A39690:72
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.
To whom should children go but to their Father to make their moan? Whence may they expect relief and comfort but from him? The 102. Psalm is entitled, A Psalm for the afflicted, when he is over-whelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.
To whom should children go but to their Father to make their moan? Whence may they expect relief and comfort but from him? The 102. Psalm is intituled, A Psalm for the afflicted, when he is over-whelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.
And happy were it if every afflicted soul would choose this way to express his sorrows. Did we complain more to God, God would complain less of us, and quickly abate the matters of our complaint. O you cannot think how moving, ⟨p. 19⟩how melting, how prevailing it is with God, when his poor burdened and afflicted people, in a day of distress and despondency, when deep calleth unto deep, and one wave drives on another, then for the oppressed soul with humility, filial confidence, and faith, to turn it self to the Lord and thus bespeak him,
And happy were it if every afflicted soul would chuse this way to express his sorrows. Did we complain more to God, God would complain less of us, and quickly abate the matters of our complaint. O you cannot think how moving, ⟨p. 19⟩how melting, how prevailing it is with God, when his poor burdened and afflicted people, in a day of distress and despondency, when deep calleth unto deep, and one wave drives on another, then for the oppressed soul with humility, filial confidence, and faith, to turn it self to the Lord and thus bespeak him,