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A faithful man, described and rewarded. Some observable & serviceable passages in the life…
A faithful man, described and rewarded. Some observable & serviceable passages in the life and death of Mr. Michael Wigglesworth. Late Pastor of Maldon [i.e., Malden]; who rested from his labours, on the Lords-Day, June 10th. 1705. In the seventy fourth year of his age. : And memorials of piety, left behind him among his written experiences. : With a funeral-sermon preached (for him) at Maldon; June 24. 1705. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benj. Eliot, 1705
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June 20. 1652. [When he was about one or two and twenty years old, he entered this passage.]
June 20. 1652. [When he was about one or two and twenty years old, he entred this passage.]
In our Presidents Exposition, I found sweet Encouragement in regard of my Bodily Weakness; occasionally fetched from that: Isa. 40.30, 31. It may be thou art Sickly. Why, the Lord is thy Physician, who healeth thee. HE CAN MAKE THEE STRONG IN THY AGE, THO' THOU BE WEAKLY IN THY YOUTH.
¶ 2. [After he was invited unto Maldon, and then was taken off by Long Sickness.]
I. I Have been musing upon this point, That GOD is. Besides what Arguments I read in others, these are presented unto me.