N00941:278
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Conclude, Secondly; I know that my Redeemer Lives; and I Know that the God of Heaven has accepted the Ransom which was paid for me by my Redeemer Does the Redeemer Live? Then the Redeemed shall never Dy. He hath said, Joh. 6 57. As I Live by the Father, so he that believeth in me shall Live by me. In the Life of our Lord Redeemer, we see God the Father, giving our Surety an Acquittance for all the Debts, wherewith He stood charged on our Account. Lo, Our Surety is Living, and let out of Prison, in being Restored unto Life. Our Omnipotent Creditor sent His Angels to open the Door, (to roll away the Stone,) and let Him out of Prison. It is said, The God of Peace hath brought again from the Dead our Lord Jesus Christ. If God had not been at Peace, and if the Death of our Lord had not made a full Atonement, He would not have brought Him again from the Dead. When we say, My Redeemer Lives, God says, By the Righteousness of that Redeemer I am well pleased. If one farthing demanded for the Ransom of Souls had been Left unpaid, our Lord-Redeemer had ⟨p. 178⟩still had His Grave Clothes upon Him: whereas now, O Lord, I will praise thee; for tho' thou wast Angry with me, thine Anger is turned away.
Conclude, Secondly; I know that my Redeemer Lives; and I Know that the God of Heaven has accepted the Ransome which was paid for me by my Redeemer Does the Redeemer Live? Then the Redeemed shall never Dy. He hath said, Joh. 6 57. As I Live by the Father, so he that believeth in me shall Live by me. In the Life of our Lord Redeemer, we see God the Father, giving our Surety an Acquittance for all the Debts, wherewith He stood charged on our Account. Lo, Our Surety is Living, and let out of Prison, in being Restored unto Life. Our Omnipotent Creditor sent His Angels to open the Door, (to roll away the Stone,) and let Him out of Prison. It is said, The God of Peace hath brought again from the Dead our Lord Jesus Christ. If God had not been at Peace, and if the Death of our Lord had not made a full Attonement, He would not have brought Him again from the Dead. When we say, My Redeemer Lives, God sayes, By the Righteousness of that Redeemer I am well pleased. If one farthing demanded for the Ransome of Souls had been Left unpaid, our Lord-Redeemer had ⟨p. 178⟩