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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then he came into his own House, and they set Bread before him, and he did Eat; and he said, I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. I remember, the Great Chrysostom, Reflecting on the Funeral Solemnities of his Time, at which the Mourners were nonsensically outrageous in their passions; he said, Ah, Christian Faith and Religion, that has been Triumphant over thine Enemies in ⟨p. 101⟩so many Battles by the Blood and the Death of thy Martyrs! How art thou now contradicted, by those who in words make profession of thee? Are these the Expressions of those who believe the Blessed […] will the Heathens be induced to believe the promises that Christ has given of a Glorious Kingdom for His Servants, when those who are called so, behave themselves as if they had no steadfast Faith in Him!

then he came into his own House, and they set Bread before him, and he did Eat; and he said, I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. I remember, the Great Chrysostom, Reflecting on the Funeral Solemnities of his Time, at which the Mourners were nonsensically outragious in their passions; he said, Ah, Christian Faith and Religion, that has been Triumphant over thine Enemies in ⟨p. 101⟩so many Battles by the Blood and the Death of thy Martyrs! How art thou now contradicted, by those who in words make profession of thee? Are these the Expressions of those who believe the Blessed 〈…〉 will the Heathens be induced to believe the promises that Christ has given of a Glorious Kingdom for His Servants, when those who are called so, behave themselves as if they had no stedfast Faith in Him!

:158p. 101¶2

II. But now, be Exhorted, and be Persuaded, O all ye People, every one of you, To make sure of this, that you go unto a Glorious Heaven when you leave this Earth; Or, as the Word of Life Expresses it,

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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.