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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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§. 13. That Phoenix of his Age, Dr. Ames, would say, That if he might have his Option of the ••st Condition, that he could Propound unto himself, […] this side Heaven, it would be, that he might be the Teacher of a Congregational Church, whereof Mr. Wilson, should be the Pastor. This Happiness, this Privilege, now had Mr. Cotton in the Church of Boston. But Satan Envious at the Prosperity of that Flourishing Church, raised a Storm of Antinomian and Familistical Errors, which had like to have thrown all into an Irrecoverable ⟨p. 20⟩Confusion, if the Good God had not Remarkably Blessed the Endeavours of a Synod; and Mr. Wilson, for a while, met with hard measure for his Early Opposition to those Errors, until by the Help of that Synod, the Storm was Weathered out. At the Beginning of that Assembly, after much Discourse against the Unscriptural Enthusiasms and Revelations, then by some contended for, Mr. Wilson proposed, You that are against these Things, and that are for the Spirit and the Word together, hold up your Na•uls! And the Multitude of Hands then held up, was a Comfortable and Encouraging Introduction unto the other Proceedings. At the Conclusion of that Assembly, a Catalogue of the Errors to be Condemned, was produced; Whereof, when One asked, What shall be done with them? The wonted Zeal of Mr. Wilson made this I'lunt Answer, Let them Go to the Devil of Hell, from whence they came! In the midst of these Temptations also, he was by a Lot chosen to Accompany the Forces, then sen• forth upon an Expedition against the Pe quod Indians; which he did with so much Faith and Joy, that he professed himself as fully Satisfied that God would give the English a Victory over those Enemies, as if he had seen the Victory already obtained. And the whole Country Quickly shared with him in the Consolations of that Remarkable Victory!
§. 13. That Phoenix of his Age, Dr. Ames, would say, That if he might have his Option of the ••st Condition, that he could Propound unto himself, 〈…〉 this side Heaven, it would be, that he might be the Teacher of a Congregational Church, whereof Mr. Wilson, should be the Pastor. This Happines, this Priviledge, now had Mr. Cotton in the Church of Boston. But Satan Envious at the Prosperity of that Flourishing Church, raised a Storm of Antinomian and Familistical Errors, which had like to have thrown all into an Irrecoverable