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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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§. 10. In the Road betwixt Harwich and Yarmouth, he very narrowly escaped a Terrible. Shipwreck: for by the Vehemency of a Storm, all their Anchors gave way, so that they were Driven within a Cables Length of the Sands; but yet the Anchor of their Hope in God, held fast unto the Last. Mr. Shepard having taken the Mariners above Decks, Mr. Norton took the Passengers between Decks, and each of them with their Company, applied themselves unto Fervent Prayer, whereto the Almighty God gave a present Answer in their Wonderful Deliverance. After this Tempest, which Disappointed their Voyage to New England for that Season, Mr. ⟨p. 8⟩Norton Returned unto his Friends in Essex; where Mr. Dyke welcomed him, as One come from the Dead, professing to him, That he would have given many Pounds for such a Trial of his Faith, as this his Friend had newly met withal.
§. 10. In the Road betwixt Harwich and Yarmouth, he very narrowly escaped a Terrible. Shipwrack: for by the Venemency of a Storm, all their Anchors gave way, so that they were Driven within a Cables Length of the Sands; but yet the Anchor of their Hope in God, held fast unto the Last. Mr. Shepard having taken the Mariners above Decks, Mr. Norton took the Passengers between Decks, and each of them with their Company, applyed themselves unto Fervent Prayer, whereto the Almighty God gave a present Answer in their Wonderful Deliverance. After this Tempest, which Disappointed their Voyage to New England for that Season, Mr. ⟨p. 8⟩Norton Returned unto his Friends in Essex; where Mr. Dyke welcomed him, as One come from the Dead, professing to him, That he would have given many Pounds for such a Tryal of his Faith, as this his Friend had newly met withal.
§. 11. The next year Mr. Norton Renewed his Voyage to New-England; but intervening Accidents made it very late in the year, before he could begin the Voyage: and so, coming upon the American Coast in the Month of October, they encountered with Another very Terrible Storm, which lasted Eight and forty Hours, with Great Extremity, and had broken the Vessel to pieces, […] it had not had a Strength more than Ordinary. One Wave remarkably washed some of the Sea-men overboard on one side and then threw them in again on 'tother; and so Vehement was the Storm, that they were forced at Length to undergird the Ship with the Cable, that they might keep her sides together. But within Ten Days after this, they were brought safe into Plymouth Harbour.