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John Cotton Quotes
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Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed? If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone or brass, it will beat them...


Biography

Name: John Cotton
Birth Date: 1584
Death Date: 1652
Place of Birth: Derby, Derbyshire, England
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: clergyman

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Biography of John Cotton
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John Cotton (1584-1652) was the leading clergyman of New England's first generation, a leader in civil and religious affairs, and a persuasive writer on the theory and practice of Congregationalism. John Cotton was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England....
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Biography of John Cotton
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After a career of more than twenty years in England, John Cotton joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony and became a minister of the Boston church, where he was a powerful voice, though his involvement in several crucial controversies for a time limited...


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Cotton, John Summary
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December 4, 1584 Derby, Derbyshire, England December 23, 1652 Boston, Massachusetts Puritan clergyman "Democracy I do not conceyve that ever God did ordene as a fitt government eyther for church or commonwealth." John Cotton. John Cotton...
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John Cotton may refer to: John Cotton (puritan) (1585–1652), New England Puritan minister Sir John Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Landwade (1615–1689) Sir John Cotton, 2nd Baronet, of Landwade (c. 1648–1713), Member of Parliament (MP) for...


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Early American Literature
The Correspondence of John Cotton.(Book Review)
01/01/2004: 2,370 words, approx. 8 pages
The Correspondence of John Cotton Edited by SARGENT BUSH, JR. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. 548 pp. John Cotton (1584-1652), luminary of New England's first generation, was both a clerical polymath and an enigma. Scholars have described Cotton's influence on...
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The Independent - London
Obituary: John Cotton Poet preoccupied with the traffic between past and present
03/24/2003: 1,103 words, approx. 4 pages
JOHN COTTON, poet for adults and children, printer, editor, ex- headmaster, member of several committees and genial impresario of local events, has died suddenly at the age of 78, although to his numerous friends it seemed that many of his projects, including a new...
 


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