A39690:26
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.
Luke 7. 13. And when the Lord saw her, he had Compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not.
TO be above the stroke of passions, is a condition equal to Angels: to be in a State of Sorrow, without the sense of sorrow, is a disposition beneath Beasts; but duly to regulate our Sorrows, and bound our Passions under the rod, is the Wisdom, duty, and excellency of a Christian. He that is without natural affections, is deservedly ranked among the worst of Heathens; and he that is able rightly to manage them, deserves to be numbered with the best of Christians. Though when we are Sanctified, we put on the Divine Nature; yet till we are glorified we put not off the infirmities of our humane Nature.
TO be above the stroke of passions, is a condition equal to Angels: to be in a State of Sorrow, without the sense of sorrow, is a disposition beneath Beasts; but duly to regulate our Sorrows, and bound our Passions under the rod, is the Wisdom, duty, and excellency of a Christian. He that is without natural affections, is deservedly ranked among the worst of Heathens; and he that is able rightly to manage them, deserves to be numbred with the best of Christians. Though when we are Sanctified, we put on the Divine Nature; yet till we are glorified we put not off the infirmities of our humane Nature.
Whilst we are within the reach of troubles, we cannot be without the danger, nor ought to be without the fear of sin; and it is as hard for us to escape sin, being in adversity, as becalming in prosperity.