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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.
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.
His long Weakness, and Illness, made him an Able Physician. He Studied Physick; and was a Faithful Physician for the Body as well as the Soul. God made him a Successful Physician, & a Beloved one.
For such things, his Flock Loved him. Your Love, showed it self, when a Dangerous Fit of Sickness was upon him, above Seven years ago. You came together with Agony; you Prayed, and Fasted and Wept before the Lord, with Public Supplications for his Life. God heard you; God Loves to hear such Prayers. God Spared him yet unto you, Another Life. For Seven years more, you had him among you.
For such things, his Flock Loved him. Your Love, show'd it self, when a Dangerous Fit of Sickness was upon him, above Seven years ago. You came together with Agony; you Prayed, and Fasted and Wept before the Lord, with Publick Supplications for his Life. God heard you; God Loves to hear such Prayers. God Spared him yet unto you, Another Life. For Seven years more, you had him among you.
As he was Faithful to the Death, so he was Lively to the Death. He earnestly Desired, That he might hold out, Useful unto the Last. God granted him his Desire; A Desire seldom denied unto them ⟨p. 26⟩that are so Importunate in it. It was a surprise unto us, to see a Little Feeble Shadow of a Man, beyond Seventy, Preaching usually Twice or Thrice in a Week; Visiting and Comforting the Afflicted; Encouraging the Private Meetings; Catechising the Children of the Flock; and managing the Government of the Church: and attending the Sick, not only as a Pastor, but as a Physician too; and this not only in his own Town, but also in all those of the Vicinity. Thus he did, unto the last; and he was but one Lords-Day taken off, before his Last.