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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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The Blessings Pronounced by Mr. Wilson, upon many Persons and Affairs, were observed so Prophetical, and especially his Death-bed Blessings upon his Children and Grand-children were so, that the most Considerable Persons in the Country, thought it not much, to come from far, and bring their Children with them, for the Enjoyment of his Patriarchal Benedictions, For which cause, Mr. Thomas Shepard, in an Elegy upon him, at his Death, Pathetically thus Expressed it;
The Blessings Pronounced by Mr. Wilson, upon many Persons and Affayrs, were observed so Prophetical, and especially his Death-bed Blessings upon his Children and Grand-children were so, that the most Considerable Persons in the Countrey, thought it not much, to come from far, and bring their Children with them, for the Enjoyment of his Patriarchal Benedictions, For which cause, Mr. Thomas Shepard, in an Elegy upon him, at his Death, Pathetically thus Expressed it;
Whoso of Abraham, Moses Samuel, Reads, Or of Elijah's or Elisha's Deeds, Would surely say, Their Spirit and Power was his, And think there were a Metempsychosis. As Aged John, th' Apostle used to Bless The People, which they Judged their Happiness, So did we count it worth our Pilgrimage Unto him for his Blessing, in his Age.
Whoso of Abraham, Moses Samuel, Reads, Or of Elijah's or Elisha's Deeds, Would surely say, Their Spirit and Power was his, And think there were a Metempsychosis. As Aged John, th' Apostle us'd to Bless The People, which they Judg'd their Happiness, So did we count it worth our Pilgrimage Unto him for his Blessing, in his Age.
These were Extraordinary Passages; Many of them, are Things, which Ordinary Christians may more safely Ponder, and Wonder, than Expect, in Our Days! Though sometimes Great Reformers, and Great Sufferers, must be Signalized with them. I know very well, what Livy says Datur […] Venia Antiquitati, ut miscendo Humana Divini, Primordia Urbium Augustiora faciat: but I have been far from Imposing the Least