Memoria Wilsoniana. Or, Some dues unto the memory of the truly Reverend & renowned…

S. 18. Afterwards, having Solemnly with Prayer, and Particularly and very Prophetically Blessed his Relations and Attendants, he now thus comforted himself, I shall ere Long be with my Old Friends, Dr. Preston, Dr. Sibs, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Gouge, Dr. Ames, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Norton, my Inns of Court Friends, and my Consort, Children, Grand children in the Kingdom of God. And when some then present, magnified God, for making him a Man of such Use, and Lamented themselves, in their own Loss of him, he replied, Alas, Alas; Use no such Words concerning me; for I have been an Unprofitable Servant, not worthy to be called a Servant of the Lord: but I must say, The Lord be merciful to me a Sinner, and I must say, Let Thy ⟨p. 28⟩Tender Mercies come unto me, O Lord, Even Thy Salvation according to Thy Word. The Evening before he Dyed, his Daughter asking him, Sir, How do you Do? he held up his Hand, and said, Vanishing Things! Vanishing Things! But he then made a most affectionate Prayer, with and for his Friends; and so Quietly Fell Asleep on August 7. 1667. in the Seventy ninth year of his Age. Thus Expired that Reverend Old man: of whom, when he left England, an Eminent Personage said, New-England, shall Flourish, free from all General Desolations, as long as that Good man Liveth in it! Which was Comfortably accomplished. He was Interred with more than Ordinary Solemnity; and his Neighbour, Mr. Richard Mather of Dorchester, thereat Lamented the Public Loss in his Departure, with a Sermon upon Zech. 1.5. Your Fathers where are they and the Prophets, do they Live for ever?

S. 18. Afterwards, having Solemnly with Prayer, and Particularly and very Prophetically Blessed his Relations and Attendants, he now thus comforted himself, I shall e're Long be with my Old Friends, Dr. Preston, Dr. Sibs, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Gouge, Dr. Ames, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Norton, my Inns of Court Friends, and my Consort, Children, Grand children in the Kingdom of God. And when some then present, magnified God, for making him a Man of such Use, and Lamented themselves, in their own Loss of him, he replied, Alas, Alas; Use no such Words concerning me; for I have been an Unprofitable Servant, not worthy to be called a Servant of the Lord: but I must say, The Lord be merciful to me a Sinner, and I must say, Let Thy ⟨p. 28⟩