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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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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.
3. My Prayers have been answered from time to time. Therefore there is a GOD, who hath heard me. If there were no God, how should my Prayers have been heard? Whoever doubts of his Being, let me never doubt of it, who have Seen him, and Felt him; not only Heard of him.
II. These are the Principles, which the Lord has been teaching me by his Afflicting Dispensations this Winter.
1. To Rejoice in Acting according to the Rule, whatever the Event be, Good or Evil. Mind my Work, which is Duty; and let God alone with the Event, which is His Work.
2. Not to Rejoice much in any Creature. Thou knowest not, whether it shall comfort thee, or Torment thee.
2. Not to Rejoyce much in any Creature. Thou knowest not, whether it shall comfort thee, or Torment thee.