Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as thay have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]

Title

Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as thay have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]

Author

Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.

Publication

Boston in New-England. :: Printed by S.G. for S.S. [i.e., Samuel Green for Samuel Sewall] And sold by J. Browning at the corner of the Prison Lane next the town-house,

1683.

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Subject terms

Comets -- Religious aspects.

Astronomy.

Sermons -- 1680.

Sermons -- 1682.

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"Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as thay have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N00277.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• To the Reader.
• To the Reader.
• The CONTENTS.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.
  • CHAP. IV.
  • CHAP. V.
  • CHAP. VI.
  • CHAP. VII.
  • CHAP. VIII.
  • CHAP. IX.
  • CHAP. X.
• A Discourse Concerning COMETS.
  • CHAP. I. That Comets are not in the Air, but in the Starry Heaven. Their Origin and true matter enquired into.
  • CHAP. II. THe several sorts of Comets conside|red. The natural reason of the Blaze, the time of their appearance can|not certainly be praedicted. Notwithstanding their proceeding from natural causes, they may be portentous signs of evil Events.
  • CHAP. III. The History of Comets from the begin|ning of the World to the first coming of Christ; together with some re|markable Events attending them.
  • CHAP. IV. An Historical Account of what Blazing Stars were seen within the first five hundred Years after Christ's Incarna|tion, and the Notable Events which still followed them.
  • CHAP. V. Of Comets which appeared between the Year 50 and 1000, with some remarkable Events.
  • CHAP. VI. A Continuance of the History of Comets, with the Events attending them unto the Year 1200.
  • CHAP. VII. A further Acccunt of Comets, appearing from the Year of our Lord 1200. unto the Year 1500. with the most observable Events attending them.
  • CHAP. VIII. The History of Comets which have been Observed from the Year 1500▪ to 1600. with the Events.
  • CHAP. IX. The History of Comets appearing in this last Cen|tury, with the more remarkable occurrences of Di|vine Providence which have attended them.
  • CHAP. X. That Blazing Stars are commonly signs of evil E|vents, therefore not to be slighted; nor this last Blazing Star which is attended with such rare Conjunctions of the Planets. Judicial Astrolo|gers condemned. The Conclusion.
• ERRATA.