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- Becomes A Preacher in England
- Cotton's Preaching Inspires Revolution
- Alters Liturgy to Favor Puritanism
- Becomes Prominent Figure
- Excerpt from "God's Promise to His Plantations"
- Transformed by Conservativism
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John Cotton was born at Derby, Derbyshire, England, on December 4, 1584, to devoutly Christian parents. His father, Roland Cotton, was a wealthy lawyer. Little is known about Cotton's childhood, except that he attended DerbyGrammar School from 1593 to 1597. As a young man Cotton showed a natural ability for scholarship. In 1597, when he was only th...
In addition to altering the liturgy of the Church of England(the official religion of England, also known as the Anglican Church), John Cotton sought to change Puritan doctrine. He focused mainly on the belief that good works earn salvation, known as the Covenant of Works. In a radical move, Cotton claimed that it was possible to obtain salvation t...
On June 24, 1612, Cotton was elected vicar (a Church of Englandofficial) of St. Botolph's Church in Boston, a port city in Lincolnshire. Although he was only twenty-seven at the time, he had already gained a reputation as an inspiring preacher. Around 1615 Cotton began to alter the liturgy (the accepted way to worship) of the church toward Puritani...
After Elizabeth Cotton died in 1630, Cotton married Sarah (Hawkridge) Story two years later. He then set his sights on emigrating to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He had become interested in the colony when he delivered a sermon in 1630 to a group of Puritans that included John Winthrop (see entry), who were going to Massachusetts. In July 1633 the...
Before moving from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633, John Cotton wrote "God's Promise to His Plantations." Drawing from passages in the Bible, he compared doing God's work to planting a garden. Cotton's metaphor appealed to his fellow Puritans, who used it to describe their mission in starting colonies in North America. Following is ...
Historians are certain that Cotton was one of the finest colonial leaders of his day. They also note, however, that much of his potential was limited by the narrowly conservative environment in Massachusetts. For instance, Cotton began his career by defying the Church of England, but in the New World he became a conformist (one who adhered to the t...
Gunn, Giles. Early American Writing. New York: Penguin Books, 1994, pp. 102–03. Johnson, Allen, and others, eds. Dictionary of American Biography.New York: Scribner, 1946–1958, pp. 460–62. Ziff, Larzer. The Career of John Cotton: Puritanism and the American Experience. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton UniversityPress, 1962.
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(1663–1728) Cotton Mather, scholar, clergyman, and author, was the oldest son of Increase Mather, one of the leading figures in the Puritan theocracy in Massachusetts. The younger Mather was so precocious that he entered Harvard College at the age of twelve and was graduated at fifteen.
John Cotton (4 December 1585 – 23 December 1652) was a clergyman in England and the American colonies, and was considered the preeminent minister and theologian of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He studied for five years at Trinity College, Cambridge, and nine years at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
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