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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 7: Meditation VII.
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[2] (For now and then a Saint Enjoys Prosperity: And sometimes wicked men are plagued, And are in Misery) Yet commonly we see1 Affliction is the Lot Of precious Saints; whilst others thrive In the' world, who serve him not.
[2] (For now and then a Saint Enjoyes Prosperity: And sometimes wicked men are plagu'd, And are in Misery) Yet commonly we see1 Affliction is the Lot Of precious Saints; whil'st others thrive I'th' world, who serve him not.
[3] They are afflicted less Then God's own Children dear: 1And it's no wonder, if we mind, They have their Portion here. Yet silly sinful flesh 2At this is apt to grumble: And at the scandal of the Cross There are too many stumble.
[3] They are afflicted less Then God's own Children dear: 1And it's no wonder, if we minde, They have their Portion here. Yet silly sinfull flesh 2At this is apt to grumble: And at the scandal of the Cross There are too many stumble.