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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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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.
The True God, the Great God, and God over all; One who is, Every where, and who Knows every Thing. This Article of our Faith, which the modern Jews deny, i• indeed so Incontestable, that I could presently overwhelm, with an Army of Testimonies, ⟨p. 17⟩from the Rabbis among the Ancient Jews, confessing, That the Messiah must be very Jehovah Himself. I beseech you, Let no man dare to Die, in any Doubt, whether the Lord Jesus Christ, unto whom he commits his own Soul, be not more than a mere man. Believing Him to be God, Let us believe, that His Blood is price enough to obtain for us, the Everlasting Happiness of our Spirits; what can our Spirits want that the Blood of God can't obtain? Let us Believe, that His Holy Spirit, can sit our Spirits for, and fill our Spirits wi•h, Eternal Glories; the Spirit of Christ, is the Spirit of God: What can't He do for us? Let us Believe, that He has Legions, and Myriads, and Millions of Blessed Spirits, •o be our Convoy, and Safeguard from those Evil Spirits, which are waiting to arrest our Spirits at our Dissolution: He is God, among the Thousands of His Angels, in His Holy Place: They'll •ly like swift Flashes of Lightning to succour us, when ever He shall command them so to do. What shall we say? When Jacob •ell Asleep, with his Head Lying upon a Stone, he had a Vision of Angels concerned for him. Truly, our Lord Jesus Christ is, The Stone of Israel. If you don't fall Asleep, till you have Laid your Heads, and Hopes on that Stone, you shall then see Armies of Angels about you, to secure you.
The True God, the Great God, and God over all; One who is, Every where, and who Knows every Thing. This Article of our Faith, which the modern Jews deny, i• indeed so Incontestable, that I could presently overwhelm, with an Army of Testimonies, ⟨p. 17⟩from the Rabbies among the Ancient Jews, confessing, That the Messiah must be very Jehovah Himself. I beseech you, Let no man dare to Dy, in any Doubt, whether the Lord Jesus Christ, unto whom he commits his own Soul, be not more than a meer man. Believing Him to be God, Let us believe, that His Blood is price enough to obtain for us, the Eerlasting Happiness of our Spirits; what can our Spirits want that the Blood of God can't obtain? Let us Believe, that His Holy Spirit, can sit our Spirits for, and fill our Spirits wih, Eternal Glories; the Spirit of Christ, is the Spirit of God: What can't He do for us? Let us Believe, that He has Legiors, and Myiads, and Millions of Blessed Spirits, o be our Convoy, and Safeguard from those Evil Spirits, which are waiting to arrest our Spirits at our Dissolution: He is God, among the Thousands of His Angels, in His Holy Place: They'l ly like swift Flashes of Lightning to succour us, when ever He shall command them so to do. What shall we say? When Jacob ell Asleep, with his Head Lying upon a Stone, he had a Vision of Angels concerned for him. Truly, our Lord Jesus Christ is, The Stone of Israel. If you don't fall Asleep, till you have Laid your Heads, and Hopes on that Stone, you shall then see Armies of Angels about you, to secure you.