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Was this book the foundation for Cotton Mather's later study in Puritan New England?
| I'm sure it was influential. Increase's book was first published in 1684. Cotton began working on Magnalia Christi Americana in 1690. Both have similar goals in attempting to show God's providential plans for and dealings with New England. | So Cotton Increased the work of Increase?   |  Cotton was very prolific, but Increase wrote 175 books and pamphlets, and it would be hard for most to top that. They were quite a pair, and of course there was Richard too. That was an amazing spiritual dynasty.
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