A39690:313
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.
Sometimes he suggests hard thoughts of God, Ruth 1. 20. The Lord hath dealt very bitterly with me. Yea, that he hath dealt more severely with us than any ⟨p. 103⟩other, Lam. 1. 12. See and behold if there be any sorrow, like unto my sorrow which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me, in the day of his fierce anger.
And sometimes murmuring and repining thoughts against the Lord, the soul is displeased at the hand of God upon it. Jonah was angry at the hand of God, and said, I do well to be angry even unto death, Jonah 4. 9. What dismal thoughts are these? And how much more afflictive to a gracious soul than the loss of any outward enjoyment in this world?
And sometimes very irreligious and Atheistical thoughts, as if there were no privilege to be had by Religion, and all our pains, zeal and care about Duty, were little better than lost labour, Psal. 73. 13, 14. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency; for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
And sometimes very irreligious and Atheistical thoughts, as if there were no priviledge to be had by Religion, and all our pains, zeal and care about Duty, were little better than lost labour,