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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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Ezek. XXIV. 16. Son of Man, Behold I take away the Desire of thine Epes, with a Stroke.
I Am this Day my self a sad Commentary upon my Text. The Holy God hath, in my Deadly Calamity, given you its Lively Commentary. Your Eyes do behold, What it is for the God of Heaven, to take away from a Son of Man the Desire of his Eyes with a Strokes.
I Am this Day my self a sad Commentary upon my Text. The Holy God hath, in my Deadly Calamity, given you its Lively Commentary. Your Eyes do behold, What it is for the God of Heaven, to take away from a Son of Man the Desire of his Eyes with a Stroks.
That one of so little Use or Worth as I am, and one who-hath so much deserved the Displeasure of Heaven, should feel such a Stroke from God, no body may wonder at it. But why must such an Eminent Man of God, as the Prophet Ezekiel, be thus dealt withal? The Blessed God ⟨p. 192⟩would not only Try the virtue of His Holy Servant, but also make the Trial of the Prophet, a thing Prophetical of what was to come upon all the People. It is often so, that the things befalling of one Considerable person, who hath been much concerned for the Welfare of a people, are Ominous of what is to befall all the people for whom he hath been concerned. The Case of David, in the Fifty first Psalm; the Fate of Miriam, in her Leprosy and Exclusion; & many more such Things, were Types of what was to befall the Israelitish Nation. The Angels of the Seven Churches, had in their Condition, that of their Churches. Tho' this Minister of God, our Ezekiel, was a most unspotted Liver, and a most excellent Preacher, and his Hearers would also confess him to be so, yet he had Enemies among them: Heaven took Notice of it, with much offence at it. Son of Man, The Children of thy people are still talking against thee. It may be, some of these would be so malignant, as to Rejoice in the Affliction that now befell him. Rejoice not against me, O mine Enemies, (might our Prophet now say;) for the Affliction upon my Family, is but a sign