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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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Mr. Norton, was one whose Memory I must acknowledge, I have peculiar cause to Love and Honour. I was his Pupil several years. He had ⟨p. 10⟩a very Scholastical Genius. In the Doctrine of Grace, he was exceeding clear; indeed another Austin. He Loved and Admired Dr. Twiss, more than any man that this Age has produced. He has sometimes said to me, Doctor Twiss is Omni Exception Major. He was much in Prayer: He would very often spend whole Days in Prayer with Fasting before the Lord alone in his Study. He kept a strict daily Watch over his own heart. He was an hard Student. He took notice in a private Diary, how he spent his Time every Day: If he found himself not so much inclined to diligence and study, as at other Times, he would reflect on his heart and ways, lest haply some unobserved sin should provoke the Lord to give him up […] a Slothful Listless frame of Spirit. In his Diary, he would sometimes have these words, Leve desiderium ad studendum: forsan ex peccato admiss••. I bless the Lord that ever I knew Mr. Norton, and that I know so much of him as I did.
Mr. Norton, was one whose Memory I must acknowledge, I have peculiar cause to Love and Honour. I was his Pupil several years. He had ⟨p. 10⟩a very Scholastical Genius. In the Doctrine of Grace, he was exceeding clear; indeed another Austin. He Loved and Admired Dr. Twiss, more than any man that this Age has produced. He has sometimes said to me, Doctor Twiss is Omni Exceptione Major. He was much in Prayer: He would very often spend whole Dayes in Prayer with Fasting before the Lord alone in his Study. He kept a strict daily Watch over his own heart. He was an hard Student. He took notice in a private Diary, how he spent his Time every Day: If he found himself not so much inclined to diligence and study, as at other Times, he would reflect on his heart and wayes, lest haply some unobserved sin should provoke the Lord to give him up 〈…〉 a Slothful Listless frame of Spirit. In his Diary, he would sometimes have these words, Leve desiderium ad studendum: forsan ex peccato admiss••. I bless the Lord that ever I knew Mr. Norton, and that I know so much of him as I did.