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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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And behold, as if that he had been a Vates, in both Senses of it, a Poet, and a Prophet, it pleased God afterwards, to give his Daughter, a Second, a Third, and a Fourth Child, and then to take them all away at once, even in one Fortnights ⟨p. 31⟩Time; but afterwards, happily to make up the Loss.
And behold, as if that he had been a Vates, in both Senses of it, a Poet, and a Prophet, it pleas'd God afterwards, to give his Daughter, a Second, a Third, and a Fourth Child, and then to take them all away at once, even in one Fortnights ⟨p. 31⟩Time; but afterwards, happily to make up the Loss.
Once passing over the Ferry unto a Lecture, on the other side of the Water, he took notice of a Young man in the Boat, that Worded it very unhandsomely unto his Aged Father: whereat this Faithful […], being much Troubled, said unto him Young man, I advise you to Repent of your Undutiful Rebellious Carriage towards your Father; I expect else to hear, that God has •ut you off, before a Twelve month come to an End! And before this time expired, if came to pass, that this unhappy Youth, going to the Southward, was there Hacked in pieces, by the Pequod Indians.
Once passing over the Ferry unto a Lecture, on the other side of the Water, he took notice of a Young man in the Boat, that Worded it very unhandsomely unto his Aged Father: whereat this Faithful 〈…〉, being much Troubled, said unto him Young man, I advise you to Repent of your Undutiful Rebellious Carriage towards your Father; I expect else to hear, that God has •ut you off, before a Twelve month come to an End! And before this time expired, if came to pass, that this unhappy Youth, going to the Southward, was there Hack'd in pieces, by the Pequod Indians.