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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.
[3] Some men have Bodies sound, But Souls most deadly sick: Blind Eyes, hard He••ts, stiff Wills 'Gainst all Commands that kick. 1Some men have thriving Souls, Though Bodies not in health: And God doth make their Bodies Ails Promote their Spirit's wealth.
[3] Some men have Bodies sound, But Souls most deadly sick: Blinde Eyes, hard He••ts, stiff Wills 'Gainst all Commands that kick. 1Some men have thriving Souls, Though Bodies not in health: And God doth make their Bodies Ailes Promote their Spirit's wealth.
[4] 'Tis better to be sick, And have thy Soul wax whole: Then in a Body hail and strong To have a sickly Soul. For through Soul-sicknesses Thou dost dishonour God: Who may be honoured when thou bears Submissively his Rod.
[4] 'Tis better to be sick, And have thy Soul wax whole: Then in a Body hail and strong To have a sickly Soul. For through Soul-sicknesses Thou do'st dishonour God: Who may be honoured when thou bears Submissively his Rod.
[5] Diseases bodily May help thee to do well: But Soul diseases, if not cured, Will carry thee to Hell. Our Bodies may sometimes Need Physic, more then Food: So may our Souls need Sicknesses And Pains, to do them good.