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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.
There is, First, A Commination to the Prophet. The Thing threatened unto him is, A Death; and as distressing a Death as could have come upon him; his own Death would not have been more uneasy.
There is, First, A Commination to the Prophet. The Thing threatned unto him is, A Death; and as distressing a Death as could have come upon him; his own Death would not have been more uneasy.
The Subject of the Death here threatened, ⟨p. 194⟩is, The Desire of his Eyes; That is to say, His Wife; who it seems, was a very Lovely person, and a person whom he Loved very much to Look upon: His Eyes, He thought, could not be charmed with a more Desirable Creature.
The Subject of the Death here threatned, ⟨p. 194⟩is, The Desire of his Eyes; That is to say, His Wife; who it seems, was a very Lovely person, and a person whom he Loved very much to Look upon: His Eyes, He thought, could not be charm'd with a more Desirable Creature.
The manner of the Death here threatened is, With a Stroke; That is to say, very suddenly. She did not Lie Languishing for many months; he had not opportunity by long Languishments upon her, to fortify his mind against the Loss that was now to befall him Some quick Disaster snatched away from him, the brightest Jewel he had in his House; […] had but Short warning of the sore Trouble that was now coming upon him: She Died that very Night. A […] indeed! But unto him, rather than her.
The manner of the Death here threatned is, With a Stroke; That is to say, very suddenly. She did not Ly Languishing for many months; he had not opportunity by long Languishments upon her, to fortify his mind against the Loss that was now to befal him Some quick Disaster snatch'd away from him, the brightest Jewel he had in his House; had but Short warning of the sore Trouble that was now coming upon him: She Died that very Night. A indeed! But unto him, rather than her.