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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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ADVERTISEMENT.
Inasmuch as the Following LIVES, are Pertaining and Prodromous to the Church-History of New-England, about which the Author hereof, has in the midst of his many other Studies, for diverse Months, at Subsecive Hours, been Labouring, it was judged, not amiss in this Place to lay before the Reader, (with an Humble desire of Assistance from the Prayers, and Favours, of Good men, unto so Important an Undertaking)
INasmuch as the Following LIVES, are Pertaining and Prodromous to the Church-History of New-England, about which the Author hereof, has in the midst of his many other Studies, for diverse Monthes, at Subsecive Hours, been Labouring, it was judged, not amiss in this Place to lay before the Reader, (with an Humble desire of Assistence from the Prayers, and Favours, of Good men, unto so Important an Undertaking)
A SCHEME, of the Whole Work.
A SCHAEME, of the Whole Work.
After the INTRODUCTION,