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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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Richard Mather, who gave unto the bereaved Church of Boston, this great Character of their Incomparable COTTON, Let us Pray, that God would Raise up some Eleazer to Succeed this Aaron: But you can hardly Expect, that so large a Portion of the Spirit of God should dwell in any one, as dwelt in this Blessed man! And generally in the other Churches through the Country, the Expiration of this General Blessing to them all, did Produce Funeral-Sermons full of Honour and Sorrow; even as many Miles above an Hundred, as Newhaven was distant for the Massachuset-Bay, when the Tidings of Mr. Cottons Decease arrived there, Mr. Davenport, with many Tears bewailed it, in a Public Discourse on that in a Sam. 1. 26. I am Distressed for thee, my Brother Jonathan, very Pleasant hast thou been unto me. Yea, They speak of Mr. Cotton in their Lamentations to this Day!
Richard Mather, who gave unto the bereaved Church of Boston, this great Character of their Incomparable COTTON, Let us Pray, that God would Raise up some Eleazer to Succeed this Aaron: But you can hardly Expect, that so large a Portion of the Spirit of God should dwell in any one, as dwelt in this Blessed man! And generally in the other Churches through the Country, the Expiration of this General Blessing to them all, did Produce Funeral-Sermons full of Honour and Sorrow; even as many Miles above an Hundred, as Newhaven was distant for the Massachuset-Bay, when the Tidings of Mr. Cottons Decease arrived there, Mr. Davenport, with many Tears bewailed it, in a Publick Discourse on that in a Sam. 1. 26. I am Distressed for thee, my Brother Jonathan, very Pleasant hast thou been unto me. Yea, They speak of Mr. Cotton in their Lamentations to this Day!
§. 26. How vast a Treasure of Learning […] laid in the Grave, which was opened, on this, Occasion, can Scarce Credibly and Sufficiently be Related. Mr. Cotton, was, indeed, a most Universe Scholar, and a Living System of the Liberal […] and a Walking Library. It would be Endless […] Recite, all his particular Accomplishments, […] only Three Articles of Observation, shall […] offered. First, For his Grammar, he had a very Singular Skill in those Three Languages, th•• Knowledge whereof was by the Inscription o the Cross of our Saviour, proposed unto the Perpetual Use of his Church. The Hebrew he understood so exactly, and so readily, that […] was able to Discourse in it. In the Greek, he was a Critic, so Accurate, and so Well-Versed, th he needed not, like Austin, to have Studied […] in his Reduced Age. Thus, i many of the Ancients committed Gross mistakes, in their Interpretations of the Scriptures, through their want skill in the Originals, Mr. Cotton, was […] Qualified for an Interpreter. He both Wrote Spoke Latin also with great Facility; and with most Ciceronian Elegance, Exemplified in […] Published Composure. Next, for his Logic, […] was completely furnished therewith to Encounter the Subtlest Adversary of the Truth. […] although he had been Educated in the Per patetick way, yet like the other Puritans of the