A50170:197
The triumphs of the reformed religion in America the life of the renowned John…
The triumphs of the reformed religion in America the life of the renowned John Eliot, a person justly famous in the church of God, not only as an eminent Christian and an excellent minister among the English, but also as a memorable evangelist among the Indians of New-England : with some account concerning the late and strange success of the Gospel in those parts of the world which for many ages have lain buried in pagan ignorance / written by Cotton Mather.The triumphs of the reformed religion in America the life of the renowned John Eliot, a person justly famous in the church of God, not only as an eminent Christian and an excellant minister among the English, but also as a memorable evangelist amoung the Indians of New-England : with some account concerning the late and strange success of the Gospel in those parts of the world which for many ages have lain buried in pagan ignorance / written by Cotton Mather.
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris and John Allen for Joseph Brunning, 1691
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When he was become a sort of Miles Emeritus, & began to draw near ••s End, he grew still more Heavenly, more Savoury, more Divine, and Scented more of th• spicy Country, at which he was ready to put a shore. As the Historian observes of Liberius. That when his Life and Strength were going from him, his Vice •et remained with him; on the contrary, the ⟨p. 136⟩Grace of this Excellent Man rather increased than abated, when every thing else was dying with him. 'Tis too usual with Old men, that when they are past work, they are least sensible of their inabilities and incapacities, and can scarce endure to see another succeeding them in any part of their Office. But our Eliot was of a Temper quite contrary thereunto; for finding many Months before his Expiration, That he had not strength enough to Edify his Congregation with public Prayers, and Sermons, he importuned his people with some impatience to •all another Minister; professing himself, unable to Die with Comfort, until he could see a •ood Successor ordained, settled, fixed among them. For this cause, he also cried mightily unto the Lord Jesus, our Ascended Lord, that he would give such a Gift unto Roxbury, and he sometimes called his whole Town together to join with him in a East for such a blessing. As the return of their Supplications, our Lord quickly bestowed upon them, a person young in years, but old in Discretion, Gravity, and Experience; and one whom the Church of Roxbury hopes to find, A Pastor after God's own Heart.
When he was become a sort of Miles Emeritu•, & began to draw near ••s End, he grew still more Heavenly, more Savoury, more Divine, and Scented more of th• spicy Country, at which he was ready to put a shoar. As the Historian observes of Liberius. That when his Life and Strength were going from him, his Vice •et remained with him; on the contrary, the ⟨p. 136⟩