Samuel Parris sermon notebook, 1689-1694.

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Samuel Parris sermon notebook, 1689-1694.

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The notebook contains the sermons Parris preached before, during, and after the 1692-1693 witchcraft controversy. His sermons responded to contemporary controversies within the town, exemplified his preoccupation with the presence of hidden evil in the church, and contained frequent references to the struggle between the forces of Christ and Satan and his insistence upon the imminent invasion of "devils." See Larry Gragg, The Quest for security: the life of Samuel Parris, 1653-1720 (New York: Greenwood Press, 1990) for a detailed account of the circumstances surrounding the text of his sermons.

1 v. (292 p.) ; 20 cm.

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Parris, Samuel, 1653-1720

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Samuel Parris (born 1653, London, England – died February 27, 1720, Sudbury, Massachusetts) was the Puritan minister in Salem Village, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials. He was also the father of one of the afflicted girls, and the uncle of another. During the witchcraft controversy. His preaching shaped the village's interpretation of the "afflictions." The son of a wealthy British merchant, Parris dropped out of Harvard College in 1673, failed at running an inherited Barbados planta...