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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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§. 6. At Length, Preaching his first Sermon at New-Port; he set his Hand unto that Plough from whence he never afterwards Looked Back: not very long after which, his Father lying on his Death Bed, he kneeled, in his Turn, before him, for his Blessing, and brought with him for a share in that Blessing, the Virtuous Young Gentlewoman, the Daughter of the Lady Mansfield (Widow of Sir John Mansfield Master of the Minarys and the Queens Surveyor) whom he Designed afterwards to Marry: Whereupon the Old Gentleman said, Ah, John I have taken much Care about thee, such time as thou wast in the University, because thou wouldest not Conform; I would fain have brought thee to some higher Preferment, then thou hast yet attained unto: I see thy Conscience is very Scrupulous, concerning some things that have been Observed and Imposed in the Church: Nevertheless, I have Rejoiced to see the Grace and Fear of God, in thy Heart; and seeing thou hast kept a Good Conscience hitherto, and walked according to thy Light So Do still; and Go by the Rules of Gods Holy Word: The Lord Bless thee, and her, whom thou hast chosen to be the Companion of thy Life! Among other Places, where he now Preached, Moreclake was One; where his Non-Conformity exposed him to ⟨p. 9⟩the Rage of Persecution; but by the Friendship of the Justice, namely Sir William Bird, a Kinsman of his Wife, and by a Mistake of the Informers, the Rage of that Storm was moderated.
§. 6. At Length, Preaching his first Sermon at New-Port; he set his Hand unto that Plough from whence he never afterwards Looked Back: not very long after which, his Father lying on his Death Bed, he kneeled, in his Turn, before him, for his Blessing, and brought with him for a share in that Blessing, the Virtuous Young Gentlewoman, the Daughter of the Lady Mansfield (Widow of Sir John Mansfield Master of the Minarys and the Queens Surveyor) whom he Designed afterwards to Marry: Whereupon the Old Gentleman said, Ah, John I have taken much Care about thee, such time as thou wast in the University, because thou wouldest not Conform; I would fain have brought thee to some higher Preferment, then thou hast yet attained unto: I see thy Conscience is very Scrupulous, concerning some things that have been Observed and Imposed in the Church: Nevertheless, I have Rejoyced to see the Grace and Fear of God, in thy Heart; and seeing thou hast kept a Good Conscience hitherto, and walked according to thy Light So Do still; and Go by the Rules of Gods Holy Word: The Lord Bless thee, and her, whom thou hast chosen to be the Companion of thy Life! Among other Places, where he now Preached, Moreclake was One; where his Non-Conformity exposed him to