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Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr.…
Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr. Increase Mather. Who expired, August 23. 1723. : [One line from II Kings]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Nathaniel Belknap, 1724
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Before Winter came on, he returned unto Boston: But under such Languishments, especially from that Comprehensive Mischief which they call, The Hypochondriac Affection, that he lay confined all the Winter; and his Recovery to any Service, was by many very much Despaired of. That which added unto his Affliction▪ was a grievous and little short of Mortal, Molestation from the Ephialtes; which indeed ever now and then Afflicted him, all the rest of his Pilgrimage.
Before Winter came on, he returned unto Boston: But under such Languishments, especially from that Comprehensive Mischief which they call, The Hypocondriac Affection, that he lay confined all the Winter; and his Recovery to any Service, was by many very much Despaired of. That which added unto his Affliction▪ was a grievous and little short of Mortal, Molestation from the Ephialtes; which indeed ever now and then Afflicted him, all the rest of his Pilgrimage.
While he lay yet very Low, he Wrote, Some Considerations, which make me ready to Believe, That GOD will continue me, to do Him Service in the World. 1. Because much Prayer hath been put up in many Places, that my Life might be Spared. 2. GOD hath returned me Home, through Wonderful Hazard and Hardship. He that hath done thus much will do more. 3. When I lay Sick at Northampton, there was a Strong Persuasion on my Spirit, That ⟨p. 69⟩GOD would spare my Life; Which I then told my Sister; Desiring her to read, Psal. CXVIII. 17, 18. 4. I am apt to hope, that GOD hath some Special Service for such a Poor Sinful Creature as I am, to do with Reference to the Rising Generation, and the Establishment of these Churches, upon foundations of Truth, Order, and Purity. This I am the more apt to Believe, because of my Fathers Dying Counsel to me. 5. There is Faith in the Hearts of many of my Christian Friends, concerning this matter. They Believe, That GOD hath more Work for me to do. 6. There is an Alteration on my Spirit since my Sickness, For I am not so Desirous to Die as I have been, but more Desirous to Live, that I may Glorify GOD in my Lord JESUS CHRIST.