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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
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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; 2 Cor. IV. 18. Look not unto the things which are seen, and are Temporal, but unto the things which are not seen, and are Eternal. But let us a little Enquire; For the Glorious Redeemer, who is the True Witness, and the Deliverer of Souls, has Enabled us to answer the Enquiry; What will there be after Death? We are informed; Heb. IX. 27. After Death, the Judgment. And now I will tell you, What it is to Die Daily? it is to have Daily, and Serious, and Solemn Thoughts on the Judgment which is to come After Death. Every Day to think suitably on the Day of Judgment, is, to Die Daily. It should be a Daily Consideration with us; 'Am I Ready to appear before the Judgment-Seat of the Glorious Lord! What I am now adoing, will it be Approved, or will it be Condemned from the Judgment-Seat of the Glorious God? What shall I do, when God rises up, and when He visits, what shall I answer Him? We should be awakened Every