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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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It was in February 1661,2. that they Began their ⟨p. 25⟩Voyage, and it was in September following, that they Returned; Mr. Nortons place, being the mean time supplied by the Neighbouring Ministers, taking of their Turns. And by their Hands the Country Received the Kings Letters, wherein he signified, that the Expressions of their Loyalty and Affection to Him, were very Acceptable, and that consuming to them their Privileges, He would Cherish them with all manner of Encouragement, and Protection.
It was in February 1661,2. that they Began their ⟨p. 25⟩Voyage, and it was in September following, that they Returned; Mr. Nortons place, being the mean time supplyed by the Neighbouring Ministers, taking of their Turns. And by their Hands the Country Received the Kings Letters, wherein he signified, that the Expressions of their Loyalty and Affection to Him, were very Acceptable, and that consuming to them their Priviledges, He would Cherish them with all manner of Encouragement, and Protection.
§. 21. Such has been the Jealous Disposition of our New-Englanders about their Dearly-bought Privileges, and such also has been the Various Understanding of the People about the Extent of those Privileges, that of all the Agents, which they have sent over unto the Court of England, for now Forty years together, I know not any One, who did not at his Return, meet with some very froward Entertainments among his Country-men: and there may be the Wisdom of the Holy and Righteous God, as well as the Malice of the Evil One, acknowledged, in the Ordering of such Temptations. Of these Temptations, a Considerable share fell to Mr. Norton; Concerning whom there were many, who would not stick to say, that he had laid the Foundation of Ruin to all our Liberties; and his Melancholy Mind Imagined, that his Best Friends began, therefore, to Look awry upon him.
§. 21. Such has been the Jealous Disposition of our New-Englanders about their Dearly-bought Priviledges, and such also has been the Various Understanding of the People about the Extent of those Priviledges, that of all the Agents, which they have sent over unto the Court of England, for now Forty years together, I know not any One, who did not at his Return, meet with some very froward Entertainments among his Country-men: and there may be the Wisdom of the Holy and Righteous God, as well as the Malice of the Evil One, acknowledged, in the Ordering of such Temptations. Of these Temptations, a Considerable share fell to Mr. Norton; Concerning whom there were many, who would not stick to say, that he had laid the Foundation of Ruine to all our Liberties; and his Melancholly Mind Imagined, that his Best Friends began, therefore, to Look awry upon him.