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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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for which cause he would not afterwards Leave that Blessed Ministry, but went a Thousand Leagues to Attend it, and Enjoy it. Another Memorable Thing of this kind, was this; It was Mr Hooker's manner […] a year to visit his Native County: and in one of those Visits, he had an Invitation to Preach in the Great Church of Leicester. One of the chief Burgesses in the Town, much Opposed his Preaching there; and when he could not prevail to hinder it, he set certain Fiders a work to Disturb him, in the Church-porch, or Churchyard. But such was the Vivacity of Mr. Hooker, as to proceed in what he was about, without either the Damping of his Mind, or the Drowning of his Voice; whereupon the Man himself went unto the Church▪Door, to over-hear what he said. It pleased God, so to accompany some woods uttered by Mr. Hooker, as thereby to procure, first the Attention, and then the Conviction of that wretched man; who then came to Mr. Hooker, with a penitent ⟨p. 16⟩Confession of his Wickedness, and became in •eed so penitent a Convert, as to be at length a sincere Professor and Practiser of the Godliness, whereof he had been a Persecutor.
for which cause he would not afterwards Leave that Blessed Ministry, but went a Thousand Leagues to Attend it, and Enjoy it. Another Memorable Thing of this kind, was this; It was Mr Hooker's manner 〈…〉 a year to visit his Native County: and in one of those Visits, he had an Invitation to Preach in the Great Church of Leicester. One of the chief Burgesses in the Town, much Opposed his Preaching there; and when he could not prevail to hinder it, he set certain Fiders a work to Disturb him, in the Church-porch, or Churcheyard. But such was the Vivacity of Mr. Hooker, as to proceed in what he was about, without either the Damping of his Mind, or the Drowning of his Voice; whereupon the Man himself went unto the Church▪Door, to over-hear what he said. It pleased God, so to accompany some woods uttered by Mr. Hooker, as thereby to procure, first the Attention, and then the Conviction of that wretched man; who then came to Mr. Hooker, with a penitent ⟨p. 16⟩Confession of his Wickedness, and became in eed so penitent a Convert, as to be at length a sincere Professor and Practiser of the Godliness, whereof he had been a Persecutor.