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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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I will not give the Counsel, that was taken concerning Jonah, to cast such a Person into the Sea; God forbid! But I Counsel such to come then unto a Resolution in themselves to Desist from their Enterprises, and Cast their Petitions into the Sea. It may be, that Hardness of Heart, and Stoutness of Spirit may cause you to Persist, and yet in Mercy to some Gracious Persons among you, the Lord may Deliver the Ship from Utter Destruction for their sakes. But the Lord hath further Judgments in Store; He is the God of the Land, as well as of the Sea. I speak this also, as an unworthy Prophet of the Lord!
I will not give the Counsel, that was taken concerning Jonas, to cast such a Person into the Sea; God forbid! But I Counsel such to come then unto a Resolution in themselves to Desist from their Enterprises, and Cast their Petitions into the Sea. It may be, that Hardness of Heart, and Stoutness of Spirit may cause you to Persist, and yet in Mercy to some Gracious Persons among you, the Lord may Deliver the Ship from Utter Destruction for their sakes. But the Lord hath further Judgments in Store; He is the God of the Land, as well as of the Sea. I speak this also, as an unworthy Prophet of the Lord!
These Things were then uttered by a Person, that was as Little of an Enthusiast, as most men in the World. Now attend the Event!
That Ship, after many Stresses of Weather in the Harbour, puts out to Sea; but at Sea, it had the Terriblest Passage, perhaps, that ever was Heard of; The Mariners not being able to take any Observation of either Sun or Star, for Seven Hundred Leagues together. Certain Well Disposed Persons aboard, now Calling to Mind the Words of Mr. Cotton, thought it necessary to Admonish the Persons, who were carrying over their Malignant Papers against the Country; and some of those ⟨p. 74⟩