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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.
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?
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 fur•ous 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 Venemous Malice against us?
But, finally, That which will make our Night, as Dark as the Shadow of Death it self, will be, If God withdraw the Light of His Countenance from us, and withhold from us the Influences of His Grace, which are needful to Support and Quicken us. God is ⟨p. 117⟩Light; and the Gracious Presence of God, would make Day for His People at Midnight. But if God hide his Face, then, then Indeed we have a dismal Night of it. We then truly, Walk in Darkness, and see no Light. Our Groans may then, if ever, be those;