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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.
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.
The Crown of Life, will make amends for all.
Finally. Let us Tread in the Steps of them that have been Faithful.
It was of old said; Prov. 20.6. A Faithful man who can find? Some Faithful Men have been found. We have Lately Lost such an One; Such an One was our WIGGLESWORTH, Who hath an good Report of all men. One who so Faithfully demeaned himself, that (as Jerome directed of old,) De illo male Loqui nemo Potuit Sine mendacio. Because, it may contribute unto the finding of more Such, I shall give you some short Account of his Faithfulness; & Proclaim his Goodness: but, as tis most Reasonable, my Account shall be given with the most accurate and unspotted Faithfulness.