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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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Yea, but it adds unto the Circumstances of the Night with us, when we are utterly at a Loss, which way to take, what course to steer; when we Grope as in the Dark, to find the methods of our Safety. Tis a Night with us, when we are in the Dark, ⟨p. 116⟩and at a Loss, what we shall do, that we may not Stumble into Mischief. How full of Night, is that Affliction, wherein a man must say, Job 19. 8. He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and He hath set Darkness in my paths!
Yea, but it adds unto the Circumstances of the Night with us, when we are utterly at a Loss, which way to take, what course to steer; when we Grope as in the Dark, to find the methods of our Safety. Tis a Night with us, when we are in the Dark, ⟨p. 116⟩and at a Loss, what we shall do, that we may not Stumble into Mischief. How full of Night, is that Affliction, wherein a man must say, Job 19. 8. He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and He hath set Darkness in my pathes!
And the Night is yet more Night some unto us, when we are Surrounded and Assaulted with cruel Enemies, on every side of us. We read, Psal. 104 20, 21. Thou makest Darkness, and it is Night, wherein all the Beasts of the Forest do creep forth; The young Lions roar after their Prey. It is a Night Indeed, when God lets loose Wild Beasts upon us, to Worry us, with furious and raging Persecutions. It was a Night of Egyptian Darkness, when Evil Spirits were let loose, to molest and affright the Objects of their Indignation. What is it, when men manifestly filled with, and acted by Evil Spirits, are let loose to buffet us, with all the Effects of a most Venomous Malice against us?