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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.
I know, thou wilt not appoint any Cross for me, but what shall make me Wiser and Better, and bring me the more to Glorify God. I will acquiesce in all thy Dispensations. Return to thy Rest, O my Soul; for the Lord will deal favourably with thee! You see how much goes to Dying Daily: And yet one thing more.
I know, thou wilt not appoint any Cross for me, but what shall make me Wiser and Better, and bring me the more to Glorifie God. I will acquiesce in all thy Dispensations. Return to thy Rest, O my Soul; for the Lord will deal favourably with thee! You see how much goes to Dying Daily: And yet one thing more.
VII. To Die Daily, and to Good purpose, ⟨p. 23⟩is to Look Daily, upon what is to come After Death. When we Die, we pass into Another World. The Testimonies and Recognitions of this, which our God multiplies unto us, methinks, they should have some Regard paid unto them. Yea, Out of the mouths of Babes and Sucklings God has Ordained them. I am to morrow to attend the Funeral of a Child *which was Two years and seven months old; A Child of uncommon Ripeness, and for which, I confess, I had too Engaged a Fondness;— having lain Speechless, under the Arrest of Death, for a Day or Two, her Speech returned a few moments before she died & the very minute that she died, she said She would go to JESUS CHRIST. And wi•• Older People now be insensible, that when they are Dying, they are Going to JESUS CHRIST, or where,—Oh! how can we do any other than Tremble to Think upon it If we Die Daily, we Daily Converse with Another World. It is a Thing that should have a Daily Impression upon us; That ⟨p. 24⟩God has not done with us, when we have done with this World. We shall Exist, & our longest Existence will be in another world. In Dying Daily, we shall do that thing;