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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
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[10] Dear Brother, Christian Friend, Be wise for thine own ease, And do not wilfully thy God And Father mild displease. 1He loveth not to grieve, Nor crush the sons of men: Why shouldest thou love to anger him, Or for to grieve him then?
[10] Dear Brother, Christian Friend, Be wise for thine own ease, And do not wilfully thy God And Father milde displease. 1He loveth not to grieve, Nor crush the sons of men: Why should'st thou love to anger him, Or for to grieve him then?
[11] It may be thou hast been Some headstrong Bullock like▪ Kicking and spurning at the Rod, And running on the Pike. Now ••en bemoan thy self; And cry, Lord turn thou me, That have a stubborn sinner been, And turned I shall be.
[12] If Ephraim thus repent And pray; God quickly hears,1 Embraceth him as his dear Child, And wipes away his tears. God listeneth for to hear The voice of true returners, And is most ready to speak peace To broken-hearted mourners.