Sober sentiments. In an essay upon the vain presumption of living & thriving in the world; which does too often possess and poison the children of this world. Produced by the premature and much lamented death of Mr. Joshua Lamb, who died (of a fall received a few days before) July 15. 1722. By one of the ministers in Boston. With an appendix by another hand. [One line from Ecclesiastes]

People / Organizations

• Cotton Mather (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed by T. Fleet in Pudding-Lane, 1722.

Publication year

1722-1722

ESTC No.

W19432

Grub Street ID

329081

Description

37,[1]p. ; 8⁰

Note

Caption title: A rebuke upon vain presumptions.

Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. A note in a contemporary hand in the American Antiquarian Society ascribes the appendix to Thomas Walter.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: A?(-A1) B-E? (E4 verso blank)