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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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Of his Two Younger Daughters, the first was Married unto a Merchant of Good Fashion, whose Name was Mr. Egginton; but She did not long Survive the Birth of her first Child, as that Child also did not Survive many years after the Death of her Mother. The next is at this Time, ⟨p. 78⟩Living, the Consort of One Well known in both Englands, namely Increase Mather, the President of Harvard College, and the Teacher of a Church in Boston.
Of his Two Younger Daughters, the first was Married unto a Merchant of Good Fashion, whose Name was Mr. Egginton; but She did not long Survive the Birth of her first Child, as that Child also did not Survive many years after the Death of her Mother. The next is at this Time, ⟨p. 78⟩Living, the Consort of One Well known in both Englands, namely Increase Mather, the President of Harvard Colledge, and the Teacher of a Church in Boston.
The Youngest of his Sons, called, Roland, and the Eldest of his Daughters, called, Sarah, both of them Dyed rear together, of the Small Pox, which was raging among the Inhabitants of Boston, in the Winter of the Year, 1649. The Death of those two Lovely Children, Required the Faith of an Abraham, in the Heart of their Gracious Father; who indeed most Exemplarily Expressed what was Required. On this Occasion, I find, that on a Spare Leaf of his Almanac, he Wrote in Greek Letters these English Verses;
The Youngest of his Sons, called, Roland, and the Eldest of his Daughters, called, Sarah, both of them Dyed rear together, of the Small Pox, which was raging among the Inhabitants of Boston, in the Winter of the Year, 1649. The Death of those two Lovely Children, Required the Faith of an Abraham, in the Heart of their Gracious Father; who indeed most Exemplarily Expressed what was Required. On this Occasion, I find, that on a Spare Leaf of his Almanack, he Wrote in Greek Letters these English Verses;