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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.
How Faithfully did he Rebuke Sin, both in his Ministry and in his Discipline!
How Faithful was he to the Work of God in the Churches of New-England, and Grieved at every thing that he thought had any Tendency to incommode that glorious Work?
But how Patient, how Living, how Charitable, to such as in Lesser matters differed from him! Of this Faithfulness, you are all of you Witnesses!
How Faithful was he in the Education of his Family! A very Abraham, for his Commands unto his Family, to Keep the Way of the Lord; A very David, for his Charges unto them, to Know the God of their Father, and Serve Him!
His long Weakness, and Illness, made him an Able Physician. He Studied Physic; and was a Faithful Physician for the Body as well as the Soul. God made him a Successful Physician, & a Beloved one.