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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.
It may be, 'twill be profitable unto some Discouraged minds, to understand how he expressed himself on such occasions. In Sermons on those words, I am Oppressed, undertake for me, he much described it unto us. But in his Diaries 'twas thus: At one Time.
I was almost in the Suburbs of […] all day; a mere Magor-missabib. I saw Death and Sin full of Terror: I thought I never sought the Glory of God: Ah! What a matchless Wretch am I! Oh! that I could Love above all things, and seek the Glory of God, and Live contentedly on Him alone! Oh! that I could see the Blood of Christ on my Soul, and at the bottom of my profession. Oh! for a Sight of ⟨p. 50⟩the Mystery and Majesty of the Grace and Love of Jesus Christ; so that all Excellencies might fall down before it!
I was almost in the Suburbs of 〈…〉 all day; a meer Magor-missabib. I saw Death and Sin full of Terror: I thought I never sought the Glory of God: Ah! What a matchless Wretch am I! Oh! that I could Love above all things, and seek the Glory of God, and Live contentedly on Him alone! Oh! that I could see the Blood of Christ on my Soul, and at the bottom of my profession. Oh! for a Sight of ⟨p. 50⟩the Mystery and Majesty of the Grace and Love of Jesus Christ; so that all Excellencies might fall down before it!
At another Time.