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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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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;
In Saram Farewell, Dear Daughter Sarah; Now Thou'rt gone, (Whither thou much desiredst) to thine Home: Pray, my Dear Father, Let me now go Home! Were the Last Words thou Spakest to me Alone. Go then, Sweet Sarah, take thy Sabbath Rest, With thy Great Lord, and all in Heaven Blest.
In Saram Farewel, Dear Daughter Sara; Now Thou'rt gone, (Whither thou much desiredst) to thine Home: Pray, my Dear Father, Let me now go Home! Were the Last Words thou Spak'st to me Alone. Go then, Sweet Sara, take thy Sabbath Rest, With thy Great Lord, and all in Heaven Blest.
In Rolandum. Our Eldest Daughter, and our Youngest Son, Within Nine Days, both have their full Race run. On the' Twentieth of the' Eleventh, Dyed She, And on the Twenty Ninth Day Dyed He. Both in their Lives, were Lovely and United, And in their Deaths they were not much Divided.