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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. 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.
3. Not to be Troubled with Evil before it come. Sufficient is the Trouble of the Day, when it is come.
4. To be humbly Thankful for Life, & Health, and Liberty to Serve God heretofore; though I should Enjoy them no longer.
5. To Fight against Melancholy, and unbelieving Thoughts: Not by Debating with them, (for so they are too hard for me:) but by Slighting them, and not Attending to them.
5. To Fight against Melancholy, and unbelieving Thoughts: Not by Debating with them, (for so they are too hard for me:) but by Sleighting them, and not Attending to them.