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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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§. 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.
§. 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 Dayes: 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 Publick Ministry more Particularly and Profitably, to Discourse those things that were of Everlasting Benefit.