 133, 151, 803.
Monday's question, 2, 25.
Monis, Judah, 2, 741, 743.

'Monitor for Communicants,' 2, 355.
'Monitory and Hortatory Letter,' 1,
342.

'Monitory Letter concerning the Main-
tenance of Ministers,' 1, 351.

'Monitory Letter to them who absent
themselves from public Worship,' 1,
429, 580.

Monmouth, James Scott, duke of, 1,

Moodey, Joshua, 1, 96n, 122, 407n; on
Turks, 208n.

Moody, Samuel, 2, 327.

Moore, Widow, highway claims, 1, 273n,

290n.