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Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr.…
Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr. Increase Mather. Who expired, August 23. 1723. : [One line from II Kings]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Nathaniel Belknap, 1724
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REMARKABLES OF Dr. Increase Mather. › Article 29: ARTICLE XXIX. A Good President.
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He Discharged his Trust, with a Diligence, and a Discretion, and a Fidelity, in his Weekly Visits to the Society, which found a General Acceptance; and the Commencements he also Managed, as became a decent Orator and a Learned Moderator. His Commencement- Performances, were always indeed very much Admired! His Church refusing to Relinquish the Right they had in him, he Declined for a while, to do the part of a President, ⟨p. 170⟩and got another chosen; upon whose Death in the Year, 1684. the Overseers with the Fellows of the College again Devolved his former Care upon him; Desiring him to act as, Praeses pro Tempore, till a further Settlement could be Procured.
He Discharged his Trust, with a Diligence, and a Discretion, and a Fidelity, in his Weekly Visits to the Society, which found a General Acceptance; and the Commencements he also Managed, as became a decent Orator and a Learned Moderator. His Commencement- Performances, were always indeed very much Admired! His Church refusing to Relinquish the Right they had in him, he Declined for a while, to do the part of a Praesident, ⟨p. 170⟩and got another chosen; upon whose Death in the Year, 1684. the Overseers with the Fellows of the College again Devolved his former Care upon him; Desiring him to act as, Praeses pro Tempore, till a further Settlement could be Procured.
In that Station he was •ound, when the Charter of the Colony was Destroyed; but they into whose Hands the Government of the Territory fell, Changing his Title from that of President into that of Rector, continued him in the Government of the College; where he set himself to Prevent all Disorders, and Encourage Piety, and Industry, and Erudition.
In that Station he was •ound, when the Charter of the Colony was Destroy'd; but they into whose Hands the Government of the Territory fell, Changing his Title from that of Praesident into that of Rector, continued him in the Government of the College; where he set himself to Prevent all Disorders, and Encourage Piety, and Industry, and Erudition.