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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Appendix › Part 2: ¶ 2. [After he was invited unto Maldon, and then was taken off by Long Sickness.]
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.
¶ 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.
1. If there were No God, mens Hearts would not be so full of Enmity against God as they are.
2. Once I was Blind, but now I See; once Dead, but now Alive; once loving Sin, and hating Holiness. Who made this Change? Not, Self. For to me, Believing was impossible. Not Men. For why are not others Converted, that are less Hardened in Sin; or why was not I Converted sooner, while it was easier! Not, Satan. He is not such a Fool, to destroy his own Kingdom. Therefore, it was GOD. Therefore God is.