A39690:45
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.
Secondly, Let us consider the Counsel which Christ gives her, with respect to this her sad and sorrowful case. And when the Lord saw her, he had Compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not: Relieving and Supporting words, wherein we shall consider,
Secondly, Let us consider the Councel which Christ gives her, with respect to this hersad and sorrowful case. And when the Lord saw her, he had Compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not: Relieving and Supporting words, wherein we shall consider,
The Occasion. Motive. Counsel it self.
The Occasion. Motive. Councel it self.
First, The occasion of it, and that was his seeing of her. This meeting at the Gate of the City, how accidental and occasional soever it seems, yet without doubt it was providentially suited to the work intended to be wrought: The eye of his Omniscience foresaw her, and this meeting was by him designed, as an oc••sion of that famous Miracle which he wrought upon the young man. Christ hath a quick eye to discern poor mourning and disconsolate Creatures: and though he be now in Heaven, and stands ⟨p. 8⟩out of our sight, so that we see him not; yet he sees us; and his eye (which is upon all our troubles) still affects his heart, and moves his bowels for us.