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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.
[5] 'Tis better now to mourn And to rejoice hereafter: Then for to wail eternally For sinful mirth and laughter. 1Short sinful Pleasures have Long-lasting endless pains: Short and light sufferings have long joys And everlasting gains.
[5] 'Tis better now to mourn And to rejoice hereafter: Then for to wail eternally For sinful mirth and laughter. 1Short sinful Pleasures have Long-lasting endless pains: Short and light suff'rings have long joyes And everlasting gains.
[6] Eternal Happiness Will make amends for all. While Faith beholds what joy's to come,1 It counts all sufferings small. If drops of Heavenly Pleasure Be sweet unto thy taste: How sweet will streams and rivers be,2 Where drink thy fill thou mayest?
[6] Eternall Happiness Will make amends for all. While Faith beholds what joy's to come,1 It counts all suff'rings small. If drops of Heav'nly Pleasure Be sweet unto thy taste: How sweet will streams and rivers be,2 Where drink thy fill thou may'st?