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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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Tolle Crucem. All Christians must be Cross bearers. › Meditation 4: Meditation IV.
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[2] Except that need there be,1 And thy Soul's health require, He useth not severity, Nor stirreth up his ire. He lays on thee no more2 Then what may reach the End, And do thy Soul the good for which He doth Affliction send.
[2] Except that need there be,1 And thy Soul's health require, He useth not severity, Nor stirreth up his ire. He layes on thee no more2 Then what may reach the End, And do thy Soul the good for which He doth Affliction send.
[3] 1He that unwillingly Afflicts the sons of men, Cannot take pleasure in the grief Of his own Children. He lays on his no Crosset, But that they may attain Some higher good. He sends no losses But for their greater gain.
[3] 1He that unwillingly Afflicts the sons of men, Cannot take pleasure in the grief Of his own Childeren. He layes on his no Crosset, But that they may attain Some higher good. He sends no losses But for their greater gain.