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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.
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.
[10] Well, let it humble thee To feel a treacherous part A sinful Self; a wicked Flesh Remaining in thy heart. Yet for thy comfort know, Thou hast not lost the field, So long as thou dost sin resist, And strivest not to yield.
[10] Well, let it humble thee To feel a treacherous part A sinful Self; a wicked Flesh Remaining in thy heart. Yet for thy comfort know, Thou hast not lost the field, So long as thou do'st sin resist, And strivest not to yield.
[11] Are wicked thoughts thy load 1And heavy burden still, From which thou longest to be freed 2As from the greatest ill? The Lord is nearer thee Then thou art well aware: He keeps thee that thou art not caught 3By Satan's deadly snare.
[11] Are wicked thoughts thy load 1And heavy burden still, From which thou longest to be freed 2As from the greatest ill? The Lord is nearer thee Then thou art well aware: He keeps thee that thou art not caught 3By Satans deadly snare.
- 1Psa. 119.113.
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