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Meat out of the eater. Or, Funeral-discourses occasioned by the death of several relatives.…
Meat out of the eater. Or, Funeral-discourses occasioned by the death of several relatives. Work accommodated unto the service of all that are in any affliction; but very particularly such as are afflicted with the loss of their consorts or children. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines from I Corinthians]
Boston: printed by B. Green & J. Allen for Benjamin Eliot, 1703
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.
And an Hearty Flight unto the Lord JESUS CHRIST by Faith, for both Righteousness and Salvation; and as unto the only Mediator, by whom we may come to know God, & serve God, and be Restored unto His Favour.
If upon Self Examination, you find, That ⟨p. 63⟩things are well between God and you, and that you have the Fear of God; What can you do, but the Thankful and Watchful? Call upon thy own Soul, O thou most obliged Believer; Bless the Lord, O my Soul, Bless the Lord, who has brought me out of Darkness into His marvellous Light! Bless the Lord, who has Espoused me to His Christ! Bless the Lord, who has pardoned all my Sins! Bless the Lord, who has Established my goings in His paths, and will guide me by Counsel, till He bring me to Glory! Oh, Fall down before God; Cast thy Crown at the Foot of Sovereign Grace; Begin thy Everlasting Hallelujahs to Him; Offer up thy self to Him, in Flames of Rapturous Love; Let His High praises be in thy mouth continually. But then, be very circumspect; Walk circumspectly. Keep thy foot from all that may eclipse or weaken thy Assurance. 'Tis thy Crown, Hold it fast, Let no Sin take it away; For if thou indulge thy self in any grosser sin, which is a work of Darkness The Holy Spirit of God, thereby grieved, will Chastise thee for it, by leaving thy Soul under Darkness. None O None, are under such Bonds, to walk holily, exactly, ⟨p. 64⟩fruitfully, and with an Heavenly Frame as they that are sure of going to Heaven In the Fear of God, which is the Way to Heaven, art thou going to Heaven? Oh• Take not one Your out of the way.
If upon Self Examination, you find, That ⟨p. 63⟩things are well between God and you, and that you have the Fear of God; What can you do, but the Thankful and Watchful? Call upon thy own Soul, O thou most obliged Believer; Bless the Lord, O my Soul, Bless the Lord, who has brought me out of Darkness into His marvellous Light! Bless the Lord, who has Espoused me to His Christ! Bless the Lord, who has pardoned all my Sins! Bless the Lord, who has Established my goings in His paths, and will guide me by Counsel, till He bring me to Glory! Oh, Fall down before God; Cast thy Crown at the Foot of Soveraign Grace; Begin thy Everlasting Hallelujahs to Him; Offer up thy self to Him, in Flames of Rapturous Love; Let His High praises be in thy mouth continually. But then, be very circumspect; Walk circumspectly. Keep thy foot from all that may eclipseor weaken thy Assurance. 'Tis thy Crown, Hold it fast, Let no Sin take it away; For if thou indulge thy self in any grosser sin, which is a work of Darkness The Holy Spirit of God, thereby grieved, will Chastise thee for it, by leaving thy Soul under Darkness. None O None, are under such Bonds, to walk holily, exactly,