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Mather, Eleazer

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Puritan minister of New England, son of Richard, and brother of Increase Mather, was born at Dorchester May 13,1637; graduated at Harvard in 1656; was ordained pastor of the Church at Northampton in 1661; and there died, July 24, 1699. He was a fine scholar, a sound thinker, and a devoted and evangelical minister. Many souls were converted through his labors, and his early death was much lamented by all the churches. Sherman, New England Divines, p. 107; Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1:159; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Auth. s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mather, Eleazer'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/mather-eleazer.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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