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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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Some OFFERS To Embalm the MEMORY of the Truly Reverend and Renowned, JOHN WILSON;
The First Pastor of Boston, in New England;Interred (and a Great Part of his Countries Glory with him) August. 11.1667. Aged, 79.
The First Pastor of Boston, in New England;Interr'd (and a Great Part of his Countries Glory with him) August. 11.1667. Aged, 79.
Might Aaron's Rod (such Funerals mayn't be Dry) But broach the Rock, 'twould gush pure Elegy, To round the Wilderness with purling Lays, And tell the World, the Great Saint WILSONS Praise.
MIght Aarons Rod (such Funerals mayn't be Dry) But broach the Rock, t'would gush pure Elegy, To round the Wilderness with purling Layes, And tell the World, the Great Saint WILSONS Praise.
Here's ONE, (Pearls are not in great clusters found) Here's ONE, the Skill of Tongues and Arts had Crowned; Here's ONE (by frequent Martyrdom 'twas Tried) That could forego Skill, Pelf, and Life beside, For CHRIST: Both ENGLANDS Darling, whom in Swarms They Pressed to See, and Hear, and felt his Charms.