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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.
To save poor me and mine, Oh how severe† His Labours were! how lasting his Renown Must to my Offspring be, Once (saying) were Doves eyes within the Locks of {right †}Middletown!
- †[…] the Motto of the Emperor Sever us, which was LABOREMUS.〈…〉 the Motto of the Emperour Sever us, which was LABOREMUS.
- {right †}all. to Cant. 4. 1. where by those expressions some understand Christian Teachers surrounded with their believing Hearers.
My Neighbourhood shared with me too; he gave Some Spirit unto them: and then his {left †}Haven He chose: So on the Day ‖*we used to have Heaven from him, from us he flew to Heaven.
My Neighbourhood shar'd with me too; he gave Some Spirit unto them: and then his {left †}Haven He chose: So on the Day ‖*we us'd to have Heaven from him, from us he flew to Heaven.
- {left †}One of his last Services was that he assisted in a Day of Prayer at New-Haven, immediately on which he sickned.