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Nunc dimittis, briefly descanted on [electronic resource] : 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].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
- Noyes, Nicholas, 1647-1717., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Higginson, John, 1616-1708.
- Higginson, John.
- Genre:
- Funeral sermons -- 1709.
- Elegies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([6],42,8p. )
- Other Title:
- Nunc dimittis, briefly descanted on
- Place of Publication:
- Boston in N.E. : Printed by B. Green, for Eleazar Phillips, at his shop in Corn-hill, 1709.
- Notes:
- 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.
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 1405
- Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 258
- English Short Title Catalog, W19298.
- OCLC:
- 511053978
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