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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And then; To Supplication join Meditation.
And then; To Supplication joyn Meditation.
Often think; What are the Privileges, What the Capacities, wherewith my Lord JESUS CHRIST has Entrusted me! We read, 1 Cor. 4.2. It is required in Stewards, that a man be found Faithful. Remember we, that we are bur Stewards of all that we have; And then be full of anxious Thoughts, How to acquit our selves with Faithfulness in our Stewardship.
Often think; What are the Priviledges, What the Capacities, wherewith my Lord JESUS CHRIST has Entrusted me! We read, 1 Cor. 4.2. It is required in Stewards, that a man be found Faithful. Remember we, that we are bur Stewards of all that we have; And then be full of anxious Thoughts, How to acquit our selves with Faithfulness in our Stewardship.
Again; Often think; What special Interest of my Lord JESUS CHRIST now calls for a special Witness from me. We read, Prov. 14.5. about, A Faithful Witness. The Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, sometimes is most opposed in one Article, sometimes in another. Our Faithfulness must be manifest, in our bearing Witness to the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ in that Article, where unadvised men are most busy at undermining it. There, There, Let us fall in, tho' we may never so much Expose our selves by doing so.