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Meat out of the eater
Meat out of the eater: or, Meditations concerning the necessity, end, and usefulness of afflictions unto Gods children. All tending to prepare them, for, and comfort them under the cross. / By Michael Wigglesworth.Meat out of the eater: or, Meditations concerning the necessity, end, and usefulness of afflictions unto Gods children. All tending to prepare them, for, and comfort them under the crosse. / By Michael Wigglesworth.
printed by S.G. Samuel Green for John Usher of Boston, 1670
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Tolle Crucem. All Christians must be Cross bearers. › Meditation 9: Meditation IX.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
[14] He waiteth patiently1 Until deliverance come, And will not use dishonest means2 To shun what's troublesome. He hates all sinful sleights To get his Cross from under: He will not break his Bonds,3 but stay Till God them out asunder.
[14] He waiteth patiently1 Untill deliverance come, And will not use dishonest means2 To shun what's troublesome. He hates all sinful sleights To get his Cross from under: He will not break his Bonds,3 but stay Till God them out asunder.
[15] 1Noah would not leave his Ark, Nor out of Prison break, Although he saw the ground was dry, Till God did to him speak.