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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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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.
A Company of People in this Country, were mighty hot upon a Project of Removing to Providence, an Island in the West Indies; and a Venerable Assembly of the Chief Magistrates, and Ministers in the Colony, was addressed for their Counsel about this undertaking; which Assembly laid before the Company very weighty Reasons to Dissuade them from it. A Prime Ringleader in that Business, was One Venner a Cooper of Salem, the Mad Blade, that afterwards perished in a Nonsensical Uproar, which he, with a Crew of Bedlamites, possessed like himself, made in London. This Venner, with some others, now stood up, and said, That notwithstanding, what had been Offered they were clear in their Call to Remove. Where upon, Mr. Wilson stood up and answered, Ay, Do ⟨p. 32⟩you come to Ask Counsel in so weighty a matter at this, and to have Help from an Ordinance of God in it? and are you aforehand Resolved, that you will Go on? Well, you may Go, if you will; but you shall not prosper. What? Do you make a Mock o Gods Ordinance? And it came to pass accordingly; The Enterprise was, not long after, dashed in pieces; and Veners precipitating Impulses, afterwards carried him to a miserable End.