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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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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; Rev. 5.10. To be Kings and Priests for God, and Reign, over the earth. Highly Advanced shall the Faithful be, when they shall Sit on Throne in the Heavenly places with the Lord Jesus Christ, and they shall have power given them over the Nations of the Earth, to Rule them. Highly Advanced shall they be, when they shall Shine as the Brightness of the firmament, and as the Stars, and be employed in Turning many to Righteousness. Highly Advanced shall they be, when they shall be companions of Angels, and be Raised out of the Dust, and be set with those Princes and Nobles; and they shall indeed be the Angels, the Rulers and the Teachers of the Saved Nations. Oh! How highly Advanced, when all their Faithful Endeavours and Achievements, will be Proclaimed with Honour in the City of God. The Streets of that Great City, shall doubtless have the Instances of our Faithfulness published in them; and those things will be done to us, which must be done to the Men, whom the King of Heaven delights to Honour.
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: