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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.
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.
We have before us, a DOCTRINE, to Encourage us; a DOCTRINE, which may not only Encourage us, but even Astonish us.
Our Lord JESUS CHRIST, will with a Glorious Crown of Life most Gloriously Reward them, who Faithfully adhere unto Him & His Interests, as long as they Live.
Our Lord IESUS CHRIST, will with a Glorious Crown of Life most Gloriously Reward them, who Faithfully adhere unto Him & His Interests, as long as they Live.
There are two very Noble Subjects now to be discoursed on; Subjects that call for our most Serious Meditations, our most Rapturous Contemplations. The One is; What our Lord Jesus Christ Requires of us. the Other is, What our Lord Jesus Christ Reserves for us.
I. That which our Lord Jesus Christ has Required ⟨p. 4⟩of us; 'Tis, That we be Faithful unto Him, and unto His Interests, and this, as long as we Live in this World.