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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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§. 24. Not Long after his Death, his Friends Published Three Sermons of his, which for the Circumstances of them, could have been Entitled, These were the Last W••ds of that Servant of the Lord. The […] of the Sermons, was the Last Sermon, which he […] at the Court of […] at Boston. It is on Jer 10 17. Entitled, Si•n the Out▪ ca•• Healed of her […]: and there are Two or Three Passages in it, which I cannot but Recommend unto the Peculiar Consideration of the Present […].
§. 24. Not Long after his Death, his Friends Published Three Sermons of his, which for the Circumstances of them, could have been Entituled, These were the Last W••ds of that Servant of the Lord. The 〈…〉 of the Sermons, was the Last Sermon, which he 〈…〉 at the Court of 〈…〉 at Boston. It is on Jer 10 17. Entituled, Si•n the Out▪ ca•• Healed of her 〈…〉: and there are Two or Three Passages in it, which I cannot but Recommend unto the Peculiar Consideration of the Present 〈…〉.
To Differ from our Orthodox, Pious, and Learned Brethren, is such an Affliction to a Christian and an Ingenuous Spirit, as nothing but Love to the Truth could Arm a […] Peace against. Our Profession being in […] Differing from these and those, it concerns us, that our Walking be very Caut•lous, and that it be without Giving any Just Offence.
To Differ from our Orthodox, Pious, and Learned Brethren, is such an Affliction to a Christian and an Ingenuous Spirit, as nothing but Love to the Truth could Arm a Peace against. Our Profession being in Differing from these and those, it concerns us, that our Walking be very Cautlous, and that it be without Giving any Just Offence.