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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

2 works

1693

English

The Wonders of the Invisible World

Cotton Mather · 1663–1728

A defence of the Salem trials written at the court's request, warning against spectral evidence while justifying the convictions it had produced.

Reformed · TreatiseRead elsewhere

1700

English

More Wonders of the Invisible World

Robert Calef · 1648–1719

A Boston merchant's attack on the Salem proceedings and on the ministers who supported them, printed in London because no Boston press would touch it.

Reformed · PolemicRead elsewhere