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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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§ 35. Three Sons, and Three Daughters, was this Renowned Walker with God, Blessed withal.
His Eldest Son, did Spend […] End his Days, in the Ministry of the Gospel at Hampton: being esteemed a thorough Scholar, and an able Preacher; and though his Name were Sea-born, yet none of the Lately Revived Heresies were more Abominable to him, than that of his Name sake, Pelagius [or, Morgan] of whom the Witness of the ancient Poet is true, Pestifero Vom••t col•••er Sermone Britannus.
His Eldest Son, did Spend 〈…〉 End his Dayes, in the Ministry of the Gospel at Hampton: being esteemed a thorough Scholar, and an able Preacher; and though his Name were Sea-born, yet none of the Lately Revived Heresies were more Abominable to him, than that of his Name sake, Pelagius [or, Morgan] of whom the Witness of the antient Poet is true, Pestifero Vom••t col•••er Sermone Britannus.
His Second Son, is at this Day, a Faithful Minister of the Gospel, at Plymouth; and one by whom, not only the English but also the Indians, of America, have the Glad Tidings of Salvation, in their own Language carried unto them.