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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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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. ⟨p. 79⟩Christ gave them Both, and He takes both again To Live with Him; Blest be His Holy Name.
In Rolandum. Our Eldest Daughter, and our Youngest Son, Within Nine Dayes, both have their full Race run. On th' Twentieth of th' 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. ⟨p. 79⟩Christ gave them Both, and He takes both again To Live with Him; Blest be His Holy Name.
In Usrumque. Suffer, Saith Christ, Your Little Ones, To Come forth, Me unto, For of such Ones my Kingdom is, Of Grace and Glory too. We do not only Suffer them, But Offer them to Thee, Now, blessed Lord, Let us Believe, Accepted, that they be: That Thou hast Took them, in Thine Arms And on them Pat thine Hand, And Blessed them with, Sight of Thee, Wherein our Blessings Stand.