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 3: The III. SECTION. Containing a brief Account of her, from her first remarkable Illness…

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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.

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1. SHE had by Course read almost through' the Old Testament; but at other Times her Delight was to read in the New, concerning the Birth of Christ, and his Sufferings; and would ask the Meaning of what she read.

1. SHE had by Course read almost thro' the Old Testament; but at other Times her Delight was to read in the New, concerning the Birth of Christ, and his Sufferings; and would ask the Meaning of what she read.

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2. One Day as she sat by herself reading the 7th of the Revelations, concerning the Number of them that were sealed; when she came to the 9th Verse, she was overheard to weep 'till she came to the End of the Chapter.

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3. One Morning as she lay in her Bed, she asked, What was meant by the Fountain, and the House of David, and the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, in Zech. 13.1.

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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.