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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
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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.
If upon Self Examination you find, Tha• things are ill between God and you, and that you have not the Fear of God, O self condemned Sinners, What can you do but cry to God, that He would Convert you and put His Fear into your Hearts, that you may no more Depart from […] Give Thanks to God, […] convinced man for His Lise•v•ring of thy […] unto thy self: 'Tis a Discovery that may prove thy Delivery: He has Discovered His marvellous Compassion in it […] at […] and times better […] for thee to be told that thou art in the […] circumstances. […] Oh, Don't stifle th• convictions No, but Cherish them, I Now them, ⟨p. 65⟩Hearken to them. The Light that God […] into thy Soul, be it never so Dim and •eak, yet shut not thy Heart against it. Be not senseless under the Thunders of God. Thunder struck by the voice of God unto Unregenerates, beg of Him to draw thee unto the Lord Jesus Christ, thy only Saviour. Despair not of thy Acceptance with the Lord Jesus Christ. Hear His gracious Invitations, Look unto me, and be Saved; and, Come unto me, and have Rest; and, Him that comes unto me, I will in no wise •ast out. Reply, Lord, I would Look, Lord I would come, unto thee, Oh, help me to do it! Behold, all the sure Mercies of the Covenant, Laid up for thee in the Everlasting Covenant. Behold, all Tendered unto thee, they shall yet all be […] if thou take them upon the Tender. Strive, Oh Strive […] mighty […] unto God, that He would being thee Home unto the Lord Jesus Christ, which will be to bring thee into the Fear of God.
If upon Self Examination you find, Tha• things are ill between God and you, and that you have not the Fear of God, O self condemned Sinners, What can you do but cry to God, that He would Convert you and put His Fear into your Hearts, that you may no more Depart from 〈…〉 Give Thanks to God, 〈…〉 convinced man for His Lise•v•ring of thy unto thy self: 'Tis a Discovery that may prove thy Delivery: He has Discovered His marvellous Compassion in it at and times better for thee to be told that thou art in the circumstances. Oh, Don't stifle th convictions No, but Cherish them, I Now them,