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<dl><dd>[12], 143, [3]; [8], 38, [2], 32 p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)</dd>
<dd>First word of title transliterated from the Greek</dd>
<dd>Names of printers supplied by Wing</dd>
<dd>"To the reader", p. [3-6], 1st count, dated and signed: Decemb. 20. 1682. John Sherman</dd>
<dd>Leaf G3 verso has two states: the first has last line beginning "the Turks", and the second has a line of text "(I do not remember that I have read the like of any comet)" inserted preceding last line, with last line beginning "whence the Turks"</dd>
<dd>"Heaven's alarm to the world. Or A sermon, wherein is shewed, that fearful sights and signs in Heaven, are the presages of great calamities at hand. Preached at the lecture of Boston in New-England; January, 20, 1680. By Mr. Increase Mather", p. [8], 38, 4th and 5th counts, has separate title page with imprint: Boston in New England: Printed for Samuel Sewall. And are to be sold by J. [John or Joseph] Browning at the corner of the Prison-Lane next the Town-House, 1682; this sermon was occasioned by the appearance of the Kirch Comet of 1680</dd>
<dd>"The latter sign discoursed of, in a sermon preached at the lecture of Boston in New-England; August, 31. 1682. Wherein is shewed, that the voice of God in signal providences, especially when repeated and iterated, ought to be hearkned unto. By Increase Mather", p. [2], 32 p., 6th and 7th counts, has divisional title page. This sermon was occasioned by the appearance of Halley's Comet in 1682</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A⁸ (-A1) (A2 verso blank) B-K⁸ (K8 blank) .</dd>
<dd>Errata: foot of p. 143, 2nd count</dd>
<dd>According to Holmes, some copies have an errata slip on leaf K7v</dd>
<dd>Title page printed within ornamental border; head pieces</dd>
<dd>Purchase; 06175</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Astronomy; Comets; Comets -- Religious aspects; Sermons, American -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Sermons -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Halley's comet; Kirch comet; Imprint 1683</div>
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Mather, Increase, 1639-1723</div>
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