Cotton Mather’s Ideas for Doing the Most Good

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Many people have heard of Cotton Mather. He was one of the original Puritan clergymen of early Colonial America. He is famously known for his writings about the Salem Witch Trials. He was devout in his study of the Bible and progressive in his scientific work.

But what I find most interesting about Cotton Mather is his essay titled Bonifacius — An Essay Upon the Good That is to be…