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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
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For his Preaching, he particularly prescribed unto himself, according to a Memorandum, which I found thus Entered in his Diary.
For his Preaching, he particularly prescribed unto himself, according to a Memorandum, which I found thus Entred in his Diary.
Old Mr. Thomas Shepard, when on his Deathbed, said unto the young Ministers about him, That their work was great, and called for great seriousness. For his own part, he told them Three Things. First, That the Studying of every Sermon, cost him Tears; he wept in the Studying of every Sermon. Secondly, Before he Preached any Sermon, he Got Good by it himself. Thirdly, He always went up into the Pulpit, as if he were to give up his Accounts unto his Master. Oh! that my Soul (adds our Baily) may Remember and Practise accordingly!
Old Mr. Thomas Shepard, when on his Deathbed, said unto the young Ministers about him, That their work was great, and called for great seriousness. For his own part, he told them Three Things. First, That the Studying of every Sermon, cost him Tears; he wept in the Studying of every Sermon. Secondly, Before he Preach'd any Sermon, he Got Good by it himself. Thirdly, He alwayes went up inro the Pulpit, as if he were to give up his Accounts unto his Master. Oh! that my Soul (adds our Baily) may Remember and Practise accordingly!
To this his Preaching, when he saw God gave any Success, he would still, in his private papers, take as Thankful a Notice, as if great Riches had been heaped in upon him. And yet he would add, [such passages I sometimes find.]