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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 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.
At another Time.
If God should yet Save my Soul, and His Work in my Hand, it would be amazing There is a, May be! If these Inward Troubles hold, I shall be forced to lay down my work. O Lord, step in for my Relief! O the worth of the sense of Gods Love in Christ!
At another Time.