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]

People / Organizations

• Cotton Mather (Author)

Imprint

Boston in N.E.: Printed by B. Green, for Eleazar Phillips, at his shop in Corn-hill, 1709.

Publication year

1709-1709

ESTC No.

W19298

Grub Street ID

328950

Description

[6],42,8p. ; 8⁰

Note

Dedication to the Church of Christ in Salem signed by Cotton Mather.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription.

"An elegy upon the death of .. John Higginson .. "--8 p. at end, by Nicholas Noyes.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: A-G?