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Johannes in eremo. Memoirs, relating to the lives, of the ever-memorable, Mr. John Cotton,…
Johannes in eremo. Memoirs, relating to the lives, of the ever-memorable, Mr. John Cotton, who dyed, 23.d. 10.m. 1652. Mr. John Norton, who dyed, 5.d. 2.m. 1663. Mr. John Wilson, who dyed, 7.d. 6.m. 1667. Mr. John Davenport, who dyed, 15.d. 1.m. 1670. Reverend and renowned ministers of the Gospel, all, in the more immediate service of one church, in Boston; and Mr. Thomas Hooker, who dyed, 7.d. 5.m. 1647. Pastor of the church at Hartford; New-England. / Written, by Cotton Mather. ; [Three lines of Latin quotation]
Boston : Printed for and sold by Michael Perry, at his shop, under the west end of the Town-House., 1695
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Tis true, such was Mr. Cottons Holy Ingenuity, that when he perceived the Advantage, which Erroneous and Heretical Persons in his Church, had, from his Abused Charity; taken to spread their Dangerous Opinions; before •he was awa••t of them, he did Publicly sometimes with Tea•s bewail it▪ That the Enemy had sown so many Tares whilst be had been Asleep. Nevertheless tis as true, that nothing ever could be Baser than they Disingen•i•y of those Pamphleteers, who took Advantage hence, to catch these Tears in their Venomous Ink horns, and employ them for so many Blots upon the Memory, of a Righteous Man, worthy to be had in Everlasting Remembrance.
Tis true, such was Mr. Cottons Holy Ingenuity, that when he perceived the Advantage, which Erroneous and Heretical Persons in his Church, had, from his Abused Charity; taken to spread their Dangerous Opinions; before •he was awa••t of them, he did Publickly sometimes with Tea•s bewail it▪ That the Enemy had sown so many Tares whilest be had been Asleep. Nevertheless tis as true, that nothing ever could be Baser than they Disingen•i•y of those Pamphlet•eers, who took Advantage hence, to catch these Tears in their Venemous Ink horns, and employ them for so many Blots upon the Memory, of a Righteous Man, worthy to be had in Everlasting Remembrance.
§. 22. When the Virulent and Violent Edwards, had been after a most Unchristian manner, bespattering the Excellent Burroughs, That Reviled Saint, in his Answer, had that Passage; The Extreme, Eagerness of some to asperse our Names, makes us to think, that God hath made more use of our Names, than we were aware of,—We see by their Anger even almost to Madness, bent that way, that they had little Hope, to prevail with all their Arguments against the Cause we profess, till