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Edulcorator. A brief essay on the waters of Marah sweetened
Edulcorator. A brief essay on the waters of Marah sweetened. : With a remarkable relation of the deplorable [sic] occasion afforded for it, in the premature death of Captain Josiah Winslow, who (with several of his company) sacrificed his life, in the service of his country; engaging an army of Indians, May 1. 1724. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]Edulcorator. A brief essay on the waters of Marah sweetened. : With a remarkable relation of the deporable [sic] occasion afforded for it, in the praemature death of Captain Josiah Winslow, who (with several of his company) sacrificed his life, in the service of his country; engaging an army of Indians, May 1. 1724. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1725
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Secondly, IN Affliction, there are bitter Waters, which we shall be brought unto. There will be Need of it, that we should be in heaviness; and we shall be so. Affliction will cause us to be so. But we are in bitterness when we are so. An Handmaid of the Lord being in much Affliction, we read, 2 Sam. I 10. She was in bitterness of Soul. Affliction is Unavoidable. Every thing that Sojourns upon the Earth, which has Thorns every where growing in it, is Afflicted with them. O Man born of a Woman, Dream not that thy few Days will be free from Trouble; No, they will be full of them. But Affliction will Produce those Lamentations, Lam III •5 He hath filled me with bitterness. Of a certain time we read, He saw the Affliction of Israel that it was very bitter. But indeed, what Affliction is there, of which we say not, It is bitter! The Weeping Eyes of People in Affliction, yield streams of bitter Waters. The Eyes that are a Fountain of Tears, have a bitter Liquor flowing there. It is the Language of the Prophet, They shall weep with bitterness of ⟨p. 8⟩Heart. The Afflicted Prophet of GOD said, I will weep bitterly. The briny Liquor distilled from the Eyes by Affliction is a bitter Liquor Affliction causes one to say, I will complain in the bitterness of my Soul. Affliction causes another to say, I shall go softly all my Life in the bitterness of my Soul. O Thou Passenger through' the valley of Baca; Many sad things will befall thee here, whereupon thou shalt say, Lord, Thou writest bitter things against me. They to whom GOD gives Tears to Drink in a great measure, these can tell of bitter Waters.
Secondly, IN Affliction, there are bitter Waters, which we shall be brought unto. There will be Need of it, that we should be in heaviness; and we shall be so. Affliction will cause us to be so. But we are in bitterness when we are so. An Handmaid of the Lord being in much Affliction, we read, 2 Sam. I 10. She was in bitterness of Soul. Affliction is Unavoidable. Every thing that Sojourns upon the Earth, which has Thorns every where growing in it, is Afflicted with them. O Man born of a Woman, Dream not that thy few Days will be free from Trouble; No, they will be full of them. But Affliction will Produce those Lamentations, Lam III •5 He hath filled me with bitterness. Of a certain time we read, He saw the Affliction of Israel that it was very bitter. But indeed, what Affliction is there, of which we say not, It is bitter! The Weeping Eyes of People in Affliction, yield streams of bitter Waters. The Eyes that are a Fountain of Tears, have a bitter Liquor flowing there. It is the Language of the Prophet, They shall weep with bitterness of