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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.
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.
III. I am afraid, Lest I desire Health more than Holiness: (tho' I desire that also, that I might have Opportunity for further Exercise of Holiness:) But what Good will my Life or Health, do me, Good Lord, if I Live not to thy Praise & Honour?
IV. Christ, Parum doleo quia Te non diligo multum: Quodque Parum doleo, causa Doloris Erit.