N01015:97
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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VII. I see a Need of a whole CHRIST; and I Desire Him. Oh, Help my want of Desire. I Need Him, and therefore, Lord, according to thy Free and Gracious Offer and Command, I Desire to Take Him; As a Prophet, to Reveal His Fathers Glory to me; that God may be most Glorious in my Eyes; I can see no Glory in thee, Lord, Except ⟨p. 31⟩thy only-begotten Son Reveal thee. I desire Him, as my only Priest, & Propitiation. I have Daily Sins, and therefore, I want Him for my Daily Atonement; that my Sins may not Separate between me and my God, and Provoke Him, and His Spirit, whose Visitations preserve my Spirit, to Depart from me; That's my Death which I am afraid of! And that I may be accepted for His Sake, who in and of my self, deserve only Condemnation. I desire Him, to be my King; that He may subdue all the Enmity of my Heart against Him; that I may no longer loath Him without a cause; nor Love other things above Him; that He may subdue my unconquerable Corruptions, which I despair in & of my self to subdue; & which Eat out actual Love to God, & the Relish of His Ways.
VII. I see a Need of a whole CHRIST; and I Desire Him. Oh, Help my want of Desire. I Need Him, and therefore, Lord, according to thy Free and Gracious Offer and Command, I Desire to Take Him; As a Prophet, to Reveal His Fathers Glory to me; that God may be most Glorious in my Eyes; I can see no Glory in thee, Lord, Except ⟨p. 31⟩thy only-begotton Son Reveal thee. I desire Him, as my only Priest, & Propitiation. I have Daily Sins, and therefore, I want Him for my Daily Atonement; that my Sins may not Separate between me and my God, and Provoke Him, and His Spirit, whose Visitations preserve my Spirit, to Depart from me; That's my Death which I am afraid of! And that I may be accepted for His Sake, who in and of my self, deserve only Condemnation. I desire Him, to be my King; that He may subdue all the Enmity of my Heart against Him; that I may no longer loath Him without a cause; nor Love other things above Him; that He may subdue my unconquerable Corruptions, which I despair in & of my self to subdue; & which Eat out actual Love to God, & the Relish of His Ways.