Nunc dimittis, briefly descanted on : The happy dismission, of the holy believer, from the work of earth, to the joy of heaven; considered in a funeral sermon, for that venerable and memorable servant of Christ, Mr. John Higginson, the aged Pastor of the church in Salem; (with memoirs of his life,) who, on 9 d. 10 m. 1708. in the ninety third year of his age, went from the earthly Salem, to the heavenly. [Three lines from Erasmus].
| Author/creator | Mather, Cotton |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston in N.E. : Printed by B. Green, for Eleazar Phillips, at his shop in Corn-hill, 1709. |
| Description | 6 unnumbered pages, 42, 8 pages ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Noyes, Nicholas, 1647-1717, author. |
| Other author/creator | Noyes, Nicholas, 1647-1717. |
| Other author/creator | Green, Bartholomew, 1667-1732 printer. |
| Other author/creator | Phillips, Eleazer, 1682-1763, bookseller. |
| General note | Dedication to the Church of Christ in Salem signed by Cotton Mather. |
| General note | Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription. |
| General note | "An elegy upon the death of .. John Higginson .. "--8 p. at end, by Nicholas Noyes. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library. |
| References | Evans, 1405 |
| References | Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 258 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W19298. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Funeral sermons 1709. |
| Genre/form | Elegies. |
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