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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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§ 6. Here his Lecture was exceedingly Frequented, and proportionably Succeeded; and the Light of his Ministry shone through the whole County of Essex. There was a •are mixture of Pleasure and Profit in his Preachi••; and his Hearers felt those penetrating Impressions of his Ministry upon their Souls, which caused them to Reverence him, as, A Teacher sent from God. He had a most excellent Faculty at the Applications of his Doctrine; and he would therein so Touch the Consciences of his Auditors, that a Judicious Person would say of him, He was the Best at an Use that ever he heard. Hereby there was a great Reformation wrought, not only in the Town, but in the Adjacent Country; from all parts whereof they came to Hear the Wisdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His Gospel, by this worthy man Dispensed: and some of great Quality among the rest, would often Resort from far to his Assembly; particularly the truly Noble Earl of Warwick, whose Countenance of Good Ministers, procured more Prayers to God for him, than most Noble Men in England.
§ 6. Here his Lecture was exceedingly Frequented, and proportionably Succeeded; and the Light of his Ministry shone through the whole County of Essex. There was a •are mixture of Pleasure and Profit in his Preachi••; and his Hearers felt those penetrating Impressions of his Ministry upon their Souls, which caused them to Reverence him, as, A Teacher sent from God. He had a most excellent Faculty at the Applications of his Doctrine; and he would therein so Touch the Consciences of his Auditors, that a Judicious Person would say of him, He was the Best at an Use that ever he heard. Hereby there was a great Reformation wrought, not only in the Town, but in the Adjacent Countrey; from all parts whereof they came to Hear the Wisdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His Gospel, by this worthy man Dispensed: and some of great Quality among the rest, would often Resort from far to his Assembly; particularly the truly Noble Ea•l of Warwick, whose Countenance of Good Ministers, procured more Prayers to God for him, than most Noble Men in England.