Farewell, vile Body, subject to decay, Which art with lingering sickness worn away; I have by thee much Pain and Smart endur'd; Great Grief of Mind hast thou to me procur'd; Great Grief of Mind by being Impotent, And to Christ's Work an awkward Instrument. Thou shalt not henceforth be a clog to me. Nor shall my Soul a Burthen be to thee. Rest in thy Grave until the Resurrection, Then shalt thou be revivéd in Perfection, Endow'd with wonderful Agility, Clothéd with Strength and Immortality; With shining Brightness gloriously array'd, Like to Christ's glorious Body, glorious made. Thus Christ shall thee again to me restore, Ever to live with him and part no more. Meanwhile my Soul shall enter into Peace, Where Fears and Tears, where Sin and Smart shall cease. A CHARACTER OF THE REVEREND AUTHOR, MR. MICHAEL WIGGLESWORTH, IN A FUNERAL SERMON PREACHED AT MALDEN, JUNE 24, 1705. BY THE REVEREND DR. COTTON MATHER. He was Descended of Eminently Religious Parents, who were Sufferers for that which was then _The Cause of God_ and of _New-England_. While he was yet a youth, he was marvellously concerned that he might have an Heart filled with the Spirit of God. This Concernment upon his mind appeared especially in his watchful Endeavors to have _Spiritual Sins_ chased out of his cleansed Heart. PRIDE, the Sin of _Young Men_, yea, of _all_ Men; PRIDE, the Sin which few Men try or trouble themselves about; this Devout Youth was full of Holy and Watchful Trouble about it: And he then wrote a very Savoury Discourse, Entituled, _Considerations against Pride_, and another, Entituled, _Considerations against Delighting more in the Creature than in God_. This was to Mortify in himself the Sins rarely minded by the most of men. Having had a Pious and a Learned Education, the first Publick Station wherein I find him, was that of a _Fellow_ and a _Tutor_ in _Harvard Colledge_. With a rare Faithfulness did he adorn that Station! He used all means imaginable to make his _Pupils_ not only good Scholars, but also good _Christians_, and instil into them those things which might render them rich Blessings unto the _Churches_ of God. Unto his Watchful and Painful Essays to keep them close under their _Academical Exercises_, he added Serious Admonitions unto them about their Interior State; and he Employed his _Prayers_ and _Tears_ to God for them, and had such a flaming zeal to make them worthy Men, that upon Reflection he was afraid _Lest his cares for their Good, and his affection to them, should so drink up his very Spirit, as to steal away his Heart from God_. From _Cambridge_ he made his remove to _Malden_, and was their Faithful Pastor for about a Jubilee of years together.