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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.
SONG V.
[1] Thus far we have applied Our speech to mournful Saints, To cheer them under all their Griefs, And silence their Complaints. But all men are not Saints Whom Sorrow doth oppress: Some may be in a heavy case, Yet far from Holiness.
[1] THus far we have apply'd Our speech to mournful Saints, To chear them under all their Griefs, And silence their Complaints. But all men are not Saints Whom Sorrow doth oppress: Some may be in a heavy case, Yet far from Holiness.
[2] Some Hearts are almost broke With Carnal Sorrows force▪1 That godly Sorrow never touched With any true remorse. What shall we say to these That may some ease impart? What Sovereign Medicine shall we use To mitigate their smart?
[2] Some Hearts are almost broke With Carnal Sorrows force▪1 That godly Sorrow never touch'd With any true remorse. What shall we say to these That may some ease impart? What Soveraign Medicine shall we use To mitigate their smart?