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An elegy on the much-to-be-deplored death of that never-to-be-forgotten person, the Reverend Nathanael Collins;…
An elegy on the much-to-be-deplored death of that never-to-be-forgotten person, the Reverend Nathanael Collins; who after he had been many years a faithful pastor to the church at Middletown of Connecticut in New-England, about the forty third year of his age expired; on 28th. 10. month 1684. : [Three lines of quotations in Latin]An elegy on the much-to-be-deplored death of that never-to-be-forgotten person, the Reverend Nathanael Collins; who after he had been many years a faithful pastor to the church at Middletown of Connecticut in New-England, about the forty third year of his age expired; on 28th. 10. moneth 1684. : [Three lines of quotations in Latin]
printed by Richard Pierce for Obadiah Gill, 1685
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
His several Turns on a Religious thread He sought to string: fixing that Motto on What signal he in both his Callings did, With much devotion, Lord {right †}for thee alone. ⟨p. 10⟩How James-like were his ‖Prayers, how did the word Of Life, his heart, Christs ¶Library affect! What God-ward flames did his pure *mind afford Of any Ordinance dreading a Neglect!
His sev'rall Turns on a Religious threed He sought to string: fixing that Motto on What signal he in both his Callings did, With much devotion, Lord {right †}for thee alone. ⟨p. 10⟩How James-like were his ‖Pray'rs, how did the word Of Life, his heart, Christs ¶Library affect! What God-ward flames did his pure *mind afford Of any Ord'nance dreading a Neglect!
- {right †}as he, Propter te, Domine, propter te.
- ‖of whom Ecclesiastical History relates, that his hardened knees wore the Badges of his hard prayers.of whom Ecclesiastical History relates, that his hardned knees wore the Badges of his hard prayers.
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