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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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EPITAPHIUM.
Thinking, what EPITAPH, I should offer unto the Grave of this Worthy Man, I called unto Mind, the fit••st in the World, which was directed for him, immediately upon his De•• by an Honourable Person, who still ⟨p. 46⟩Continues the same Lover, as well as Instance, of Learning and Virtue, that he was when he Then advised them to give Mr. Wilson this EPITAPH
Thinking, what EPITAPH, I should offer unto the Grave of this Worthy Man, I call'd unto Mind, the fit••st in the World, which was directed for him, immediately upon his De•• by an Honourable Person, who still ⟨p. 46⟩Continues the same Lover, as well as Instance, of Learning and Vertue, that he was when he Then advised them to give Mr. Wilson this EPITAPH
And now Abides FAITH, HOPE, & CHARITY,
And now Abides FAITH, HOPE, & CHARITIE,