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A good man making a good end. The life and death, of the Reverend…
A good man making a good end. The life and death, of the Reverend Mr. John Baily [i.e., Bailey], comprised and expressed in a sermon, on the day of his funeral. Thursday. 16.d. 10.m. 1697. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Two line epigram in Latin]
printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1698
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I was almost in the Suburbs of […] all day; a mere Magor-missabib. I saw Death and Sin full of Terror: I thought I never sought the Glory of God: Ah! What a matchless Wretch am I! Oh! that I could Love above all things, and seek the Glory of God, and Live contentedly on Him alone! Oh! that I could see the Blood of Christ on my Soul, and at the bottom of my profession. Oh! for a Sight of ⟨p. 50⟩the Mystery and Majesty of the Grace and Love of Jesus Christ; so that all Excellencies might fall down before it!
I was almost in the Suburbs of 〈…〉 all day; a meer Magor-missabib. I saw Death and Sin full of Terror: I thought I never sought the Glory of God: Ah! What a matchless Wretch am I! Oh! that I could Love above all things, and seek the Glory of God, and Live contentedly on Him alone! Oh! that I could see the Blood of Christ on my Soul, and at the bottom of my profession. Oh! for a Sight of ⟨p. 50⟩the Mystery and Majesty of the Grace and Love of Jesus Christ; so that all Excellencies might fall down before it!
At another Time.
I am in a woeful Frame; far from saying, with Dr. Avery, Here I Lie, not knowing what God will do with me, but tho' I thus Lie, God doth not Terrify me, either with my Sin, or with my Death, or with Himself.
I am in a woful Frame; far from saying, with Dr. Avery, Here I Ly, not knowing what God will do with me, but tho' I thus Ly, God doth not Terrify me, either with my Sin, or with my Death, or with Himself.