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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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And the Blessedness will be Life; Because it will be Durable. 'Twill Endure; 'Twill be Everlasting. A Living Thing may Die; But Life never can Dy. We shall see Life, and never see any thing but Life. Our Blessedness will be Life; Because it will be, 1 Pet. 5.10. An Eternal Glory.
And the Blessedness will be Life; Because it will be Durable. T'will Endure; T'will be Everlasting. A Living Thing may Dy; But Life never can Dy. We shall see Life, and never see any thing but Life. Our Blessedness will be Life; Because it will be, 1 Pet. 5.10. An Eternal Glory.
Thirdly. The Faithful Christian shall after all his Faithfulness, be Rewarded and Advanced, even as with the Crown of an Illustrious Conqueror. The Reward of the Faithful Christian will be, A CROWN: 2 Tim. 4.8. A Crown of Righteousness. It is to tell us, That a very high Advancement shall be the Reward of the Faithful Christian. There is no higher Advancement propounded among the Ambitious Children of men, than that of coming to a Crown. The Faithful Christian may meet with much Reproach, and much Contempt in the World. If any man will be Faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ, and His Churches, that man shall hear the Defaming of many. They that are Grievous Revolters from the Lord Jesus Christ, will walk with Slanders against the Faithful Champions of the Lord. As it was complained; When I wept and chastened my Soul with Fasting, that was to my Reproach. Even so, If the Faithful Servants of God are after the most Holy manner, only Praying, and Fasting before the Lord, on the ⟨p. 15⟩behalf of His Churches, Men that are full of Satan, will invent something of Reproach against them, it may be, on that very occasion. Be patient, O Faithful ones. God intends an inconceivable Advancement for you. You shall come to that Advancement;