1728 January 4 (Thursday). Private Meeting at Mr. Pratts. I sent Dr. Increase Mathers Kingdom of Christ is approaching,[1] etc., by Mr. Thurston. Deacon Fay[2] and Mr. Abner Newton[3] and others came to see me in the Evening. Very cold. Mr. How brought me Store Geese.
[1]Mather did not publish a work with this title. Possibly Parkman was referring to The Glorious Throne: or A Sermon Concerning The Glory of the Throne of the Lord Jesus Christ Which is now in Heaven, and shall quickly be seen on the Earth (Boston, 1702). [Addition to Walett’s footnote: Increase Mather, A discourse concerning faith and fervency in prayer, and the glorious kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, on earth, now approaching. Delivered in several sermons, in which the signs of the present times are considered, with a true account of the late wonderful and astonishing success of the Gospel in Ceilon, Amboina, and Malabar (Boston in N.E. Printed by B. Green for T. Green, at his shop in Middle Street., 1710). Evans 1473.]
[2]Captain John Fay was one of the first deacons chosen by the Westborough church Oct. 12, 1727. The other was Isaac Tomblin.
[3]The son of Thomas Newton.