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A89733	Abel being dead yet speaketh; or, The life & death of that deservedly famous man of God, Mr John Cotton, late teacher of the church of Christ, at Boston in New-England. By John Norton, teacher of the same church.	Norton, John, 1606-1663.	1658 (1658)	Wing N1313; Thomason E937_6; ESTC R207763	38,553	57

eating thereof they must die a lingring death for want of food And the same day that their Pastor preached to them it being the Lords-day out of Psal 23. 1. The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want At such a time the good hand of the Lord brought this succor to them from afar To give quickly doubleth but to give to the Saints in a time of need trebleth the gift Whilst he was in England his eminent piety success of his His sufferings from men labors interest in the hearts of both superiors inferiors and equals drew much envy upon him and his Non-conformity added thereunto delivered him in a great degree unto the will of his Adversaries whose hour and the power of darkness being come spared not to shoot at him and grieve him not giving over until they had bereaved him of much of his livelihood his liberty Country and therewith of the sweet society of lovers friends and many ways endeared Acquaintance much more precious to him then life it self Yet the measure of the afflictions of Christ in this kind appointed to be suffered by him in the flesh was not fulfilled But lo in the time of his Exile some Brethren we do not say they were not of us being willing to hope better things provoked by the Censure of Authority though justly and not without tears inflicted upon them single out him as a chief object of their displeasure who though above other men declining irregular and unnecessary interesting of himself in the actions of the Magistrate and while opportunity lasted endeavouring their healing yet must now be requited evil for good and that by some of them who were formerly companions with him in the tribulations of this Patmos Respecters of him had taken sweet counsel together and walked in the house of God as friends Hence is he with pen and tongue blasphemed by them for whom he formerly intreated and for whom he both then and afterwards wept and put on sackcloth Such buffetings of Satan though sharp are medicinal at times to the excellent upon earth who by reason of the body of death indwelling must be kept weak that they may be made strong Since this time also some reverend learned and godly men haply in zeal against the Congregational-way sharpened their style against him Which if it be the truth as we believe it is their speaking so much ad hominem especially to such a man whose love to any good man much exceeded their displeasure to him argueth too much of man Howsoever he was then a sufferer for the Truth In which respect the pious and ingenuous spirit of learned Mr. Rutherford though in pursuance of the Truth he disputes ad idem and with strength which is his praise and acceptable yet he professedly carrieth it as to a Brother not to an Adversary There is an excess in too much salt and not a little to be complained of in personal and causeless aspersions from good men That smarts these defile That makes less comfortable these tend us to make us unprofitable Roses are not without their pricks The Archers have sorely grieved him and shot at him and were displeased with him but his Bowe abode in strength the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob From thence is the Shepherd and the Stone of Israel An honest-minded man Plutarch de capienda ex hostibus utilitate libellus saith Xenophon gets by enmity And Plutarch writes a Treatise concerning benefiting by our Enemies adorning his discourse with that of Jason of Thessaly whose Enemy stabbing him and intending his death only opened an ulcer otherwise incurable and so saved his life If men without God in the world having only star-light and scarce so much as seeing men walk like trees only feeling after the Lord have thus spoken we see the greater encouragement why Christians who are made light by the Father of Light and know Him that is Love may through grace not only speak better but also practise accordingly Job can turn the book written against him by his adversaries into a crown Joseph feeling the benefit of the Patriarchs unkindness is the more readily disposed to forgive that wrong whereby he finds himself made a great gainer He was a good Accomptant who esteemed the reproaches of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt Paul takes pleasure in reproaches for Christs sake The best and most peaceable spirits cannot hope to fulfill their course in a Pacifique sea The way of the most excellent lieth through evil report and good report through honor and dishonor To avoid the fouler part of the passage is not in the power of man To walk clean through it To do well and approve himself as a Minister of Christ in suffering ill is all that can be expected from a man of God Erasmus acknowledging some men to do well in In hoc uno 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ut aiunt conjunctum fuit eximium fuit quicquid in aliis per partes miramur Erasm epistnuncupat praefixa tom 3. epist. Hieron some things will have Hierom to excell in all It was a great Encomium which the German Phenix sometimes gave to Luther I saith he speaking of himself am a Logician Pomeranus is a Grammarian Justus Jonas is an Orator but Luther is all Let it suffice to be said of Mr. Cotton that he was a famous Light in his generation a glory to both Englands and such an one in whom was so much of what is desireable in Man as is rarely to be seem in one Person As concerning any Tenet wherein he may seem singular Remember he was a man and therefore to be heard and read with judgment and haply sometimes with favour Scio me aliter habere apostolos aliter reliquos tractatores c. Hier. ep to 2. ep tua Hierom makes a difference between reading the writings of the Apostles and the Tractates of other Authors They saith he always spake the truth These as men in some things erre Let him but receive with some proportion to the measure that he gave and he will be found no debtor upon that account No man did more placidly bear a Dissentient The Jews unto their own question Why Asa and Iehoshaphat removing the Idols in high places took not also away the Brazen-serpent give this answer The father 's left a place for Hezekiah to exercise his zeal That great Conqueror vainly feared that his Father Philip's victories would deprive the Son of an opportunity to improve his magnanimity Much of the wisdom of God both in the Scripture and Creature is still unseen and it hath been judged but meet that each Age should contribute somewhat toward the fuller discovery of Truth But this cannot be except men of a larger Acumen and greater industry may be permitted to communicate their notions especially whilst as Austin in Non tanquam affirmator sed tanquam scratator Aug. Psal 85.

me Though thou refuse thy scholar now I 'll be 'T is not Youth but Licentiousness in Youth that unfits for an Academical state such as Philostratus long since complained of who stain an Athenian life with wicked manners The Prince of the Peripateticks describing his Hearers distinguisheth between Youths in years and Youths in manners Such who are Old in days yet Youths in disposition he rejects Such who are Youths in age but Seniors in spirit and behaviour he admits into his Auditory Junius telleth us that his Grandfather was wont to write to his father Dionysius when a Student in the Universities of France with this Dionysio dilecto filio misso ad studendum In vita Junii sait superscription Dionysio dilecto filio misso ad studendum To Dionysius my beloved son sent to study Idleness in youth is scarcely healed without a scar in age Life is but short and our lesson is longer then admits the loss of so great an opportunity without a sensible defect afterward shewing it self Bees gather in the Spring that which they are to live upon in the Winter Therefore Fox Bishop of Winchester willed the Students of that Colledge whereof he was a Benefactor to be as so many Bees Seneca admonisheth his Lucilius that those things are to be gotten whilst we are young which we must Juveni parandum seni utenduan est make use of when we are old Accordingly God who had set apart our Student to be a Junius not a Dionysius inclined his heart unto such attractive diligence and effectual improving of opportunities whence his profiting in the Arts and Languages above his Equals so far commended him unto the Master and Fellows as that he had undoubtedly been chosen Fellow of that Colledge had not the extraordinary expence about the building of their great Hall at that time put by or at least deferred their Election until some longer time From Trinity he was removed to Emanuel that happy He removeth from Trinity to Emanuel Seminary both of Piety and Learning The occasion I cannot now learn howsoever it may call to minde that Maxim of the Herbalists Plantae translatio est plantae perfectio The transplantation of a plant is the perfection of a plant In that Society the Lord gave him favor so that in due time he was honored with a Fellowship amongst them after a diligent and strict Examen according to the Statutes of that House Wherein this is not unworthy the taking notice of That when the Poser came to examine him in the Hebrew tongue the place that he took trial of him by was that Isaiah 3. against the excessive bravery of the haughty daughters of Sion which hath more hard words in it then any place of the Bible within so short a compass and therefore though a present construction and resolution thereof might have put a good Hebrician to a stand yet such was his dexterity as made those difficult words facil and rendred him a prompt Respondent This providence is here remarkable concerning him That whereas his Father whose Calling was towards the Law had not many Clients that made use of his Advice in Law-matters before it pleased God after his Son 's going to Cambridge to bless him with great Practice so that he was very able to keep him there and to allow him liberal maintenance Insomuch that this blessed man hath been heard to say God kept me in the University He is now in the place of improvement amongst his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 beset with Examples as so many objects of Better Emulation If he slacken his pace his Compeers will leave him behind and though he quicken it there are still those which are before Notwithstanding Themistocles excelleth yet the Trophies of Miltiades suffer him not to sleep Cato that Helus that Devourer of Books is at Athens Ability and Opportunity are now met together unto both which Industry actuated with a desire to know being joined bespeaks a person of high expectation The unwearied pains of ambitious and unquiet Wits are amongst the amazements of Ages Asia and Egypt can hold the Seven Wonders but the Books Works and Motions of Ambitious mindes the whole World cannot contain It was an illicit aspiring after Knowledge which helped to put forth Eve's hand unto the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arist Eth. l. 10. c. 7. forbidden fruit The less marvel if irregenerate and elevated Wits have placed their Summum bonum in Knowledge indefatigably pursuing it as a kind of Deity as a thing Numinous yea as a kind of Mortal-Immortality Diogenes Democritus and other Philosophers accounting large Estates to be an impediment to their Proficiencie in Knowledge dispossessed themselves of rich inheritances that they might be the fitter Students preferring an opportunity of Study before a large Patrimony Junius yet ignorant of Christ can want his Country necessaries and many comforts but he must excell Through desire a man having separated himself seeketh and intermedleth with all wisdom Prov. 18. 1. The elder Plinius lost his life in venturing too neer to search the cause of the irruption of the hill Vetruvius 'T is true Knowledge excelleth other created excellencies as much as light excelleth darkness yet it agreeth with them in this that neither can exempt the subject thereof from eternal misery Whilst we seek Knowledge with a selfish interest we serve the Decree and self being destroyed according to the Decree we hence become more able to serve the Command The treasure which man Irregenerate travelleth for as intending it for themselves man Regenerate expends for God As he was a lover of labor so he was communicative a diligent Tutor and full of Students committed to his care He was a Didactical man both able and apt to teach Ability to instruct youth argueth a Wise-man To guide man Nazianzen accounted the Art of Arts. To be willing to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 teach argueth a good man good is communitative Such was his Academical dexterity that he could impart as Scaliger speaks the felicities of wit to his hearers so accomodating and insinuating the matter in hand as his Pupils might both perceive their profiting and taste the sweetness of that wherein they profited Thus by schoole-stratagems he won the hearts of his scholars both to himself and to a desire of Mellific Historic par 1. in Historia Alcibidis learning They were as Soerates and Alcibiades or rather as the Prophets and the sons of the Prophets his pupils were honores and lovers of him He was a Tutor friend and Father unto them The manner of his Conversion take in his own words as neer as can be remembred thus During his residence in The manner of his Conversion the University God began to work upon him under the ministery of Mr Perkins of blessed memory But the motions and stirrings of his heart which then were he suppressed thinking that if he should trouble himself with matters of Religion according