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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In uno Jesus, nos Salvi.
In uno Jesu, nos Salvi.
Vel
Non in uno Jesus Salus?
Non in uno Jesu Salus?
An non in Jesus, Credentum, figitur, uno, Tota Salus? Hic est, Hic Sita Tota Salus.
An non in Jesu, Credentum, figitur, uno, Tota Salus? Hic est, Hic Sita Tota Salus.
§. 21. But it is to the Last Place in our History of this Worthy Man, that I reserve that part of his Character, which lay in his Disposition to allot unto Himself the Last Place among all Worthy Men; for his Low Opinion of himself, was the Top of all his other Excellencies. His Humility not only caused him, to prefer the Meanest of his Brethren, above himself, but also to Comply with the meanest Opportunities of being Serviceable: Hence 'twas, that when his Voice in his Age did so ail him, that his Great Congregation could be no longer Edified by his Public Labours, he Cheerfully and Painfully set himself to do all the Good, that he could by his Private Visits; and such also, as he could not reach with Sermons, he often found with Verses: Hence 'twas, that when that plea was used with the Church of Ipswich to resign Mr. Norton unto the Church of Boston, after the Death of Mr. Cotton; Because it was said, Let him that hath two Coats give to him that hath None; and a Person of Quality replied, Boston hath One, [meaning Mr. Wilson:] this Good man answered; Who […] Me! I am Nothing! Yea, Hence 'twas, that when Malefactors had been openly Scourged upon the just Sentence of Authority, he would presently send for them to his House, and having first expressed his Bounty to them, he would then bestow upon them such gracious Admonitions