Early piety, exemplified in the life and death of Mr. Nathanael Mather, who ...…

Fifthly, He was one that wisely prepared for the CHANGES that were before him. It is a Remark in one of his Papers: I think it convenient for me to observe the Temptations, I am, •or shall be obnoxious to, and get suitable Remedies against them.

He seemed indeed to have a strange Presage of what he was to meet withal, and O how he laid in that he might not be unprovided for it! A prudence rarely seen among the Children of Men, whose Misery is great upon them because they know not their Time.

He seem'd indeed to have a strange Presage of what he was to meet withal, and O how he laid in that he might not be unprovided for it! A prudence rarely seen among the Children of Men, whose Misery is great upon them because they know not their Time.

There were especially two Calamities which he had a fore-boding of, Dismal Pain, and Early Death. As for his Pain, he was it seems to undergo exquisite Anguishes, ⟨p. 51⟩for many Months before his Dissolution; but before ever it came upon him, how strangely did he fortify himself against it! He said in his Diary some Years before he left the World,

There were especially two Calamities which he had a fore-boding of, Dismal Pain, and Early Death. As for his Pain, he was it seems to undergo exquisite Anguishes, ⟨p. 51⟩for many Months before his Dissolution; but before ever it came upon him, how strangely did he fortifie himself against it! He said in his Diary some Years before he left the World,