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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.
Finally; The fullness of God should be our Song in the Night. It was the Song of the Prophet; Hab. 3. 18. Though the Fields shall yield no meat, yet I will Rejoice in the Lord, I will Joy in the God of my Salvation. When every thing else has left us, and by leaving us, hath made a Night unto us, Now 'tis a Time for us to Sing, The Lord is my Light, The All-sufficiency of God, should be the Retreat, and the Relief of our Souls, in the Night; when we Lose the Sight of all Creatures & can see nothing of them except their Insufficiency. Now strike up for such a Song as this; I know, that my Redeemer Lives; What tho' I see a Death upon all Sublunary Enjoyments? The Lord is my Portion, saith my Soul, and I will hope in Him, when all other things do fail me. While I have God and Christ for my Portion, I have a Goodly Heritage. Whatever be taken away from me. Here, ⟨p. 125⟩Here I have a Good part that cannot be taken away! Why should I be so troubled for the breaking and spilling of my little Earthen Cups! I have a Living Fountain still to repair unto.
Finally; The fullness of God should be our Song in the Night. It was the Song of the Prophet; Hab. 3. 18. Though the Fields shall yield no meat, yet I will Rejoyce in the Lord, I will Joy in the God of my Salvation. When every thing else has left us, and by leaving us, hath made a Night unto us, Now 'tis a Time for us to Sing, The Lord is my Light, The Alsufficiency of God, should be the Retreat, and the Relief of our Souls, in the Night; when we Lose the Sight of all Creatures & can see nothing of them except their Insufficiency. Now strike up for such a Song as this; I know, that my Redeemer Lives; What tho' I see a Death upon all Sublunary Enjoyments? The Lord is my Portion, saith my Soul, and I will hope in Him, when all other things do fail me. While I have God and Christ for my Portion, I have a Goodly Heritage. Whatever be taken away from me. Here, ⟨p. 125⟩Here I have a Good part that cannot be taken away! Why should I be so troubled for the breaking and spilling of my little Earthen Cups! I have a Living Fountain still to repair unto.