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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 greater honour to be a child of God, than to have the greatest honour or comfort that ever children afforded their parents in this world.
Poor heart, thou art now dejected by this affliction that lies upon thee, as if all joy and comfort were now cut off from thee in this world.
Poor heart, thou art now dejected by this affliction that lyes upon thee, as if all joy and comfort were now cut off from thee in this world.
A cloud dwells upon all other comforts, this affliction hath so embittered thy soul, that thou tastest no more in any other earthly comfort, than in the white of an egg. O that thou didst but consider the consolations that are with God for such as answer his ends in affliction, and patiently wait on him for their comfort! He hath comforts for you far transcending the joy of children.
A cloud dwells upon all other comforts, this affliction hath so imbittered thy soul, that thou tastest no more in any other earthly comfort, than in the white of an egg. O that thou didst but consider the consolations that are with God for such as answer his ends in affliction, and patiently wait on him for their comfort! He hath comforts for you far transcending the joy of children.