Johannes in eremo. Memoirs, relating to the lives, of the ever-memorable, Mr. John Cotton,…

§. 22. In the Spring before his Going for England, he Preached an Excellent Sermon unto the Representatives of the whole Colony, Assembled at the Court of Election, wherein, I take particular Notice of this Passage, Moses was the Meekest Man on Earth, yet it went ill with Moses, tis said, for THEIR SAKES. How long did Moses live at Meribah? Sure I am; it killed him in a Short Time; a man of as Good a Temper as could be expected from a mere Man: I tell you, it will not only Kill the People, but it will Quickly, Kill Moses too! And in the Spring after his Return from England, he found his own Observation in himself too much Exemplified. It was commonly Judged, That the Smothered Griefs of his Mind, upon the Unkind Resentments, which he thought many People had of his Faithful and Sincere Endeavours to Serve them, did, more than a Little, Hasten his End; an End, whereat JOHN NORTON went, according to the Anagram of his Name INTO HONOUR. But he had the Privilege to enter into Immortality, without such a Formal and Feeling Death, as the most of Mortals Encounter with; for though in the Forenoon of April 5. 1663. it was his Design to have Preached in the Afternoon, he was that Afternoon taken with a sudden ••pothymie, which presently and easily carried him away to those Glories, wherein the Weary are at Rest; but it was a Dark Night, ⟨p. 27⟩which the Inhabitants of Boston had upon the Noise of his Death: Every Corner of the Town was filled with Lamentations, which left a Character upon that Night, unto this Day, not forgotten! His Dearest Neighbour, Mr. Richard Mather, wept over him, at his Funeral, which was on the next Lecture Day, a Sermon most Agreeable to the Occasion; And the Son o• his Fellow-Traveller, Mr. Thomas Shepard, was One of the Many, who bestowed their Elegies upon him; •••ing This, among his other Strokes.

§. 22. In the Spring before his Going for England, he Preached an Excellent Sermon unto the Representatives of the whole Colony, Assembled at the Court of Election, wherein, I take particular Notice of this Passage, Moses was the Meekest Man on Earth, yet it went ill with Moses, tis said, for THEIR SAKES. How long did Moses live at Meribah? Sure I am; it kill'd him in a Short Time; a man of as Good a Temper as could be expected from a meer Man: I tell you, it will not only Kill the People, but it will Quickly, Kill Moses too! And in the Spring after his Return from England, he found his own Observation in himself too much Exemplified. It was commonly Judged, That the Smothered Griefs of his Mind, upon the Unkind Resentments, which he thought many People had of his Faithful and Sincere Endeavours to Serve them, did, more than a Little, Hasten his End; an End, whereat JOHN NORTON went, according to the Anagram of his Name INTO HONNOR. But he had the Priviledge to enter into Immortality, without such a Formal and Feeling Death, as the most of Mortals Encounter with; for though in the Forenoon of April 5. 1663. it was his Design to have Preached in the Afternoon, he was that Afternoon taken with a sudden pothymie, which presently and easily carried him away to those Glories, wherein the Weary are at Rest; but it was a Dark Night,