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Mather was a member of the Congregationalist Church and served as its pastor at the Old North Church in Boston for over three decades.\n\n#### Early Life and Background\nCotton Mather's early life was marked by his family's strong connection to theology. His father, Increase Mather, was an influential minister and theologian who advocated for a more moderate approach to Puritanism. Cotton's mother, Maria Ballard Mather, came from a respected Congregationalist family. This environment instilled in him a deep understanding of the Bible and its teachings.\n\nAs a young man, Cotton pursued his education at Harvard College (now Harvard University), graduating in 1678. He went on to study theology under his father's guidance, eventually becoming ordained as a minister in 1685.\n\n#### Major Accomplishments\nMather achieved several significant milestones throughout his career:\n\n*   He was one of the earliest American proponents of smallpox inoculation, advocating for its use as early as 1706.\n*   As a scholar and writer, Mather produced numerous works on theology, including *The Wonders of the Invisible World*, which chronicled the Salem witch trials.",null,"cotton-mather",[],{"quotes":14,"pagination":101},[15,23,29,35,41,47,59,70,81,92],{"id":16,"quote_text":17,"author_id":5,"source_id":18,"has_image":19,"author":20,"source":21,"quote_tag":22,"commentary":10},2946273,"The New-Englanders are a People of God settled in those, which were once the Devil’s Territories; and it may easily be supposed that the Devil was exceedingly disturbed, when he perceived such a People here accomplishing the Promise of old made unto our Blessed Jesus, That He should have the Utmost parts of the Earth for his Possession.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":10},{},[],{"id":24,"quote_text":25,"author_id":5,"source_id":18,"has_image":19,"author":26,"source":27,"quote_tag":28,"commentary":10},2946262,"Wrestle with the Lord. Receive no denial. Earnestly protest, Lord, I will not let thee go, except thou bless this poor child of mine, and make it your own! Do this, until, if it may be, your heart is raised by a touch of heaven, to a particular faith; that God has blessed this child, and it shall be blessed and saved forever.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":10},{},[],{"id":30,"quote_text":31,"author_id":5,"source_id":18,"has_image":19,"author":32,"source":33,"quote_tag":34,"commentary":10},2946244,"If we admit instrumental musick in the worship of God, how can we resist the imposition of all the instruments used among the ancient Jews? – yea, dancing as well as playing, and several other Judaic actions? or, how can we decline a whole rabble of church-officers, necessary to be introduced for instrumental musick, whereof our Lord Jesus Christ hath left us no manner of direction?",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":10},{},[],{"id":36,"quote_text":37,"author_id":5,"source_id":18,"has_image":19,"author":38,"source":39,"quote_tag":40,"commentary":10},2946196,"A Good School deserves to be call’d, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":10},{},[],{"id":42,"quote_text":43,"author_id":5,"source_id":18,"has_image":19,"author":44,"source":45,"quote_tag":46,"commentary":10},2946152,"Ye monsters of the bubbling deep, Your Maker’s praises spout; Up from the sands ye codlings peep, And wag your tails about.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":10},{},[],{"id":48,"quote_text":49,"author_id":5,"source_id":50,"has_image":19,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":10},1983031,"The Spirit of Slumber which the Poison of the old Serpent has brought upon the children of Men is to be deplored exceedingly.",4,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":10},{},[54],{"id":55,"tag":56},4970753,{"id":57,"tag_name":58},98308,"brought",{"id":60,"quote_text":61,"author_id":5,"source_id":50,"has_image":19,"author":62,"source":63,"quote_tag":64,"commentary":10},1983027,"That there is a Devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the Devil. For any to deny the being of a Devil must be from ignorance or profaneness worse than diabolical.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":10},{},[65],{"id":66,"tag":67},4970752,{"id":68,"tag_name":69},214,"scary",{"id":71,"quote_text":72,"author_id":5,"source_id":50,"has_image":19,"author":73,"source":74,"quote_tag":75,"commentary":10},1983024,"Religion brought forth Prosperity, and the daughter destroyed the mother.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":10},{},[76],{"id":77,"tag":78},4970747,{"id":79,"tag_name":80},4434,"mother",{"id":82,"quote_text":83,"author_id":5,"source_id":50,"has_image":19,"author":84,"source":85,"quote_tag":86,"commentary":10},1983021,"The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":10},{},[87],{"id":88,"tag":89},4970744,{"id":90,"tag_name":91},11721,"may",{"id":93,"quote_text":94,"author_id":5,"source_id":50,"has_image":19,"author":95,"source":96,"quote_tag":97,"commentary":10},1983017,"Ignorance is the Mother not of Devotion, but of Heresy.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":10},{},[98],{"id":99,"tag":100},4970738,{"id":79,"tag_name":80},{"currentPage":102,"totalPages":50,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":103},1,10]