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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
REMARKABLES OF Dr. Increase Mather. › Article 32: ARTICLE XXXII. The Period of the Pilgrimage.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
He grows Old, yet what a Green Olive-Tree in the Presence of his GOD!—nec tarda Senectus Debilitat vires Animi, mutatve Vigorem.
He grows Old, yet what a Green Olive-Tree in the Preseucha of his GOD!—nec tarda Senectus Debilitat vires Animi, mutatve Vigorem.
Old Age came on. But what an one? How Bright! How Wise! How Strong! And in what an Uncommon Measure Serviceable! He had been an Old Man while he was yet a Young Man; I can quote a Rabbi for it Sapiens appellatur Senex, Etiamsi Diebus sit Exiguus. And now he was an Old Man, his Public Performances had a Vigour in them, which tis a rare thing to see a Young Man have any thing equal to.
Old Age came on. But what an one? How Bright! How Wise! How Strong! And in what an Uncommon Measure Serviceable! He had been an Old Man while he was yet a Young Man; I can quote a Rabby for it Sapiens appellatur Senex, Etiamsi Diebus sit Exiguus. And now he was an Old Man, his Public Performances had a Vigour in them, which tis a rare thing to see a Young Man have any thing aequal to.
How did the good People far and near, Discover even a growth of their Appetite, for the Enjoyment of as much as might be Obtained ⟨p. 197⟩from him! The Churches would not permit an Ordination to be carried on without him, as long as he was able to Travel in a Coach unto them.
How did the good People far and near, Discover even a growth of their Appetite, for the Enjoyment of as much as might be Obtained ⟨p. 197⟩