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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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A Sinner can't be merry, but he does that wonderful and horrible Thing! Methinks, the Iron should Enter into thy Soul! How is it that thou dost not rejoice to hear of a Redeemer, as much as any poor Israelite, sweating •mong the Brick-kilns of Egypt?
A Sinner can't be merry, but he does that wonderful and horrible Thing! Methinks, the Iron should Enter into thy Soul! How is it that thou dost not rejoyce to hear of a Redeemer, as much as any poor Israelite, sweating •mong the Brickilns of Egypt?
Secondly; You have an Offer of a Redeemer: Horrible your madness, if you slight it! The Lord Jesus Christ is infinitely willing and ready to say unto the vilest, the most forlorn and undone Creature among us all, I am thy Redeemer. It was said, Psal. 130. 7. With the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous Redemption. The Redeemer makes to every one of us, a proffer of a part in that Redemption. After all our monstrous unworthiness, and though we have nothing but wickedness and filthiness, and worthlessness, to recommend us unto the mercies of the Lord; yet He mercifully makes an offer of Redemption unto us. It is proclaimed in His Name, the Silver-Trumpets of His Glorious Gospel utter the Proclamation; Liberty, Liberty for the Captives of Hell, and Redemption for them that are bound! The Heartbreaking offer of the Lord Jesus Christ unto us, is that; Jer 15. 21. I will Redeem thee out of the Hand of the Terrible. Perishing Soul, How canst thou reject such a charming offer? When the Lord Redeemer says to the Guilty Soul, I will Redeem thee from the wrath of Heaven! To the Ignorant Soul, I will Redeem thee […] ⟨p. 172⟩Darkness? To the Depraved Soul, I will Redeem thee from all thy Sickness! To the Soul Dead in Trespasses and Sins, I will Redeem thee from Death! even from Eternal Death. Oh, Receive not this Grace of God in vain.