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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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[5] 1The strongest Saints have need Of daily fresh supplies: And Christ will teach them where their strength And all their power lies. Unless the Sun do shine, Soon vanisheth the Beam: Unless the Fountain feed it still, Soon dried up is the Stream.
[5] 1The strongest Saints have need Of daily fresh supplies: And Christ will teach them where their strength And all their power lies. Unless the Sun do shine, Soon vanisheth the Beam: Unless the Fountain feed it still, Soon dry'd up is the Stream.
[6] Hence if the strongest Saints Begin to grow secure, Neglect their watch, trust in themselves; Christ will not this endure. He leaves them to themselves, And lets them try their strength: They fall and feel their weaknesses Unto their cost at length.
[7] 1Thus David sadly fell: And who more strong then David? Or who more graciously himself In all his straits behaved? David, while weak, was strong, And kept his •ands most pure: But in his strength he grew most weak By being too s••ure.