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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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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.
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 Jerom 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.
I may truly affirm concerning him, That Faithfulness, Faithfulness, was the very thing that remarkably Characterized him, Distinguished him.
He was descended of Eminently Religious Parents, who were great Sufferers for that which was then, The Cause of God, and of New-England. While he was yet a Youth, he was marvellously concerned, That he might have an Heart filled with the Spirit of God. This concernment upon his mind appeared especially in his Watchful Endeavours to have Spiritual Sins, chased out of his cleansed Heart. PRIDE, the Sin of Young men, yea, of all men; PRIDE, the Sin which few men Try or Trouble themselves about; this Devout Youth, was full of Holy and Watchful Trouble about it: And he then wrote a very Savoury Discourse, Entitled, Considerations against Pride. And another