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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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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 Caut•lous, and that it be without Giving any Just Offence.
Again, In matters of State and Church, Let it be shown that we are His Disciples, who said, Give unto Cesar the Things that are Caesars, and I Give unto God the Things that are Gods: and in matters of Religion, Let it be Known, That we are for Reformation and not for Separation:
Again, In matters of State and Church, Let it be shown that we are His Disciples, who said, Give unto Cesar the Things that are Cesars, and I Give unto God the Things that are Gods: and in matters of Religion, Let it be Known, That we are for Reformation and not for Separation:
—Once more,—I may say thus much (and pardon my speech) A more Yielding Ministry unto the People, than ours, I believe is not in the World. I beseech you, Let not Cesar be Killed in the Senate, after he hath Conquered in the Field: Let us Acknowledge the Order of the Eldership, in our Churches, in their Way; and the Order of Councils in their Way, duly backed and encouraged: without which Experience will Witness that these Churches cannot long consist.