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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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¶ 1. [While he was a Tutor at the College.]
¶ 1. [While he was a Tutor at the Colledge.]
I. I find my Heart prone, to take Secret Pleasure, in thinking, How much I do for the Good ⟨p. 29⟩of others? But, Lord, How Little of it is done for Thee? I fear, there is much of Doting upon the Creature, in my pursuit of the Good of others. I cannot Seek the Glory of God therein, but am carried most with Pity to Man; Else the Lord would hardly cross me in my Endeavours.
I. I find my Heart prone, to take Secret Pleasure, in thinking, How much I do for the Good ⟨p. 29⟩of others? But, Lord, How Little of it is done for Thee? I fear, there is much of Doting upon the Creature, in my pursuit of the Good of others. I cannot Seek the Glory of God therein, but am carried most with Pitty to Man; Else the Lord would hardly cross me in my Endeavours.
II. Oh! Let me not unthankfully, and wickedly make the Gifts of God, Subservient unto my Vain Glory!