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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Appendix. THE Living Redeemer,In the Balance against a Dying Relat…: Appendix. THE Living Redeemer,In the Balance against a Dying Relation.Appendix. THE Living Redeemer,In the Ballance against a Dying Relat…: Appendix. THE Living Redeemer,In the Ballance against a Dying Relation.

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.

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Finally; At the Resurrection from the Dead, our Lord Jesus Christ, will fully Redeem us from the Grave, and from the Dominion of Death over us in the Grave. Our Song may be that; Psal. 49. 15. God will Redeem my Soul, from the power of the Grave. Death is an horrible Devourer. Sin has betrayed all mankind into the Hands of that horrible Devourer. The Grave is the Den, where the Devourer lays up his prey. This Devourer is our Last Enemy. But we have a Redeemer, who will rescue us from the Hands of the Devouring Enemy. He will do it, at the Resurrection from the Dead. In that notable Day of God, we shall be fetched out of the Chambers of Death, and no longer lie in the Jaws of the Dragon, which keeps men all their Life time in Bondage, for fear of him. We shall shake off all the Fetters of Death and mount up with Eagles Wings; and no longer lie Captives in the Country of Moles, and Worms, and Pismires: and where the Sun shines not. We shall be Redeemed from the Hand of the Enemy, and gathered out of the Lands on all points of the Compass, and carried into a ⟨p. 159⟩City of Habitation. Oh, Let men praise the Lord for that Goodness, and for such wonderful works to the Children of men. We will do it; Join with me, my Brethren. Bless the Lord, O my Soul, who Redeems thy Life thus from Destruction, in the Day when thy Youth shall be Renewed, and thou shalt become like unto the Eagles.

Finally; At the Resurrection from the Dead, our Lord Jesus Christ, will fully Redeem us from the Grave, and from the Dominion of Death over us in the Grave. Our Song may be that; Psal. 49. 15. God will Redeem my Soul, from the power of the Grave. Death is an horrible Devourer. Sin has betray'd all mankind into the Hands of that horrible Devourer. The Grave is the Den, where the Devourer layes up his prey. This Devourer is our Last Enemy. But we have a Redeemer, who will rescue us from the Hands of the Devouring Enemy. He will do it, at the Resurrection from the Dead. In that notable Day of God, we shall be fetched out of the Chambers of Death, and no longer ly in the Jaws of the Dragon, which keeps men all their Life time in Bondage, for fear of him. We shall shake off all the Fetters of Death and mount up with Eagles Wings; and no longer ly Captives in the Country of Moles, and Worms, and Pismires: and where the Sun shines not. We shall be Redeemed from the Hand of the Enemy, and gathered out of the Lands on all points of the Compass, and carried into a

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