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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.
[2] If for a little moment1 God seem to frown upon thee: With Everlasting kindnesses He will have mercy on thee. Our time of suffering here Is but a little while: And then his frown, that makes thee sad, Will turn into a smile.
[2] If for a little moment1 God seem to frown upon thee: With Everlasting kindnesses He will have mercy on thee. Our time of suff'ring here Is but a little while: And then his frown, that makes thee sad, Will turn into a smile.
[3] Thy Tears are like good Seed Sown in a fruitful Field: They are not lost, but shall in time A joyful Harvest yield. 1Who sow in tears shall reap In joy: who go and mourn Bearing choice seed, shall sure with joy Bringing their sheaves return.
[4] In midst of Sorrows great Let this thy Grief allay, 1