Meat out of the eater. Or, Funeral-discourses occasioned by the death of several relatives.…

Name: Meat out of the eater. Or, Funeral-discourses occasioned by the death of several relatives.…
Author: Cotton Mather

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]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by B. Green & J. Allen for Benjamin Eliot, 1703

[6], 222 p. ; 15 cm. (12mo) · 46k words · Evans 1127

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Indeed, after what manner the Souls of any Infants are Sanctified it is not easy for us to Explain; though tis easy for us to suppose that without their being Sanctified, their Impurities contracted from […] mixture with the Spirit which they have derived with their Body from […] sinful Parents, would render them unfit for the Heavenly Kingdom. [But if you will not be satisfied without some Account of it, I shall tender no other at present than that of the Reverend Poictet. Modus est ineffabilis: Verisimile est, Spiritus ⟨p. 99⟩S. Operationem consistere in co, quod abrumpan Unionem quandam moralem cum corpore, quam acquirit Anima Statim ac naturaliter unitur cum co. Et quandoquidem bac unio Moralis animoe cum corpore pendet dubio procul, a certis motibus corporeis Spirituum, Deus permittit ut certi affectus in anima nascantur, credibile est Spiritum S. bane unionemabrumpere, mutando ab una parte motui Spirituum, vel suspendendo aut coereendo eos motus, et ab altera alios motus in anima Excitando.] In short; How easily can the Holy Spirit of Grace imprint a Disposition upon what Soul He pleases? 'Tis a notable passage, 1 Thes. 4. 13. Brethren, Concerning them which are asleep, sorrow not as others that have no Hope. Now, surely, many of our Infants are some of them which are Asleep; yea, the Most of them. Shall we Sorrow for ours, as the Pagans do, who have no Hope for theirs? Truly, If they have no share in the Covenant of Grace. We should have no Hope for them; for we have the other Foundation for our Hope. Let none of our good Brethren […] me, That I have just as must Hope […] the Welfare of my Departed […] the most […] ⟨p. 100⟩more. Brethren, I would not be of that Sorrowful Opinion for never so much; I had rather Lose all the Portion I have on Earth, much rather, than Lose the Hope I have of a Portion laid up for my Children in Heaven. Pardon me, if I can't with any patience forego so rich a Portion. Sirs, I have more Hope than so; I do Hope (and God forbid that I should easily Cast away the Confidence!) That when my Children are Gone, they are not Lost; but carried unto the Heavenly Feast with Abraham, whose Blessing is come upon them through Jesus Christ. How imitable then were the Action of David; 2 Sam. 12. 20. 23

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Meat out of the eater. Or, Funeral-discourses occasioned by the death of several relatives.…

The Motto inscribed on the Grave Stone.

My Resolution.

Writ and Sung, on this Occasion. Job I. 21. Naked came I out of my Mothers womb, and Naked shall I return thither The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken a way; Blessed be the Name of the Lord.

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The Motto inscribed on the Grave Stone.

My Resolution.

Writ and Sung, on this Occasion. Job I. 21. Naked came I out of my Mothers womb, and Naked shall I return thither The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken a way; Blessed be the Name of the Lord.