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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Quoscunque apud Catus, per Universum Evangelicorum chorum, Fundamentalia Doctrinae et Essentialia Ordinis, Vigeant, quamvis in pleri• que Controversiae Theologicae, Apicibus nobiscum juxta minus Sentiant, illos tamen ad unu•• Omnes, pro Fratribus agnoscimus, iisque caetera pacificis, & Ordinate incedentibus, ΔΕΞΙΑΣ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣ in Domino porrigere, paratissimos, nos esse his•e palam facimus.
In whatever Assemblies amongst the whole Company of those that profess the Gospel, the Fundamentals of Doctrine, and Essentials of Order, are maintained, though in many Niceties ⟨p. 36⟩of Controversial Divinity, they are a• less Agreement with us, we do hereby make it manifest, that we do acknowledge them all, and every one for Brethren, and that we shall be ready to give unto them the Right Hind of Fellowship in the Lord, if in other Things they be Peaceable, and walk Orderly.
In whatever Assemblies amongst the whole Company of those that profess the Gospel, the Fundamentals of Doctrine, and Essentials of Order, are mentained, though in many Niceties ⟨p. 36⟩of Controversal Divinity, they are a• less Agreement with us, we do hereby make it manifest, that we do acknowledge them all, and every one for Brethren, and that we shall be ready to give unto them the Right Hind of Felowship in the Lord, if in other Things they be Peaceable, and walk Orderly.