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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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III. 'Tis plain, We shall be no Losers by our Faithfulness to our Lord JESUS CHRIST. Let us then make it the great Prayer and Care of our Lives, That we may he Faithful unto Death. We read, Prov. 28.20. A Faithful man shall abound with Blessings. In the Abundance of Blessings, that will Reward us, can we not see, Abundance of Motives, to be very Faithful! Surely, In a Crown of Everlasting Life, there is an Abundance of Blessings. Dreadful, Dreadful must be the Death, of them that are not Faithful to the Interests of the Lord Jesus Christ. If a Crown of Life shall be given unto the Faithful, What shall be given unto thee, or what shall be done unto thee, O Soul that art False unto the Lord? What? but a Death inflicted by the Sharp Arrows of the Almighty; a Damnation worse than Lying amidst Coals of Juniper? Not a Crown of Life, but Chains of Everlasting Darkness! Terrible, very Terrible, will be the punishment of Deserters. How Terribly it Thunders! Heb. 1O.38. If any man draw back, my Soul ⟨p. 21⟩shall have no pleasure in him. No pleasure! The meaning is, That the Soul of the Lord will be infinitely Displeased at him. The Crown of the Faithful, will be Life; The Doom of the Fearful, will be in the Lake of the Wrath of God. Oh! Be Fearful of incurring such a Doom!
It was bewailed; Psal. 12.1. The Faithful fail from among the Children of men! Let it be desired by us; Lord, Let not me fail of being found among thy Faithful Children. Wherefore; Be Prayerful, O Christian, That thou mayst be Faithful. We read, 1 Cor. 7.25. Of, One that has obtained mercy of the Lord, to be Faithful. Tis a Mercy, to be asked of the Lord!