N00941:99
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.
Our own Spirit is that Candle of the Lord, that is to search us; but we must ask, that our Candle may be Lighted well by the Spirit of God. As the Psalmist cried out, Psal. 139 23. Lord Search me & Try me! Do you with Exceeding Agony of Soul send up such a Cry, Lord, Help me to search my self and to try my self; and give me not up unto Delusions.
Our own Spirit is that Candle of the Lord, that is to search us; but we must ask, that our Candle may be Lighted well by the Spirit of God. As the Psalmist cryed out, Psal. 139 23. Lord Search me & Try me! Do you with Exceeding Agony of Soul send up such a Cry, Lord, Help me to search my self and to try my self; and give me not up unto Delusions.
Take then the Notes, by which the Fear of God, is to be distinguished, and discovered; and press them ha•d upon your selves. Let not your treacherous & slippery hears. Evade the Examination: Renew the Examination frequently, fervently, […] Repeat it with Importunity. Be not content without a satisfactory Answer. Stick to the point. Allow no shutsting. A glance or two upon the state of your Souls, is not enough. Multiply Dem•ods. Be not flighty. Make a thorough Inquisition. Be able to say, Psal. 77, 6. I commune with my own Heart, ⟨p. 62⟩and my Spirit made diligent search. Yea, Be not satisfied, until you are come to some clear and plain conclusion. Be not satisfied, until you see plainly where about you are. Be restless, till you see a Sentences plainly passed upon you, one way or t'o•• there, and Entered as it were upon Record, And, O man, having beheld thy self, be not like a man who beholds his Natural Face in a glass, and goes his way, and forgets what manner of man he was.