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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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¶ 4. These Memorials of Piety, thus fetched from the Manuscripts of the Faithful WIGGLESWORTH, to serve the Interest of Piety in the Country, ought to be accompanied with some EPITAPH upon him. One that had been gratified with his, Meat out of the Eater, and Day of Doom, supplied us with a brief One, of this Importance.
The Excellent WIGGLESWORTH, Remembered by some Good Tokens.
The Excellent WIGGLESWORTH, Remembred by some Good Tokens.
HIS Pen did once Meat from the Eater fetch;
And now he's gone beyond the Eaters reach.
His Body, once so Thin, was next None;