Early piety; exemplified in Elizabeth Butcher of Boston

Name: Early piety; exemplified in Elizabeth Butcher of Boston
Author: Cotton Mather

Early piety; exemplified in Elizabeth Butcher of Boston: who was born July 14th, 1709. And died June 13th. 1718. Being just eight years and eleven months old.

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by J. Draper for C. Harrison over against the Brazen-Head, 1741

[2], iv, 17, [1] p. ; 13 cm. (12mo) · 5.6k words · Evans 5008

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A Short NARRATIVE of the Life and Death of Elizabeth Butcher. › Section 2: The II. SECTION. Containing a short Account of her in her first Illness, from Sept. 171…

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5. A while after she was weeping, and being asked the Reason, she said, I thought I saw the Flames of Hell, and was going there, but I thought I saw Christ, and he called me to come to him, and then I was not afraid; and I have cried to God for Grace to serve him.

5. A while after she was weeping, and being asked the Reason, she said, I tho't I saw the Flames of Hell, and was going there, but I tho't I saw Christ, and he called me to come to him, and then I was not afraid; and I have cried to God for Grace to serve him.

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6. A while after she was taken with Convulsion Fits, and lay several Hours, all Hopes of Recovery being taken away: But she reviving again, her Pain returned with greater Violence: She prayed to God to take her away out of this miserable World, and cried, —O God, my God, If thou wilt please to take me away, I will be willing to bear what Pain thou shalt please to lay upon me: O God, my dear God, I love thee dearly! And this she repeated several Times over.

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7. Her Mother sitting by her weeping, the Child said, Dear Mother, you make me have more Pain: Her Mother said, No, my dear Child, I don't: She said, Yes, you cry, and that troubles me, and causes me to have more Pain.

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Early piety; exemplified in Elizabeth Butcher of Boston

The III. SECTION. Containing a brief Account of her, from her first remarkable Illness in the Fall and Winter, 1716, to her second, in April, 1718.

The IV. SECTION. Containing a more particular Account of her in her second Illness, from April 1718. to the June succeeding, when she Died.

The IV. SECTION. Containing a more partiular Account of her in her second Illness, from April 1718. to the June succeeding, when she Died.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

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The III. SECTION. Containing a brief Account of her, from her first remarkable Illness in the Fall and Winter, 1716, to her second, in April, 1718.

The IV. SECTION. Containing a more particular Account of her in her second Illness, from April 1718. to the June succeeding, when she Died.

The IV. SECTION. Containing a more partiular Account of her in her second Illness, from April 1718. to the June succeeding, when she Died.