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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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About half a year after Mr. Cotton had been at Boston, thus usefully employed, he visited Cambridge, that he might then and there proceed Bachelor of Divinity; which he did: And his Concio ad Clerum▪ on Math. 5. 13. Vos estis Sal Terrae, was highly esteemed by the Judicious. Nor was he less Admired for his very Singular Acuteness, in Disputation, when he answered the Divinity Act in the schools; wherein he had for his Opponent a most A••te Antagonist, namely Dr. Chapel, who was afterwards Provost of Trinity-College in Dublin; and one unhappily Successful in promoting the New Pelagianism.
About half a year after Mr. Cotton had been at Boston, thus usefully employ'd, he visited Cambridge, that he might then and there proceed Batchelour of Divinity; which he did: And his Concio ad Clerum▪ on Math. 5. 13. Vos estis Sal Terrae, was highly esteemed by the Judicious. Nor was he less Admired for his very Singular Acuteness, in Disputation, when he answered the Divinity Act in the •chools; wherein he had for his Opponent a most A••te Antagonist, namely Dr. Chappel, who was afterwards Provost of Trinity-Colledge in Dublin; and one unhappily Successful in promoting the New Pelagianism.
§. 9. Settled now at Boston, his Dear Friend, Holy Mr. Bayns; recommended unto him a Pious Gentlewoman, one Mrs. Elizabeth Horrocks▪ the Sister of Mr. James Horrocks, a Famous Minister in Lancashire, to become his Consort in a Ma•••yed ⟨p. 15⟩Estate. And it was Remarkable, that on the very Day of his Wedding, to that Eminently Virtuous Gentlewoman, he first Received that Assurance of God's Love unto his own Soul, by the Spirit of God, effectually Applying His Promise of Eternal Grace and Life unto him, which happily kept with him all the Rest of his Days: For which cause he would afterwards often say, God made that Day a Day of Double Marriage to me! The Wife which by the Favour of God, he had now Found, was a very Great Help unto him, in the Service of God; but especially upon this, among many other Accounts; That the People of her own Sex, observing her more than Ordinary Discretion, Gravity, and Holiness, would still Improve the Freedom of their Address unto her, to acquaint her, with the Exercises of their own Spirits; who acquainting her Husband with convenient Intimations thereof, occasioned him in his Public Ministry more Particularly and Profitably, to Discourse those things that were of Everlasting Benefit.