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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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I find a Minister of God long since thus called upon; [Isa. 21 11] Watchman, What of the Night? Watchman what of the Night? q. d. What Advice hast thou to give us, concerning the Night that is now come upon us? What is our Condition in this Night of our Calamity? The People of God, tho' ⟨p. 110⟩they be the Children of Light, yet see many a Dark and Sad Night of Affliction. But if any of them now call upon me, Watchman, What of the Night? Watchman, What of the Night? What have you to tell us, about the Night which we so often fall into? Truly, Sirs, I am to tell you, That our Night is not so Dark and Sad, as it seems to be. There are sweet Songs of Satisfaction and Consolations, which God our Maker has provided for us. Be the Night never so Black, we are not unfurnished with Songs of Satisfaction and Consolation, for to sweeten it.
I find a Minister of God long since thus called upon; [Isa. 21 11] Watchman, What of the Night? Watchman what of the Night? q. d. What Advice hast thou to give us, concerning the Night that is now come upon us? What is our Condition in this Night of our Calamity? The People of God, tho' ⟨p. 110⟩they be the Children of Light, yet see many a Dark and Sad Night of Affliction. But if any of them now call upon me, Watchman, What of the Night? Watchman, What of the Night? What have you to tell us, about the Night which we so often fall into? Truly, Syrs, I am to tell you, That our Night is not so Dark and Sad, as it seems to be. There are sweet Songs of Satisfaction and Consolations, which God our Maker has provided for us. Be the Night never so Black, we are not unfurnished with Songs of Satisfaction and Consolation, for to sweeten it.
We are advised of them, in the words of Elihu. That Holy Young man takes Notice, of people Crying in Affliction, and yet not Saved from Affliction. And he gives the Reason, Why the Great God, will not Remove Affliction, from some that are mourning and groaning under it. The Reason is, Because their Affliction do's not bring them to Repentance; And that Repentance is thus described, None saith, Where is God my Maker? q. d. They don't Remember, Who made them, and why He made them, nor consider the Errand which He that made them, sent them into the