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The best way of living; which is to die daily: very briefly described and…
The best way of living; which is to die daily: very briefly described and commended in a plain discourse, made at a time, when the author had newly seen repeated strokes of death, on his own family. And the publisher had his family also struck with a sudden death upon a vital part of it. : 22. d. IX. m. 1713. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. ; [One line from 2 Corinthians]
Boston: printed by J. Allen, 1713
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Our Work is, To render & procure ⟨p. 14⟩Acknowledgements unto God. We shall after Death, be called to an Account concerning our Work. It must then be our Daily Concern, by Repentance to get the pardon of all our Miscarriages about the Work of God; and by Diligence in this Work, to be capable of Giving up our Account with Joy, and not with Grief. This 'tis to Die Daily. We have a Term of Time allowed unto us up on Earth; A Time, which Flies away like the Shadow of a Bird upon the Wing; which is the Chaldee Paraphrase, for, Our Days are as the Shadow. We shall after Death, be called to an Account how we have spent our Time. It must then be our Daily Concern, to Lay out our Time in such Purposes, and Actions, that we may not be thunder struck from our Judge, with, O Slothful, and Wicked Servant! This is to Die Daily. We are betrusted with Talents from our Lord. We are Talented with various Blessings; with Opportunities to Do Good. After Death, our Talents must be Accounted for; how much, how well, we have improved them. It must be our Daily Concern, To Glorify God with all our Talents; To project, and pursue all ⟨p. 15⟩imaginable ways for the Glorifying of Him. This 'tis to Die Daily.
Our Work is, To render & procure ⟨p. 14⟩Acknowledgments unto God. We shall after Death, be called to an Account concerning our Work. It must then be our Daily Concern, by Repentance to get the pardon of all our Miscarriages about the Work of God; and by Diligence in this Work, to be capable of Giving up our Account with Joy, and not with Grief. This 'tis to Die Daily. We have a Term of Time allow'd unto us up on Earth; A Time, which Flies away like the Shadow of a Bird upon the Wing; which is the Chaldee Paraprase, for, Our Dayes are as the Shadow. We shall after Death, be called to an Account how we have spent our Time. It must then be our Daily Concern, to Lay out our Time in such Purposes, and Actions, that we may not be thunder struck from our Judge, with, O Slothful, and Wicked Servant! This is to Die Daily. We are betrusted with Talents from our Lord. We are Talented with various Blessings; with Opportunities to Do Good. After Death, our Talents must be Accounted for; how much, how well, we have improved them. It must be our Daily Concern, To Glorify God with all our Talents; To project, and pursue all