A39690:219
A token for mourners, or, The advice of Christ to a distressed mother bewailing…
A token for mourners, or, The advice of Christ to a distressed mother bewailing the death of her dear and only son wherein the boundaries of sorrow are duly fixed, excesses restrained, the common pleas answered, and divers rules for the support of Gods afflicted ones prescribed / by J.F.
London: printed for Robert Boulter, 1674
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.
It will be very seasonable and useful for thee Christian at this time to reflect upon those transactions, and the frame of thy heart in those days, when an heavier load of Sorrow pressed thy heart, than thou now feelest.
It will be very seasonable and useful for thee Christian at this time to reflect upon those transactions, and the frame of thy heart in those dayes, when an heavier load of Sorrow prest thy heart, than thou now feelest.
In those your spiritual distresses, when the burden of sin lay heavy, the curse of the Law, the fear of hell, the dread of death ⟨p. 71⟩and eternity beset thee on every side; and shut thee up to Christ, the only door of hope: Ah what good news wouldst thou then have accounted it, to escape that danger with the loss of all earthly comforts!
In those your spiritual distresses, when the burthen of sin lay heavy, the curse of the Law, the fear of hell, the dread of death ⟨p. 71⟩and eternity beset thee on every side; and shut thee up to Christ, the only door of hope: Ah what good news wouldst thou then have accounted it, to escape that danger with the loss of all earthly comforts!
Was not this thy cry in those days, Lord give me Christ, and deny me what ever else thou pleasest. Pardon my sin, save my soul; and in order to both, unite me with Christ, and I will never repine or open my mouth. Do what thou wilt with me; let me be friendless, let me be childless, let me be poor, let me be any thing rather than a Christless, graceless, hopeless soul.