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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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§ 4. About the year 1626. there were several Eminent Persons, among whom were Two Doctors of Divinity, with two other Divines, and •our Lawyers, whereof One of Kings Sergeant at Law, and four Citizens, whereof One the Lord Mayor of London, engaged in a Design to procure a Purchase of Impropriations. and with the Profits thereof to maintain a Constant, Able, and Painful Ministry, in those parts of the Kingdom, were there was most want of such a Ministry. The Divines concerned in this Design, were Dr. Gouge, Dr. Sibs, Mr. Offspring, and our Mr. Davenport; and such an Incredible progress was made in it, that it is judged, all the Impropriations it; England would have been honestly and easily Recovered unto the Immediate Service of the Reformed Religion. But Bishop Laud looking with a Jealous eye on this undertaking, least it might in time give a Secret growth to Non Conformity, he obtained a Bill to be Exhibited in the Exchequer Chamber, by the Kings Attorney General, against the Fe•ffees, that had the Management of it. Upon this Occasion, I find this Great Man Writing in his Great Bible, the Ensuing Passages;
§ 4. About the year 1626. there were several Eminent Persons, among whom were Two Doctors of Divinity, with two other Divines, and •our Lawers, whereof One of Kings Sergeant at Law, and four Citizens, whereof One the Lord Mayor of London, engaged in a Design to procure a Purchase of Impropriations. and with the Profits thereof to mentain a Constant, Able, and Painful Ministry, in those parts of the Kingdom, were there was most want of such a Ministry. The Divines concerned in this Design, were Dr. Gouge, Dr. Sibs, Mr. Offspring, and our Mr. Davenport; and such an Incredible progress was made in it, that it is judged, all the Impropriations it; England would have been honestly and easily Recovered unto the Immediate Service of the Reformed Religion. But Bishop Laud looking with a Jealous eye on this undertaking, least it might in time give a Secret growth to Non Conformity, he obtained a Bill to be Exhibited in the Exchequer Chamber, by the Kings Attorney General, against the Fe•ffees, that had the Management of it. Upon this Occasion, I find this Great Man Writing in his Great Bible, the Ensuing Passages;