1.0Banner of Truth UKhttps://banneroftruth.org/ukrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OuALsYpbs8"><a href="https://banneroftruth.org/uk/about/banner-authors/cotton-mather/">Cotton Mather</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://banneroftruth.org/uk/about/banner-authors/cotton-mather/embed/#?secret=OuALsYpbs8" width="600" height="338" title="“Cotton Mather” — Banner of Truth UK" data-secret="OuALsYpbs8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://banneroftruth.org/uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://banneroftruth.org/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2013/05/MATHER-Cotton_detail.jpg417463Cotton Mather (1663-1729), son of Increase Mather and grandson of John Cotton, was a third generation American Puritan who did more than any of his contemporaries to perpetuate the vision of the founding fathers. Entering Harvard at 12, his youth was remarkable for its precocity. At 19 he became assistant to his father in the […]