When he lay a Dying, some one spoke to him about his having secured his _Interest_ in the Favor of Heaven, and his _Assurance_ of that Interest. He Replyed, [Methoughts like my _Polycarp,_] “I bless God I began that Work betimes, and ere I was Twenty Years Old I had made thorow work of it. Ever since then I have been pressing after the Power of Godliness, the Power of Godliness! For more than Fifty Years together I have been Laboring to uphold a Life of Communion with God; and I thank the Lord I now find the Comfort of it! Words that contain in them _A History of a Life_ more Valuable than I have seen a Volume in Folio. Epitaph. (Believed to Have Been Written by Rev. Cotton Mather.) The Excellent Wigglesworth; Remembered by Some Good Tokens. His Pen did once _Meat from the Eater_ fetch; And now he’s gone beyond the _Eater’s_ reach. His _Body_ once so _Thin_, was next to _None_; From hence he’s to _Unbodied Spirits_ flown. Once his rare skill did all _Diseases_ heal; And he does nothing now _uneasy_ feel. He to his _Paradise_ is joyful come, And waits with joy to see his _Day of Doom._ Contents. Memoir of the Author Autobiography To the Christian Reader On the following Work Prayer unto Christ The Day of Doom     Security of the World before Christ’s coming     Suddenness and Terror of his appearing     Resurrection — All brought to judgment     The Sheep separated from the goats     The several sorts of reprobates described     The Saints justified — Election — Atonement     They are placed on thrones     The wicked brought to the Bar     Secret sins brought to light     Hypocrites plead for themselves     Another sort of hypocrites     Civil honest men’s pleas     Pretended want of opportunity to repent     Plea of examples of betters     Godly men’s examples misleading     Scripture, darkness, and difference of interpretation     Fear of persecution     Plea of God’s mercy and justice     Vessels of mercy     Mercy abused — Day of grace past     Shutting out by God’s decree     The Heathen’s plea     Reprobate infants’ plea     The wicked all convinced and silenced     Hopeless and helpless estate of the ungodly     Sentence of condemnation     Sentence executed — The wicked cast into Hell     Their unsufferable torments     The saints rejoice thereat     They ascend in triumph to Heaven A Short discourse on Eternity A Postscript unto the Reader Vanity of Vanities Death expected Ill A Farewell to the World Funeral Sermon Epitaph [1] Luke 12:19. [2] Matt. 25:5. [3] Mat. 24:37, 38. [4] 1 Thes. 5:3. [5] Mat. 25:6. 2 Pet. 3:10. [6] Mat. 24:29, 30. [7] 2 Pet. 3:10. [8] Rev. 6:15 [9] Mat. 24:30. [10] Rev. 6:15, 16. [11] Mat. 25:21. [12] Rev. 6:14. [13] Thes. 4:16. [14] John 5:28, 29 [15] Luke 20:36. 1 Cor. 15:52. [16] Mat. 24:31 [17] 2 Cor. 5:10. Matt. 25:32. [18] Mat. 5:10, 11. [19] Heb. 12:5, 6, 7. [20] Luke 7:41, 47. [21] John 21:15. Mat. 19:14. John 3:3. [22] Rev. 6:11. Phil. 3:21.