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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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but also in the midst of all Besieging Incumbrances, tying the Wishes of his Devout Soul, unto the Arrows of Ejaculatory Prayers, he would shoot them away unto the Heavens, from whence he still Expected all his Help. With such a Glory, with such a Defence, was New-haven Blessed!
§ 9. But his Influences were not Confined unto his own Colony of New-haven; they were Extended, as far as his General and Generous, Care of all the Churches, could carry him. And hence, I find him, in a Particular manner, Expressing his Good Affections, unto the Irenio Designs and Studies, which were in those Days managing by some Great Men, for the Restoring of Communion, among the Divided Churches of the ⟨p. 13⟩Reformation. Perhaps, I cannot give an Exacter Character of this Eminent Persons Disposition, than by my Transcribing, and my Translating, of a few Passages, in a Letter, to the Famous Dury, by him composed, and by the rest of the Ministers in his Colony Subscribed.
§ 9. But his Influences were not Confined unto his own Colony of New-haven; they were Extended, as far as his General and Generous, Care of all the Churches, could carry him. And hence, I find him, in a Particular manner, Expressing his Good Affections, unto the Irenio Designs and Studies, which were in those Dayes managing by some Great Men, for the Restoring of Communion, among the Divided Churches of the ⟨p. 13⟩Reformation. Perhaps, I cannot give an Exacter Character of this Eminent Persons Disposition, than by my Transcribing, and my Translating, of a few Passages, in a Letter, to the Famous Dury, by him composed, and by the rest of the Ministers in his Colony Subscribed.