The two very rare works reprinted in the present volume, written by two of the most celebrated of the early American divines, relate to one of the most extraordinary cases of popular delusion that modern times have witnessed.
The scene of this affair was the puritanical colony of New England, since better known as Massachusetts, the colonists of which appear to have car.
It was a delusion, moreover, to which men of learning and piety lent themselves, and thus became the means of increasing it.
The two very rare works reprinted in the present volume, written by two of the most celebrated of the early American divines, relate to one of the most extraordinary cases of popular delusion that modern times have witnessed