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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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Now, First; Faith in the Lord JESUS CHRIST, is presupposed in them that Walk in the Name of the Lord JESUS CHRIST. It is to be presupposed, That we Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, & Rely on Him, for Wisdom, & Righteousness, & Holiness, & Redemption. Our Lord Jesus Christ commands this; Joh. 20.27. Be not Faithless, but Believing. 'Tis for this cause, that the People of God, are so often styled, The Faithful, in the Scriptures of God. The Spirit of God has wrought in them, the Faith to Receive the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and His Great Salvation, as tendered in the Gospel. But Then, there is a Faithfulness to the Lord JESUS CHRIST, which must attend and assert our Faith in Him. This Faithfulness, is not so much Faith, as Obedience. 'Tis not our Trust in Him; 'Tis our Trustiness to Him. 'Tis what the Word of God calls, Good Fidelity. Allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ, and Perseverance in our Allegiance, is called for, in this call; Be thou Faithful unto Death.
First. He that would be an Happy Christian, must be a Faithful Christian.
But then; Who is the Faithful Christian? We will Describe him; God grant, we may answer the Description; God grant, the Description & the Character may be our own. It very much belonged unto ONE, that lately Shone among us.
But then; Who is the Faithful Christian? We will Describe him; God grant, we may answer the Description; God grant, the Description & the Character may be our own. It very much belong'd unto ONE, that lately Shone among us.