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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4. Hearing a Sermon from Luke 15. concerning the Prodigal Son; a few Days after, she was saying the Text over to herself; she then asked, Who was meant by the Father; and who by the Son?

4. Hearing a Sermon from Luke 15. concerning the Prodigal Son; a few Days after, she was saying the Text over to herself; she then ask'd, Who was meant by the Father; and who by the Son?

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5. She had begun to learn the Proofs of the Assemblies Catechism; and when she came to that in, 1 Joh. 5.7. She asked, If the Father was God, and if the Son was God also, and if the Holy Ghost was God also? For it is said here, That there are Three that bear Record in Heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost, and these Three are One: And this seems as if there were Three Gods, and yet three is but One. And she desired to be told something of this Mystery. She was told, There was but one GOD, tho' there were Three Persons in the Godhead. That Christ was the Eternal Son of God, and the same in Substance and equal with the Father in Power and Glory, and was God. Then said the Child, Tho' Christ be the Son of God, yet is He God also? Answer was made her, Yes: and the Holy Ghost was the Spirit of God, and proceeded both from the Father and the Son, and was the same in Substance with them both, and was equal in Power and Glory. And a while after she asked. If Christ took upon him the Nature of a Man? She was told that he did.

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6. She rejoiced greatly when the Lord's Day came, especially if it were fair Weather for her

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Early piety; exemplified in Elizabeth Butcher of Boston

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.

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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.