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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
Part 1 › Article 3: Article III. His Exemplary Mortification.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And as for the Pride of Life, the Life of it was most exemplarily ex•ingu sh'd in him. The Humility of his Heart made him, Higher by the Head than the rest of the people. His Habit and Spirit were both such as declared him to be among the Lowly, whom God has most Respect unto. His Apparel was without any Ornament, except that of Humility, which the Apostle Elegantly compares to a knot of Comely Ribbons, in the Text where he bids us to be clothed w••h it; any other flaunting Ribbons on those that came in his way he would ingeniously animadvert upon; and seeing some Scholars once, he thought, a little too gaudy in their Clothes, H•miliamini, Juvenes, Humuliamini, was his immediate complement unto them. Had you seen him with his Leathern Gardae (for such an one he wore) about his Loins, you would almost have thought what Herod feared, That John Baptist ⟨p. 34⟩was come to life again. In short, he was in all Regards, A Nazarite indeed; unless in this one, that long Hair was always very loathsome to him; he was an acute Ramist, but yet he professed himself a lover of a Trichotomy. Doubtless, it may be lawful for us to accommodate the length of our Hair unto the modest Customs which vary in the Churches of God; and it may be lawful for them that have not enough of their own Hats for their own Health, to supply themselves according to the sober modes of the places where they live. But the Apostle tells us, Nature teaches us, that if a man have long hair, 'tis a shame to him; where, by Nature can be meant, no other than, The difference of Sex; as the word else-where is used.
And as for the Pride of Life, the Life of it was most exemplarily ex•ingu sh'd in him. The Humility of his Heart made him, Higher by the Head than the rest of the people. His Havit and Spirit were both such as declared him to be among the Lowly, whom God has most Respect unto. His Apparel was without any Ornament, except that of H•mility, which the Apostle Elegantly compares to a knot of Comely Ribb•ns, in the Text where he bids us to be cloathed w••h it; any other flanting Ribb•ns on those that came in his way he would ingeniosly animadvert upon; and seeing some Scholars once, he thought, a little too gaudy in their Cloaths, Hmiliamini, Juvenes, Humuliamini, was his immediate complement unto them. Had you seen him with his Leathern Gardae (for such an one he wore) about his Loins, you would almost have thought what Herod fear'd, That John Baptist