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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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The Godly Ministers round about the Country, would have Recourse unto him to be Directed and Resolved, in their Diffic•• Cases; and it was by his means that those Godly Ministers held their Monthly Meetings for Fasting and Prayer, and profitable Conferences. 'Twas the E •fe•t of his Consultations also, that such Godly Ministers, came to be here and there Settled in several parts of the County; and many others came to be better established in some great points of Christianity, by being in his Neighbourhood and Acquaintance. He was indeed, a General Blessing to the Church of God! But that which hindered is Taking his Degree of Bachelor in Divinity, must also it seems hinder his being a ⟨p. 12⟩Preacher of Divinity; namely his being a Non-Conformist unto some things, whereof true Divinity could not approve. And indeed that which made the Silencing of Mr. Hooker, more unaccountable was, That no less than Seven and Forty Conformable Ministers of the Neighbouring Town, understanding that the Bishop of London, pretended Mr. Hookers Ministry, to be Injurious or Offensive to them, Subscribed a Petition to the Bishop, for his Continuance in the Ministry at Chelmsford; in which Petition, though he was of a Persuasion so Different from them, yet they Testify in so many words, That they esteem and know the said Mr. Thomas Hooker, to be for Doctrine, Orthodox; for Life and Conversation, Honest; for Disposition, Peaceable, and in no wise Turbulent or Factions. And yet all would not avail: Bonus vir Hookerus, sed id•o ma'us, quia Puritanus.
The Godly Ministers round about the Countrey, would have Recourse unto him to be Directed and Resolved, in their Diffic•• Cases; and it was by his means that those Godly Ministers held their Monthly Meetings for Fasting and Prayer, and profitable Conferences. 'Twas the E •fe•t of his Consultations also, that such Godly Ministers, came to be here and there Settled in several parts of the County; and many others came to be better establish'd in some great points of Christianity, by being in his Neighbourhood and Acquaintance. He was indeed, a General Blessing to the Church of God! But that which hindred is Taking his Degree of Batchlour in Divinity, must also it seems hinder his being a