Increase Mather’s Comets and Their Signification

Record summary

Increase Mather’s Comets and Their Signification interpreted comets within a Christian providential framework, surveying historical examples and arguing that such celestial phenomena could function as warnings without endorsing simple astrological determinism. The book matters for comparing prophecy, omen interpretation, natural philosophy, and colonial religious print culture. It should be placed beside contemporary astronomical observations and later scientific criticism. The text documents a theological theory of signs, not a verified predictive system or proof that comets caused earthly events.