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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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A SCHEME, of the Whole Work.
A SCHAEME, of the Whole Work.
After the INTRODUCTION,
FIRST, The DESIGN Where-on, the MANNER Where-in, the PEOPLE Where-by, the several Colonies of NEW-ENGLAND were Planted, is Declared: And a Narrative is given of many Memorable Passages, relating to the Settlement of those Plantations: Concluded with an Ecclesiastical Map of the Country, or, a List of the several Assemblies in these Colonies, Wherein the Gospel is at this Day Preached, and of the ⟨p. 29⟩Ministers who Preach the Gospel to those Assemblies.
The FIELD being thus prepared, We Proceed, Then, unto the History of what has been Acted there▪upon. And here,