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Meat out of the eater, or, Hopes of unity in and by divided and…Meate out of the eater, or, Hopes of unity in and by divided and…
Meat out of the eater, or, Hopes of unity in and by divided and distracted times. Discovered in a sermon preached before the Honourable house of Commons at Margarets Westminster on their solemn day of fast, June 30. 1647. / By Tho: Manton Minister of Stoke-Newington.Meate out of the eater, or, Hopes of unity in and by divided and distracted times. Discovered in a sermon preached before the Honourable house of Commons at Margarets Westminster on their solemne day of fast, June 30. 1647. / By Tho: Manton Minister of Stoke-Newington.
London: printed by M.S. for Hanna Allen, 1647
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Use 1 1For consolation to all them that wait or care for the consolation of Israel; many are ready to faint and stagger at the distractions of the times, Judges 5. 15. For the divisions or breaches of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart, or as the original will bear it, great impressions. These things indeed do sadly work with a gracious spirit, the enemies warm themselves by these sparkles, and rejoice over the fire that devoureth the great deep: others, whose hearts are bathed and steeped in pleasures, or cumbered with worldly cares, have not a due sense of the times, & are not enough affected with them: but now for the people of God, external miseries are not so bad to them, and do not so nearly reach a Gospel-spirit as differences in Religion: Oh it is very sad to see the roses of the valleys become pricking thorns, and Saints in pretence to be devils in practise to one another, ⟨p. 15⟩the sheep of Christ's own fold to be like the Bulls of Bashan, goring and wounding each other; and would our hearts were more affected with it. But here is comfort, God foresaw how troublous and distracted, the morning of the latter days would be; and therefore that we might not be dismayed, hath given us many a comfortable promise to support our hearts under such providences. When God framed the world, there was nothing but confusion; you do not know what God can extract out of a chaos. Two things I shall urge upon you to set home this comfort.
Use 1 1For consolation to all them that waite or care for the consolation of Israel; many are ready to faint and stagger at the distractions of the times, Judges 5. 15. For the divisions or breaches of Ruben there were great thoughts of heart, or as the originall will beare it, great impressions. These things indeed doe sadly worke with a gracious spirit, the enemies warme themselves by these sparkles, and rejoyce over the fire that devoureth the great deepe: others, whose hearts are bathed and steeped in pleasures, or combred with worldly cares, have not a due sense of the times, & are not enough affected with them: but now for the people of God, externall miseries are not so bad to them, and doe not so neerly reach a Gospel-spirit as differences in Religion: Oh it is very sad to see the roses of the valleyes become pricking thornes, and Saints in pretence to be divells in practise to one another,