A39690:326
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.
16. Consid. Be quiet and hold your peace, you little know how many mercies lye in the womb of this sharp affliction.
Great are the benefits of a sharp rousing affliction to the people of God at sometimes, and all might have them at all times were they more careful to improve them. Holy David thankfully acknowledgeth, Psal. 119. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted.
Great are the benefits of a sharp rouzing affliction to the people of God at sometimes, and all might have them at all times were they more careful to improve them. Holy David thankfully acknowledgeth, Psal. 119. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted.
And surely there's as much good in them for you, as for him; if the Lord sanctify them to such ends and uses as his were sanctified unto.
And surely there's as much good in them for you, as for him; if the Lord sanctifie them to such ends and uses as his were sanctified unto.