Title page of Meat out of the eater, 1670Meat out of the eaterMichael Wigglesworth, 1670

Meditation VII.

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Meditation VII.

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The worldly man's Prosperity

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Is only gilded Misery.

Is onely gilded Misery.

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[1] Although God's dealings are Exceeding various Respecting outward things, which be Adverse or Prosperous; That none can certainly¹ Discern God's Love or Hate, By being in Affliction, Or in a Prosperous state:

[1] ALthough God's dealings are Exceeding various Respecting outward things, which be Adverse or Prosperous; That none can certainly¹ Discern God's Love or Hate, By being in Affliction, Or in a Prosperous state:

1Eccles. 9.1, 2.

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[2] (For now and then a Saint Enjoys Prosperity: And sometimes wicked men are plagued, And are in Misery) Yet commonly we see

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Reformers309

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Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Meditation VII.