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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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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8. Mr. SEWALL being sent for again, he said, Child, Is it not better to be in Heaven with God and Christ, than to be here? She answered, Yes, Yes. He asked her if he should pray to God that he would be pleased to take her to himself? ⟨p. 6⟩She made a quick Reply, doubling her Words, Yes, Yes. He asked her another Question, but being in great Trouble, it slipped my Memory: But the Child made no Answer to it, and only said, I am spent.

8. Mr. SEWALL being sent for again, he said, Child, Is it not better to be in Heaven with God and Christ, than to be here? She answered, Yes, Yes. He ask'd her if he should pray to God that he would be pleas'd to take her to himself? ⟨p. 6⟩She made a quick Reply, doubling her Words, Yes, Yes. He asked her another Question, but being in great Trouble, it slipt my Memory: But the Child made no Answer to it, and only said, I am spent.

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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

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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.