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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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Where is his Sepulchre is Hard to say, Who, in a Thousand Sepulchres, doth lay (Their Hearts, I mean, whom he hath Left Behind, In Them) his Sacred Relics, now, Enshrined. ⟨p. 77⟩But Let his Mourning Flock be Comforted, Though Moses be, yet Joshua is not Dead: I mean Renowned NORTON; worthy he, Successor to our Moses, is to be. O Happy Israel in AMERICA, In such a MOSES, such a JOSHUA!
Where is his Sepulchre is Hard to say, Who, in a Thousand Sepulchres, doth lay (Their Hearts, I mean, whom he hath Left Behind, In Them) his Sacred Reliques, now, Enshrin'd. ⟨p. 77⟩But Let his Mourning Flock be Comforted, Though Moses be, yet Joshua is not Dead: I mean Renowned NORTON; worthy he, Successor to our Moses, is to be. O Happy Israel in AMERICA, In such a MOSES, such a JOSHUA!
B. Woodbridge.
§ 35. Three Sons, and Three Daughters, was this Renowned Walker with God, Blessed withal.