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

§. 23. He that shall Read the Tragical Romances, written by that Brazen-faced Liar Bolsecus, concerning the Deaths of such men as Calvin and Beza, or such monstrous Writings as those of Tympius, •ochleus, Genebard, and some others, who would bear the World in hand, that Luther and Occolampadius Learned the Protestant Religion, of the Devil, and were at last, killed by him; and that Bucer had his Guts Pulled out and cast about by the Devil; will not Wonder if I tell him, that after the Death of Mr. Norton, the Quakers Published a Libel, by them called, A Representation to King and Parliament; wherein, pretending to Report some Remarkable Judgments upon their Persecutors, they Insert this Passage, John Norton Chief Priest, in Boston, by the Immediate Power of the Lord, was Smitten, and as he was Sinking down by the Fire side, being under Just Judgment, he confessed, the Hand of the Lord was upon him, and so he Dy'd.—Which they mention, as a Judgment upon a Persecutor. Whereas, the Death of this Good man, was Attended with no Circumstances, but what unto a Good man might be Eligible and Comfortable, and Circumstanced far otherwise, than it was by those Revilers Represented. But it was necessary for that Enchanted People, thus to Revenge themselves upon one, who amongst his others Services •o the Church of God, already ⟨p. 29⟩mentioned, had, at the Desire of the General Court, Written a Book, Entitled, The Heart of New-England Rent, at the Blasphemies of the Present Generation; Or, a Brief Tractate concerning the Doctrine of the Quakers: Which Doctrine was in this Tractate, solidly Confuted. And perhaps, it had been better i• This had been All the Confutation; Which I add, Because I will not, I cannot make my self a Vindicator of all the Severities, with which the Zeal of some Eminent men hath sometimes Enraged, and Increased, rather than Reclaimed, those Miserable Heretics: but wish that the Quakers may be treated, as Q. Elizabeth directed the Lord President of the North to treat the Papists; when She advised him to Convince them with Argument, rather then Suppress them with […]; to that purpose using the Words of the Prophet, […] Mortem Peccatoris.

§. 23. He that shall Read the Tragical Romances, written by that Brasen-fac'd Lyar Bolsecus, concerning the Deaths of such men as Calvin and Beza, or such monstrous Writings as those of Tympius, ochleus, Genebard, and some others, who would bear the World in hand, that Luther and Occolampadius Learn'd the Protestant Religion, of the Devil, and were at last, kill'd by him; and that Bucer had his Guts Pull'd out and cast about by the Devil; will not Wonder if I tell him, that after the Death of Mr. Norton, the Quakers Published a Libel, by them called, A Representation to King and Parliament; wherein, pretending to Report some Remarkable Judgments upon their Persecutors, they Insert this Passage, John Norton Chief Priest, in Boston, by the Immediate Power of the Lord, was Smitten, and as he was Sinking down by the Fire side, being under Just Judgment, he confessed, the Hand of the Lord was upon him, and so he Dy'd.—Which they mention, as a Judgment upon a Persecutor. Whereas, the Death of this Good man, was Attended with no Circumstances, but what unto a Good man might be Eligible and Comfortable, and Circumstanced far otherwise, than it was by those Revilers Represented. But it was necessary for that Enchanted People, thus to Revenge themselves upon one, who amongst his others Services o the Church of God, already