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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.
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.
And his Desire at another Time, he thus Expressed. Oh! that I might not be of the Number of them, that Live without Love, Speak without Feeling, and Act without Life! Oh! that God would make me His Humble and Upright and Faithful Servant!
From this Holy Temper it was, that when some kind presents were made unto him, he wrote in his Diary thereupon; I have my wages quickly; But Oh! that God may not put we off, ⟨p. 41⟩with a Reward here! Oh! that God may be my Reward!
We will more particularly Note, a few Notables, wherein the Holiness, which Irradiated him, will be described unto us.