See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

MICHAEL See also:

• MICHAEL WIGGLESWORTH (1631-1705)

WIGGLESWORTH (1631-1705)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, probably in See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, on the 18th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1631 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• EDWARD

Edward (d . 1653), persecuted for his Puritan faith, emigrated with his See also:

• FAMILY

family to New England in 1638 and settled in New Haven . See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael studied for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time at a school kept by See also:

• EZEKIEL (SKpm', " God strengthens" or " God is strong "; Sept. 'IE'EKL?)X; Vulg. Ezechiel)

Ezekiel Cheever, and in 1651 graduated at Harvard, where he was a See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor (and a See also:

• FELLOW

Fellow) in 1652-1654 . Having fitted himself for the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry, he preached at See also:

• CHARLESTOWN

Charlestown in 16531654, and was pastor at See also:

• MALDEN

Malden from 1656 until his See also:

• DEATH

death, though for twenty years or more bodily infirmities prevented his See also:

• REGULAR

regular attendance upon his duties—See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton See also:

• MATHER, COTTON (1663-1728)
• MATHER, INCREASE (1639-1723)
• MATHER, RICHARD (1596-1668)

Mather described him as " a little feeble See also:

• SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow of a man." During this See also:

• INTERVAL

interval he studied See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and began a successful practice . He was again a Fellow of Harvard in 1697-1705 . He died at Malden on the Loth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1705 . See also:

• WIGGLESWORTH, MICHAEL (1631-1705)

Wigglesworth is best known as the author of The See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day of See also:

• DOOM (Old Eng. dOm, a word common to Tent. languages for that which is set up or ordered, from " do," in its original meaning of " place "; cf, Gr. &Ass, from stem of ri'rust)

Doom; or a Poetical Description of the See also:

• GREAT

Great and Last See also:

• JUDGMENT

Judgment (1662) . At least two See also:

• ENGLISH

English and eight American See also:

• EDITIONS

editions have appeared, notable among them being that of 1867 (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York), edited by W . H . See also:

• BURR, AARON (1756-1836)

Burr and including other poems of Wigglesworth, a memoir and an autobiography . For a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century this realistic and terrible expression of the prevailing Calvinistic See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology was by far the most popular See also:

• WORK

work written in See also:

• AMERICA

America .

His other poem: include See also:

• GOD

God's Controversy with New England (written in 1662, " in the time of the great drought," and first printed in the Proceedings of the See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society for 1781), and See also:

• MEAT

Meat out of the Eater; or Meditations concerning the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

Necessity, End and Usefulness of Afflictions unto God's See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children (1669; revised in 1703) . His son, See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL (1689–1768), also a clergyman, was the author of several See also:

• PROSE

prose See also:

• WORKS

works and of one poem of merit, " A Funeral See also:

• SONG

Song " (1709) . Another son, Edward (1693–1765), was the first Hollis See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of Divinity at Harvard (1722-1765), and the author of various theological works; and a See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, Edward (1732–1794), was the second Hollis professor of Divinity (1765–1791), in which position he was succeeded by Michael Wigglesworth's great-grandson, Rev . See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David Tappan (1752–1803) . See J . W . See also:

• DEANE, RICHARD (1610-1653)
• DEANE, SILAS (1737-1789)

Deane, Memoir of Rev . Michael Wigglesworth (See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1871) .