Meat out of the Eater

A parliamentary fast-day sermon drawing on Samson's riddle from Judges 14:14 — "Out of the eater came forth meat" — to argue that God brings spiritual nourishment from affliction and unity from division. Preached before the House of Commons in 1647 during England's civil turmoil, Manton demonstrates how God's providence transforms the church's trials into occasions for growth, and calls Parliament to pursue reformation and reconciliation amid national distress.