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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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Fifthly. IN Affliction a CHRIST• Conversed withal, will bring to us, That which will so supply the Want of all Creatures, as to make us Insensible of the bitter Waters. Tis an Essential stroke, in the Description of the Genuine Christian; Phil. III. 3. To Rejoice in CHRIST JESUS. Christian, Make sure of This; I have a CHRIST for mine. A Glorious CHRIST has taken me under the shadow of His Wings. Now may it thou Rejoice, tho' every thing else be denied unto thee; take Joyfully the Spoiling of thy Goods; and •e not unease, tho' thy •up has none but Bitter Waters in it; Be Apprehensive of This; CHRIST is All; and if I have CHRIST for mine, I •a•e enough. In a CHRIST thou hast enough to supply all thy Need from Riches in Glory. In the withdraw of every thing that thou couldest Ask or Wish for, see that thou hast in a CHRIST f•r above all that thou canst Ask or Think. Thou art at the Bitter Waters, when Desirable Relatives are gone from thee. But now say, My SAVIOUR, He hath said unto me, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. Thou a•• at the ⟨p. 22⟩Bitter Waters, when thou art among the Poor of this World But now say, In my SAVIOUR I have Unsearchable Riches. Losses ma• bring thee to the Bitter Waters, But now say, while I have such a SAVIOUR, I have One who is Able to Give me much more than is Taken from me. Bodily Languishments, may place thee by the Bitter Waters. But now say, My SAVIOUR is bestowing the Blessings of an Healed Soul upon me. Thy Name vilified by the Floods of the Ungodly, may be aspersed with the Bitter Waters: But now say, My SAVIOUR makes a kind Mention of my Name unto His Father. Yea, When thou feelest thyself Approaching to the Dead Sea; Cheerfully step into the Bitter Waters; and say Tis no matter, what I am going from, while I am going to my SAVIOUR.
Fifthly. IN Affliction a CHRIST• Conversed withal, will bring to us, That which will so supply the Want of all Creatures, as to make us Insensible of the bitter Waters. Tis an Essential stroke, in the Description of the Genuine Christian;