A39690:289
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's a dark hour with us when these comforts are put out: but Davids faith did, and ours may comfort us with this, That he that blew out one candle, can light up another. Thou Lord shalt light my candle, the Lord my God shall enlighten my darkness, that is, the Lord will renew my comforts, alter the present sad estate I am in; and chase away that trouble and darkness which at present lies upon me. Only beware of offending him at whose beck your lights and comforts come and go. Michall displeased the Lord, and therefore had no child unto the day of her death, 2 Sam. 6. 23.
Hannah waited humbly upon the Lord for the blessing of children, and the Lord remembered her, he enlightened her condition ⟨p. 96⟩with that comfort, when she was as a Lamp despised. There's no comfort you have lost, but God can restore it, yea, double it in kind, if he see it convenient for you. And if not then
Hanah waited humbly upon the Lord for the blessing of children, and the Lord remembred her, he enlightened her condition ⟨p. 96⟩with that comfort, when she was as a Lamp despised. There's no comfort you have lost, but God can restore it, yea, double it in kind, if he see it convenient for you. And if not then
13. Consid. Consider, though he should deny you any more comforts of that kind, yet he hath far better to bestow upon you: such as these deserve not to be named with.