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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.
But as for this Elder Brother, he was a man of Great Holiness, and of so Tender a Conscience, that if he had been at any Time Innocently Cheerful, in the Company of his Friends, it cost him afterwards abundance of sad Reflection, through Fear, lest ere he had been aware, he might have Grieved the Holy Spirit of Christ. A Savoury Book of his, about, The Chief End of Man, published among us, ha's fully described unto us, that Savour of Spirit, which was in his daily walk maintained.
But as for this Elder Brother, he was a man of Great Holiness, and of so Tender a Conscience, that if he had been at any Time Innocently Cheerful, in the Company of his Friends, it cost him afterwards abundance of sad Reflection, through Fear, lest e're he had been aware, he might have Grieved the Holy Spirit of Christ. A Savoury Book of his, about, The Chief End of Man, published among us, ha's fully described unto us, that Savour of Spirit, which was in his dayly walk mentained.
Sic Oculos, Sic ille manus, Sic or a ferebat.
The Desire of this Holy man, was, (as himself Expressed it,) to Get up unto Three Things: To Patience under the Calamities of Life; To Impatience under the Infirmities of Life; and, To earnest Longings for the Next Life.