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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. Mr. Hooker being now well got through the Storm of Soul, which had Helped him unto a most Experimental Acquaintance with the Truths ⟨p. 7⟩of the Gospel, and the way of Employing and Applying those Truths, he was willing to Serve the Church of God in the Ministry, whereto he was Devoted. At his first leaving of the University, he Sojourned in the House of Mr. Drake, a Gentleman of great Note, not far from London; whose worthy Comfort being Visited with such Distresses of Soul, as Mr. Hooker himself had passed through, it proved an unspeakable advantage unto both of them, that he had that opportunity of being Serviceable; for, indeed, he now had no Superior, and scarce any Equal, for the Skill of Treating a Troubled Soul. When he left Mr. Drakes Family, he did more publicly and frequently Preach about London; and in a little time, he grew famous for his Ministerial Abilities, but especially for his Notable Faculty at the wise and fit management of Wounded Spirits. However he was not Ambitious to Exercise his Ministry among the Great Ones of the World, from whom the most of Preferment might be expected: but in this, Imitating the Example and Character of our blessed Saviour, of whom 'tis noted, that according to the Prophecy of Isaiah, by Him, The Poor had the Gospel Preached unto them; he chose to be where great numbers of the Poor might Receive the Gospel from him.
§ 4. Mr. Hooker being now well got through the Storm of Soul, which had Helped him unto a most Experimental Acquaintance with the Truths ⟨p. 7⟩of the Gospel, and the way of Employing and Applying those Truths, he was willing to Serve the Church of God in the Ministry, whereto he was Devoted. At his first leaving of the University, he Sojourned in the House of Mr. Drake, a Gentleman of great Note, not far from London; whose worthy Comfort being Visited with such Distresses of Soul, as Mr. Hooker himself had passed through, it proved an unspeakable advantage unto both of them, that he had that opportunity of being Serviceable; for, indeed, he now had no Superiour, and scarce any Equal, for the Skill of Treating a Troubled Soul. When he left Mr. Drakes Family, he did more publickly and frequently Preach about London; and in a little time, he grew famous for his Ministerial Abilities, but especially for his Notable Faculty at the wise and fit management of Wounded Spirits. However he was not Ambitious to Exercise his Ministry among the Great Ones of the World, from whom the most of Preferment might be expected: but in this, Imitating the Example and Character of our blessed Saviour, of whom 'tis noted, that according to the Prophesie of Isatah, by Him, The Poor had the Gospel Preached unto them; he chose to be where great numbers of the Poor might Receive the Gospel from him.