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[26] He was only 23 when the Work was published, which is indeed an Apology for its crude Style of Composition.

[27] Octavo, London, 1721. Printed for Emanuel Matthews, at the Bible in Pater-Noster-Row.

[28] Appendix Touching Prodigies to his Convention Sermon of May 23, 1689.

[29] Referring doubtless to New England Justified, published by the Author's Grandfather.

[30] It would seem from this that Mr. Mather had been prosecuted, tried and sentenced to six Months' Imprisonment, but there appears no other Intimation of it.

[31] Calef's More Wonders of the Invisible World is the Book asserted to have died long before its Author. However that might have been considered 30 Years after the More Wonders was printed, it is far from being Dead in this Age. Remarks will be more in Order when we come to introduce the Work.

[32] It is rather surprising that the Author should speak doubtfully of the Case of this Family as to the Time of its Occurrence, when the Magnalia was at his Hand, giving Date and Details of the Affair. See that Work, B. vi, Page 71.

[33] See History and Antiquities of Boston, 561–3.