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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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A Faithful Man Described & Rewarded. A SERMON Preached at MALDON, o… › APPLICATION.
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II. Shall they that are Faithful to Death, receive a Crown of Life? Then the Faithful have no cause to be afraid of Death. An Eminent person Condemned to Die, began his Letter to his Friend upon it so; Condemnatus sum ad vitam; A Sentence of Life is passed upon me! A Martyr coming to the Stake, there kneeled down, and cried out, Welcome, Everlasting Life! Oh! Let us Learn, to Welcome Death, when Gods Time for our Death arrives, under that Notion; An Inlet into Everlasting Life. A Faithful man could say, Phil. 1.21. To me, to Die is Gain. What? Loath to Gain! Will you be afraid of Receiving a Crown of Life? Tis not a Grave, but a Crown, that is before you. The Grave whereof you have such an Horror, will be but, Sepultura Laborum, vitiorum, et Lacrymarum; the Grave of your Pains, your Sins, your Tears. To Bury these, 'tis to Live; 'tis Life in the sweetest Relish of it. Faithful Christian; Thou hast mastered every thing else. It remains now, that thy Aversion to Death, be likewise mastered. Oh! be not uneasy at the Approach of Death. As the Faithful man said, 2 Tim. 4.7, 8. I have kept the Faith; Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness. Thus, when they feel Death approaching, with what an Ecstasy of Gladness may the Faithful think; I have according to my poor measure Faithfully Served ⟨p. 20⟩my Lord JESUS CHRIST. Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee, with some Sincerity and Fidelity. And now, I am going into that World, where my Lord JESUS CHRIST, will give me to see, that I have no cause to Repent of Adhering to Him. O Ye Chosen, and Called and Faithful; You have no way, to come at your Crown, but by Death. So the Last Words of our WIGGLESWORTH were; We must Die, we must Die, that we may Enter into Rest.
II. Shall they that are Faithful to Death, receive a Crown of Life? Then the Faithful have no cause to be afraid of Death. An Eminent person Condemned to Dy, began his Letter to his Friend upon it so; Condemnatus sum ad vitam; A Sentence of Life is pass'd upon me! A Martyr coming to the Stake, there kneeled down, and cry'd out, Welcome, Everlasting Life! Oh! Let us Learn, to Welcome Death, when Gods Time for our Death arrives, under that Notion; An Inlet into Everlasting Life. A Faithful man could say,